The MORNINGSIDE BUYING CLUB began as an
effort to purchase good wholesome food in bulk for our family and a few
friends and neighbors. Almost twenty-two years and about 900 families later,
we are still sharing purchases with old as well as new friends.
We are Barb and Jim Joyner. We live our lives,
farm our crops and operate the Morningside Buying Club in rural middle
Tennessee.
While providing food is the way we make our living,
ours is a personal mission to provide folks with whatever service it takes
to help them along the road to a wholesome and healthy diet.
This means:
Wholesome foods at a fair price.
By seeking out like-minded suppliers and keeping overhead to a minimum,
we are able to charge a reasonable price for a high quality product. Our
members, in effect, help each other to get the best deal by purchasing
bulk quantities every four weeks instead of every-other-day visits to the
grocer. By keeping our expenses low, operating from our farm and having
essentially no inventory, we are able to pass along the savings to you.
Careful selection of suppliers
for integrity and quality. Most of our suppliers are family-owned and operated
farms or businesses. We are personal friends with practically everyone
we buy from. We know them and we feel good about supporting them. We hope
you'll feel just as good about helping other families earn a right living.
Care for the land and environment.
As much as possible we use recycled or recyclable supplies. We encourage,
through our member's support, a more sustainable agriculture by our selection
of products that are organically grown or grown with fewer chemicals. We
apply environmentally friendly practices to our farm and our business,
and choose suppliers by the same standards.
To become a member, you simply place an order. Join
other families in their quest for Great Foods for a Better You!
The operation is much like a co-op. You may buy
in bulk or in specified quantities . . . but without the meetings, work-time
requirements, or investment.
Actually, as members, many small co-ops enjoy our
competitive pricing. They like our individualized invoicing, combining
methods, and shipping schemes. These make our prices and services desirable
even at a distance.
(See
our page on co-oping)
Many of our services are unique and free. We maintain
a database of recipes and product information for food and products we
sell. Also, we provide research for specific diets. We are not health professionals
but we are able to share the experiences of our members.
Members receive a bulletin each month with schedules,
sale items, new products, recipes and other helpful information.
We now offer products from three catalogs:
1)
Naturals catalog with a great line of body care products, health and beauty aids, medicinal and culinary
herbs; natural, organic and cruelty-free products.
2)
At-a-Distance catalog, filled with wholesome, nutritious, natural and organic foods,
shipped all over the US on a four-week schedule
3)
Local Pick-Up catalog, for members who pick at out farm, in Murfreesboro or Tulahoma Tennessee. Typically
this for people who are near middle Tennessee. We receive and deliver orders
co-op style every four weeks (see schedule)
Shipping is different for each catalog. Incentives do not apply from one catalog to the other
because the products in the various catalogs are shipped from different locations and have different cost structures.
If any of this seems confusing, if you have questions or want more information, please
call us at (615) 563-2353 or email
us . Our mailing address is: 215 Morningside Lane, Liberty, TN 37095.
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