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Food For Thought

Food For Thought is our Co-op’s newsletter in which we proudly feature local producers — farmers, herbalists, food vendors, and artisans

Supporting the local economy is extremely important to us and is vital to our cooperatively owned business. You will also enjoy articles from our General Manager and Board of Directors, features of new products, recipes, sales, highlights of local organizations, and more.

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News from the Board of Directors

Hear from our Board of Directors, read up on Meeting Minutes, news and more.

Proposed Bylaw Changes

Writing the September Food For Thought article by the end of the first week of August feels odd. I feel like summertime with all that means and involves is slipping […]

The Price of Success

A few years ago, I accepted a part time job running a fledgling program. It seemed perfect! I was committed to the mission, liked the hours, and was intrigued by […]

A Bright Spot in the 2020 Election

Looking for something cheerful in the 2020 election season? Run for the Board of this shining beacon of hope, the Brattleboro Food Co-op! While 2019 has only one board seat […]

Family & Community

“…community is the optimal condition for human fulfillment.” – Sidney Pobihushchy I’ve been thinking a lot about family and community lately as my own family has grown in the past […]

BOD Report: Pennywise Shopping

End 1: The BFC exists to meet its Shareholders’ collective needs for reasonably priced food and products with an emphasis on healthy, locally grown organic and fairly traded foods. One of […]

Diving Into Board Service: The First Two Months

It’s late January. I was elected to the Board two months ago and have taken a deep dive: two BFC Board meetings, two tablings, committee meetings, a daylong retreat with […]

BOD Report: Expand the Vision of We

Well it’s been a journey. After a second try, I am now a board member of the Brattleboro Food Co-op. The Co-op is a place I have shopped with my […]

BOD Report: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was a workshop led by Dr. Jude Smith Rachele on November 3, 2018 at the Shaker Museum in Enfield, NH.If you haven’t been to the Shaker […]

Election Results: Board of Director and Bylaw Changes

2 Main Street • Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Board of Directors November 26, 2018 2018 BOARD ELECTION RESULTS Total Ballots Cast: 702 649 on-line ballots, 53 paper ballots (of […]

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On a recent Tuesday afternoon in the Whitingham Municipal Center in Jacksonville, more than forty local seniors were finishing up their desserts from a congregate meal, while a dozen or […]

Just off Main Street in Brattleboro, VT, a farm called Grateful Greens is growing nutrient-dense greens in what was an unused basement and office facility. It’s an amazing concept built […]

I am very excited to announce that we have hired a new General Manager Lee Bradford! It has been a great experience for me to be the interim general manager […]

With much enthusiasm the Board of Directors announces the hiring of Lee Bradford as the Brattleboro Food Co-op’s new General Manager. Lee offers over 26 years of business management expertise […]

Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Directors January Meeting Held via Zoom Monday, January 3, 2021 Directors Present: Calvin Dame, Nick Dickison, Judy Fink, Denise Glover, John Hatton, Michele Meulendyk, Jerelyn […]

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has appointed Yoshi Manale to fill the remainder of Steffen Gillom’s term on the Board (term expires 2023). Here is […]

Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Meat! Three new products have arrived from the independent farmer-owned, Thousand Hills farm, Clearwater, MN. Thousand Hills has been focused on one Mission: To nourish the soil, […]

Judy Fink is a star. She was an elementary school teacher for much of her working life, retired, came to Vermont, and has been doing volunteer work ever since. She […]

Vermont poets and those within a 50-mile radius in the southeast tri-state region, are invited to send no more than two (2) poems to Write Action for the second annual […]

Mango Jicama [hee-kuh-muh] Salsa 1/2 cup chopped mango (can use frozen mango out of season) 1/2 cup 1/2 cup cubed jicama 1 tbsp + 1 tsp fresh lime juice […]

February has always been the month that focuses on love and affection and I wanted to focus some attention on our employees. As Shareholders, we have all been feeling the strain of COVID and all of the ways it is tiring and stressful for each of us. I wanted to send out some extra love and appreciation for our staff for how hard they have been working to keep the shelves and coolers full, making fabulous food, keeping the store clean and in working order, ringing you out at the end of your shopping trip. Also for all the behind the scenes stuff that happens upstairs with Marketing, Finance, IT and HR.

Dar Tavernier-Singer and John Singer, founders, owners, and operators of Tavernier Chocolates, have called Brattleboro home since they moved here from the Bay Area of California in 1999. In 2014 […]

Each month we focus on identifying a local producer to feature in our monthly newsletter, Food for Thought and in-store. We conduct an in-depth interview, and feature photos, creating an article that reaches over 9,000 shareholders. We invite the producer to the Co-op to show off their wares through a demonstration or a tasting. We promote the producer and event through print materials as well as our website, Facebook, and Instagram advertising. This program is central to our cooperatively owned business.

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Red Hen Baking Co.

Independence

Turkeys have arrived at the Co-op!

Food For Thought

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News from the Board of Directors

Proposed Bylaw Changes

The Price of Success

A Bright Spot in the 2020 Election

Family & Community

BOD Report: Pennywise Shopping

Diving Into Board Service: The First Two Months

BOD Report: Expand the Vision of We

BOD Report: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Election Results: Board of Director and Bylaw Changes

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Meals on Wheels Celebrates 50 years

Grateful Greens

We Hired a GM

Brattleboro Food Co-op hires new GM

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: January 2022

New Board Member Appointed

What’s New at the Co-op? Thousand Hills

Board of Director interview: Judy Fink

Poems Around Town ’22

Mango Jicama Guacamole

Showing the Love…

Tavernier Chocolates

About Producer of The Month

Shop Online

On Sale Now!

Become a Shareholder

Round Up for Change