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

Plans and Goals for 2018

As a follow up to Jerelyn’s February article, this one will go into more detail about the board’s plans for 2018 and how you can get involved through committee work […]

What’s Up With Your Board?

Balancing consistency and change: that’s what keeps us all healthy and vibrant—familiar ground to stand on with a good measure of growing, learning and challenge. This is true for the […]

Board of Directors Report: 2017 Annual Meeting

The 2017 Annual Meeting, our 42nd, was outstanding in many ways: it was held in downtown Brattleboro at the New England Youth Theatre on a Friday evening, it was a […]

Brattleboro Food Co-op Board Welcomes Four New Members

The BFC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Mary Bené, Anna Edson, Skye Morse, and Arion Thiboumery have joined their leadership team, following their election by shareholder member-owners. […]

Board of Directors Report: A Gathering Place

Ok, it’s no secret — I hope, anyway — that I’m a realtor, have been for the last 15 years. I often get to entertain people from out of our […]

Board of Directiors Report: Radical Tact

I joined the Co-op board three years ago with a desire to understand where all my money was going—to put my mouth where my money is, in a reversal of […]

Board of Directors Report: Policy and Bylaws Update

by Ruth Garbus The Policy and Bylaws Committee members are Richard Berkfield, Jerelyn Wilson, John Hatton, and Ruth Garbus I’ve experienced the Co-op’s board of Directors and bylaws as a customer, shareholder, […]

Board of Directors Report: Community Ownership & Something New

I’d never been a shareholder before. Being part of a community has always been important to me although it had never involved paying to join. It was all about frequenting […]

Board of Directors Report: Gendered Bylaws

As you may have noticed, the last two articles by board members have come from the Policy and By-law Committee, of which I am a member. So here comes another […]

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Brattleboro Food Co-op Annual Meeting November 10, 2021 / Held via Zoom PANEL DISCUSSION TRANSCRIPT General Manager Sabine Rhyne welcomed the panel moderator, Tabitha Pohl-Moore. The Board of Directors asked Tabitha […]

As we last reported to you in our December update, we were excited to bring in a candidate for the GM position in December. That individual, Peter Waldmann, visited Brattleboro […]

Brattleboro Coalition for Active Transportation and Local Motion (local and statewide bike advocacy groups) need your support to install covered bike parking at the Co-op. BCAT will purchase and install […]

Since launching our Round Up for Change program in November of 2020 we have gathered over $70,000 donated by our community to local nonprofits. Powerful local organizations such as SUSU […]

Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Directors October Meeting Held via Zoom Monday, November 1, 2021 Directors Present: Nick Dickison, Judy Fink, Steffen Gillom, Denise Glover, Beth Neher, Tamara Stenn, Jerelyn Wilson. […]

2021 ELECTION RESULTS Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Director Election and Bylaw Changes Election Results Total Ballots Cast: 984: 973 on-line ballots, 12 paper ballots. Two ballots were invalid. Results by […]

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It’s been a little more than ten years since I began working at the Brattleboro Food Co-op, and a little more than six since I took on the General Manager […]

The holidays are here, and our staff must be thanked tremendously for creating an amazing atmosphere at the Co-op. From stocked shelves to handmade food to great customer service we […]

We have not provided an update for a while, but we’ve certainly been busy! In October, the Committee met with a couple of staff members to get some “on the […]

The phrase “to bear fruit” means to yield positive results. From making delicious, better-for-you products to striving for a net positive impact. Health without compromise: We all want to be […]

Cape Cod Cafe Mushroom Pizza Cape Cod Cafe Buffalo Chicken Pizza Cape Cod Cafe Cheese Pizza Now you can enjoy four of Cape Cod Café’s best-selling bar pizzas (Cheese, Buffalo […]

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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News from the Board of Directors

Plans and Goals for 2018

What’s Up With Your Board?

Board of Directors Report: 2017 Annual Meeting

Brattleboro Food Co-op Board Welcomes Four New Members

Board of Directors Report: A Gathering Place

Board of Directiors Report: Radical Tact

Board of Directors Report: Policy and Bylaws Update

Board of Directors Report: Community Ownership & Something New

Board of Directors Report: Gendered Bylaws

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Panel Discussion Transcript: 2021

GM Search Update January 2022

Covered Bike Parking at the Coop needs your support!

January Round Up News

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: November 2021

2021 BOD and Bylaw Changes Election Results

Brattleboro Food Co-op Annual Report 2021

Once More, With Feeling

Holiday Gifts Staff Picks

GM SEARCH UPDATE: DECEMBER 2021

What’s New at the Co-op? Bear’s Fruit Kombucha

What’s new at the Co-op? Cape Cod Café Bar Pizza in the Frozen Aisle.

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