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Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. This month Sam, a cook and baker in our Commissary […]
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A few weeks ago I was faced with a tough decision while in the produce department. The conventional red bell peppers looked “perfect”: they were big, symmetrical and a deep, […]
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Editor’s note: This March we successfully completed our first Annual Vermont Cheese Madness event. A delicious 32 Vermont cheeses from 26 different cheesemakers were sampled throughout the month. We presented […]
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Co-op shareholders, especially the ones who have been around since the very beginning of our Co-op in the mid-70s, are no strangers to reducing their use of packaging. In those […]
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As of a couple months ago, every Thursday we get a delivery from The Alchemist of their Heady Topper and Focal Banger beers, two starlets of the booming craft brewing […]
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Celebrate Mother’s Day a few days early at the Brattleboro Food Co-op! The celebration starts at Noon, on Friday, May 10th. The first 50 Mom’s at the Co-op will receive […]
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Each month, Co-op employees nominate colleagues they want to honor, and a committee comes together to vote on a winner. This month Tim, a cook in our Commissary Kitchen, was […]
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The oddly shaped avocado may not be an eye catcher as you walk through the Produce department, but they sure provide a wealth of nutrients for your body. The avocado—once […]
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“…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 […]
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I always find it interesting when hippies become entrepreneurs. Not that Allie Dercoli, owner and operator of FinAllie Ferments, is necessarily a hippie…she’s more like a combination of itinerant farmer, […]
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I recently attended the Neighboring Food Co-ops’ Association annual meeting, and was captivated by the keynote speaker, Ruth Tyson, who is the Coalitions Coordinator for the Food and Environment program […]
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  3/4 cup unbleached flour 1/2 cup cocoa 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking soda 3/4 cup mashed avocado (1 large or 2 small) 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup […]
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