Long before local was part of the marketing and positioning statements of big-box chain stores, food co-ops were touting the benefits of buying local.
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Buying Local, Cultivating Community
Spotlighting local at the Co-op this summer
Pennies for Change Update and Our Summer Partners
We want to say thank you to our members and shoppers for making Pennies for Change a huge success.
The Co-op’s Food-Safety Guide to Summer
Foodborne illness is no picnic. (We had to say it.)
Pennies for Change and the Co-op Community Partners
Meet the folks your pennies support.
Pennies for Change
If you love local non-profits as much as we do, then you’ll love this.
Why We Love Our Co-op Merchandisers
Merchandisers: the superheroes of cooperative food retailing.
Storytelling & Pasta
Join us April 8 at the Co-op Culinary Learning Center for an evening of pasta, literature, and cooperative education.
From Eastern Europe to the Upper Valley
“The whole idea of cooperation is something that my country, Bulgaria, needs to start doing to help us solve problems in the economy.”
Hot News Brewing in Coffee
A European conglomerate adds a Vermont business to its global coffee empire.
Food for All
Food for All is a new Co-op discount program intended to make healthy food more accessible to everyone in our communities, regardless of income.
Invasion of the Eighth Graders 2015
They’re smart! They’re funny! They’re chock full of creative energy! And on a cool April day, these go-getting 8th graders once again found themselves at the Co-op for Job Shadow Day—where they taught the old whippersnappers who worked there a thing or two about the collective wisdom of the millennial set.