The Weaver Street Market 2016 Annual Report is now available at http://annualreport2016.weaverstreetmarket.coop/. Read feature stories about some of our achievements of the past year: the success of our Community Food Partnerships, a report from co-op camper Kyle Burns, and a look at Cabot Creamery dairy cooperative. If you don’t already know her, meet Carolyn Twesten,…
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Archives for August 2016
Challah Day (Video)
Meet the Candidates
Meet the consumer-owner candidates in the Board election and enjoy co-op-made wine and cheeses from La Riojana Winery and Cabot Creamery. We’ll also be serving our own breads and sweet tea. There will be posters to read, and the candidates will be there to answer your questions. Event Times: Tuesday, August 30, 6 to 7:30…
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It’s the Co-op Fair
Owners, it’s time for the Co-op Fair! The fair is held at our Food House facility in Hillsborough. It includes a tour of the Food House, where you’ll see how our award winning bread and pies are made, learn about our Weaver Meats program (and taste meatballs!), see a sushi demonstration, and meet the chefs…
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It’s Elderberry Time–Again!
Last year this time, we visited Rodger Lenhardt of Norm’s Farms in Pittsboro. Norm’s Farms makes a variety of elderberry products in Elizabethtown, NC, using berries grown on the family farm in Missouri. Elderberries are nutrient dense and have medicinal properties. People use them to help with sinus congestion, ease muscle and joint pain, and…
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Thursday 7 AM in the Food House (Video)
La Riojana’s Village of Tilimuqui
For the past ten months, we’ve been selling fair trade Riojana wines from La Riojana cooperative winery in Argentina. The fair trade premiums on the wine sold are used to fund community projects. Completed projects include a water system and school in the remote village of Tilimuqui. Walter Carol, export director from La Riojana, shared…
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Peach & Chorizo Flatbreads
Fresh peaches and chorizo combine to make a wonderfully spicy and sweet topping for local flatbread. You can also enjoy this quick saute with pasta or rice, on a sandwich, or simply by itself, in a
bowl.
Special Delivery: Cabot Creamery’s Clothbound Cheddar
This week’s Special Delivery cheese is Cabot Creamery’s clothbound cheddar from the Cellars at Jasper Hills. The cheese ages for 10 to 15 months in cellars, where the wheels are constantly brushed, turned, and monitored for quality.
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For the past ten months, we’ve been selling fair trade Riojana wines from La Riojana cooperative winery in Argentina. Through June, we’d sold 36,302 bottles! In addition to receiving a fair price for their grapes and other benefits of belonging to a co-op, the grape growers receive a fair trade premium that is used to…
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