Art:K12 is an exhibition program at our Carrboro store’s cafe that focuses on artwork created by local children and youth. This month’s exhibit features physics-related art from Emerson Waldorf School and will be on display through Sunday, April 30. This exhibition is a collection of Main Lesson Books from the physics program at Emerson Waldorf…
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Archives for March 2017
The Spring Wine Sale is Here
The Spring Wine Sale is here! From April 5 to May 2, we’ll have 32 wines on sale at deeply discounted prices, from 20% up to 52% off. (Three wines are at least 50% off!) This season’s sale includes 14 organic wines and 12 co-op produced wines. A list of the wines on sale is posted…
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Dirt to Shirt Tees
All of our T-shirts, including the annual Piedmont Farm Tour tee, are printed in Burlington at TSDesigns. TSDesigns has worked to revive the North Carolina textile industry, creating a local supply chain for T-shirts. By not shipping cotton to China to be made into a tee, the transportation footprint can be reduced from 17,000 to…
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Save the Date: Co-op Fair
Owners, it’s time for another Co-op Fair! Save the date Sunday, April 30 from 2 to 5 PM. The fair is held at our Food House facility in Hillsborough. You can tour the Food House, where we’re preparing tastings and demonstrations of our sushi, our yogurt cups, and new pizettes and healthful pastries. You’ll meet…
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Easy and Healthy: Yogurt Cups
New in stores this month are yogurt cups made at our Food House. The yogurt cups feature our house-made granolas and fresh fruit atop Cabot Creamery’s whole milk yogurt. They’re convenient to pick up for a protein-rich breakfast or a snack. Look for them in the Grab N Go case. The fresh berry yogurt cup…
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Less Than a Month to the Piedmont Farm Tour
Every spring, local farmers open their farms to visitors during the Piedmont Farm Tour. Visitors can learn about sustainable agriculture and farmstead cheese, see baby animals, gather eggs, and enjoy the beauty of Piedmont farms. They can meet the people who grow their food and see how it is grown. Farm Tour participants buy a…
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OCIM’s A Walk for Hunger
Orange Congregations In Mission’s (OCIM’s) A Walk for Hunger is Sunday, April 9, 2017, at Little River Regional Park in Rougemont. The walk is a major source of funding for OCIM’s food pantry and Meals on Wheels programs. Walkers collect donations, then show up to participate in the walk; there are both long and short…
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Tropical Mango Smoothie Bowl
Amazing Grass Organic Protein Superfood is on weekend deal this weekend at 50% off! This is a great time to stock up and make some super delicious, super healthy smoothie bowls: mangos and pineapple blended with a banana for a touch of sweetness and topped with yummy granola and coconut for crunch.
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Now you can add single CANS to your own hand-selected six-packs of beer. We’ve offered mixed six-packs on single bottles for a while, but now you can mix single bottles AND cans.
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This week’s Special Delivery cheese is Nicasio Valley Cheese Company’s Nicasio Reserve, an organic, Swiss-Italian mountain cheese with pronounced fruitiness and flavors of fresh cream up front that develop into a luxurious, rich nutty and slightly herbaceous flavor on the finish.
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