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New! WSM Weekly Owner Specials see these great deals here. Rivers' Finest Blueberry Farm In August of 1995, Steve Rivers took a good look at the Piedmont area Farmers' Markets. He saw produce of every shape, size, and color. Except blue. In North Carolina, blueberries generally peak around mid-July and disappear by late summer. With some time on his hands and a few extra acres behind his house, Rivers saw an opportunity to fill a niche. He sought out late-producing varieties, nine in all, and set about growing what some call the world's healthiest fruit. Rivers says the more he's learned about blueberries, the more he likes them. "Everything you can find out about a blueberry, it's not good news—it's great news." Fourteen years later, those few rows of bushes have grown to fill six acres at Rivers Finest. more |
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 Steve's blueberry field lies nestled between pine, sour wood, and tulip poplars, a verdant sanctuary at the end of a gravel road. Five-foot bushes sprout more or less in rows, with green waxy leaves that alternate between light and dark green—the result, Steve says, of planting hardy, tart berries with sweeter, softer varieties. A dozen honeybee hives are stacked in the middle of a field. It's a happy combination: the bees pollinate the flowers, and Steve and his high school friend harvest the honey. Steve says the berry yield has doubled since the bees moved in. Steve and his two sons, Dixon and Reed, tend the bushes. They hire local workers to help pick during harvest season, and a group of six operates one of the only blueberry packing machines west of Raleigh. It's a good marriage of old and new. Picking by hand allows Rivers to cultivate sweet varieties with softer skins that are not suited to mechanical harvesting, and the addition of the packing machine, which can fill 30 pints a minute, put an end to manual packing marathons that used to run until 3:00 am. Now, in an average season, Rivers' Finest produces ten tons of berries. Two years ago, a late frost nearly ruined the crop, but this year the bushes are heavy with fruit. Nothing goes to waste on this tiny family farm. On the weekends the Riverses open their field so folks can pick their own produce Everything gets used: leaves from the property are gathered for mulch, and at the end of the season left-over berries will be used to make wine. Steve says he's tried his hand at growing other fruits and vegetables, but lately he's decided to stick with blueberries and barter with other local farmers for their fresh vegetables. The Riverses have always used low-tech natural farming methods to grow the crop, but a year ago they decided to make the leap and become certified organic. It can be a lot of work and money for a small farm, but Steve believes it's an important step for both his farm and his customers. Weaver Street Market is proud to offer Rivers' Finest Blueberries all summer long. Take a taste and you'll agree, these little delicacies are grown with love. |
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 Weekly Owner Specials are a new benefit for shoppers who support the co-op by becoming owners! Check out this week's specials: Equal Exchange Organic Breakfast Blend, Organic Red Grapes, Seedless Watermelons, Weaver Street Market-made Muffins, Smoked Fresh Mozzarella, and Weaver Street Market-made Kickin' Pineapple Salsa! |
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| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, July 28 through Monday, August 3. |
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| Last of the season! Organic Bing Cherries |
$2.99 lb |
super low price product of Washington |
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| Seasonal pick Organic Jazz Apples | sweet & tart, very firm $2.99 lb |
Quantities limited! Product of New Zealand |
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| Seasonal pick Local Athena Cantaloupes | $2.79 each |
Montague Family Farm Virginia |
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100% Grass-fed Beef Fillet Mignon |
$19.99 |
All Natural save $4.00 lb |
| Locally-produced Pork Polish Smoked Sausage | $6.99 lb |
All Natural save $1.00 lb |
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| Locally-produced Pork Jalapeño Smoked Sausage | $6.99 lb |
All Natural save $1.00 lb |
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| View the July CAP Flyer here. | |||
| July Newsletter & CAP Flyer | |||
 The Weaver Street Market print newsletter will no longer be direct mailed. Instead, you will find a link to it here. |
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| After Hours! |
 Every Thursday6:00 - 8:00 pm Weaver Street Market's After Hours on Thursday nights is one of Carrboro's hottest events. Favorite local bands create an intimate musical show in the heart of the crowd and an impromptu dance for kids and adults alike. Relax, watch the sunset, and meet friends...come to After Hours! This year's entire After Hours series will be broadcast live by the friendly folks over at WCOM Community Radio. Tune in to 103.5FM or visit their website for a streaming link! Weaver Street Market is proud to partner with your community radio station to bring After Hours live. July 30: Mebanesville - The best roots music from yesteryear to tomorrow! August 6: The Guilty Pleasures - Traditional American music August 13: The Tim Stambaugh Band - Bluegrass, Celtic, Folk, & Traditional August 20: JAAFAR - Middle Eastern Jazz August 27: Gravy Boys - American acoustic |
| View more Weaver Street Market events here. |
| Hillsborough Open Mic |
 The Lilac Lounge: Hillsborough store Acoustic Open-MicEvery Thursday 6:30 - 8:30 pm Friends of the Lilac Lounge visiting during the coming weeks: July 30: Shawn Deena - Soulful and reflective, handcrafted songs from Durham's own Mr. Deena. July 31: Last Friday with Charles Pettee - Scorching bluegrass and euphoria-inducing mandolin playing from returning pal Pettee. August 6th: Gregory Blaine (Rootzie) - A return guest-hosting from our Blue Bayou pal G.B. and his eclectic band of friends. Full August and September schedule to be announced next week! Exciting news! Performing slots are limited! Performers should aim to arrive earlier than audience. 6:00 pm is ideal. Arriving after 7:00 pm severely decreases your chance of playing on any given week. |
| Jazz Brunch! |
 Every Sunday11:00 am - 1:00 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Jazz & More Sunday Brunch series presents: August 2: Laura Ridgeway & Friends - Jazz, Swing, Oldies, & Pop August 9: The Hushpuppies - Tasty old-time songs and tunes from the Piedmont of NC August 16: Joe Woodson & the Bean Trees - Americana Music August 23: Frankie Alexander & Friends - Classic jazz standards for the introspective listener August 30: Saludos Compay - Original and South American Music September 6: Haw River Rounders - up-tempo jug band music from the 1920's & 30's September 13: One Sun - World Beat Instrumental Jazz |
| Summer Music Series |
 Free Music on the Green 7 pm every Sunday Bring a chair or a blanket to the green every Sunday this summer for great musical events. Pick up a picnic dinner at Weaver Street Market in Southern Village! Please no pets or glass containers. August 2 - 2nd Stage - Great Folk-Rock Harmonies August 9 - Club Boheme - Gypsy Jazz and Swing August 16 - The Gilbert and Sullivan Singers - From Broadway to 'The Pirates of Penzance' August 23 - Skeedaddle - Jug Band Jump Music |
| View the full schedule here. |
| Hillsborough Last Friday |
 Eat, Drink, and Be Merry (and Healthy!)
This Friday 5 pm - 8 pm Wine Tasting 5 pm -7 pm Join us this Friday Night in Hillsborough for a FREE, tasty, fun, and healthy pairing of events New Wine Release! Grove Winery will be releasing its 2008 Eno River White at Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough on Friday July 31st. This dry, white wine is a true field blend, with nine varieties of grapes picked and fermented together. Varieties include: Melody, Taminga, Villard blanc, Symphony, Rkatsiteli and Petit Manseng. The 2007 vintage of the Eno River White took a silver medal at the 2008 NC State Fair. This wine was grown by Jim Ward at his Eno River Vineyards on the banks of the Eno in northern Durham County. The wine release will be held at the new Weaver Street Market in downtown Hillsborough which is also on the banks of the Eno. Weaver Street has long had a practice of supporting locally grown products. This will be the first time the public can taste this wine. Tastings will be free. Health Screening! Additionally, Grove Winery will be sampling two other excellent wine choices, an Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon and a semi-sweet, flavorful, elegant Stawberry wine. To highlight the possible health benefits of red wines, local volunteer organizations will be providing information and screenings for diabetes and heart disease, as well as information about health care reform. Live Music! Local musician and crowd favorite, Charles Pettee, will be joining us with his scorching bluegrass and euphoria-inducing mandolin, live from 6 pm to 8 pm. For more information and to hear samples of Charles' music, please visit his website. |
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| Community Investment Initiative |
 Owner Loans are an opportunity to invest in your local food co-op!Weaver Street Market offers co-op owners an opportunity to invest their money locally through our Owner Loan Program. By loaning money to Weaver Street Market, your investment stays with a business you know and trust, and enhances the economic sustainability in our region, supports local farmers, and builds our local community. What is the owner loan program? The owner loan program is an opportunity for Weaver Street Market owners to further support the co-op by loaning money. Food cooperatives routinely use owner loans to provide additional owner capital to open a new store or strengthen the co-op's operations. What are the goals of Weaver Street Market's Owner Loan Program? We have set an owner loan goal of $500,000 for 2009-2010. The funds raised will be used to retire existing loans and other debt. To reach this goal, we are seeking 50 owners who can make loans of $10,000 or more. What are the terms of the Loan Program? 1. The Owner Loan Program is open to all Weaver Street Market owners who are North Carolina residents. 2. The interest rate is 6%. Interest is paid annually on the anniversary of the loan. 3. The minimum loan amount is $10,000. 4. The term is five years. Are there risks associated with this program? Owner lenders face the risk inherent in lending funds to any business endeavor. Owner loans are unsecured and are subordinated to our bank loans. Potential lenders should carefully read the Offering Memorandum. Contributing to our future Owner lenders play a vital role in the security and growth of our co-op. Owner loans enabled Weaver Street Market to open 21 year ago, and have supported our growth ever since. Your loan will strengthen the co-op's capacity to support our local growers, food producers, and the local economy while providing secure jobs in a thriving local business. What is the next step? Please contact General Manager Ruffin Slater by email for more information and to receive the complete loan packet. |
| Weekly Owner Specials |
| Weaver Street Market has changed the way it rewards consumer owners, replacing the owner and senior discounts at the register with a Patronage Dividend.
We have now implemented a new owner benefit: Weekly Owner Specials! (See these great deals here.) Each week, Tuesday through Monday, you can enjoy great deals on your favorite products! Watch here for information about other benefits to come. For information on this change please read the following: Letter to owners from the Board. Brochure about the change. A note from the General Manger, Ruffin Slater. Frequently asked questions. You may also contact the Board by email or the General Manager, Ruffin Slater by email or by calling 919.241.1767 |
| Call for Candidates |
 Application DeadlineMonday, September 7 October is National Co-op Month, making it the perfect time to hold the election for the Weaver Street Market's Board of Directors. One of the benefits of being an WSM owner is participating in governing the store, by voicing your views on ownership issues and electing members to the Board of Directors. You also may serve on the Board yourself. Any owner in good standing for one year is eligible to be a Board member, and is encouraged to consider nominating him/herself or another owner. Candidate application packets may be picked up at all WSM store locations. These packets include background information, details of the election process, and how to learn more about the Board and its processes. Candidates for elected positions on the Board will acquaint themselves with board governance policies and procedures prior to application. Opportunities for doing this include: reviewing the current Board policy notebook, discussing his/her candidacy with a Board member, and attending a board meeting. Such preparation prior to applying will help a prospective candidate to decide whether serving on the Board is a commitment he/she wishes to make. Candidates are expected to present applications in the established form by the published date; no write-in candidates are allowed. You are encouraged to participate! Contact the board for more information. Consider nominating yourself, or simply vote for a candidate in October. Exercising your rights as an owner is critical to WSM remaining a successful and vital part of the community. |
| View the complete Call for Candidates Newsletter here. |
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 Carrboro Farmers' Market - Care2.com is proud to announce an online contest called "Love Your Farmers Market". Care2.com is partnering with LocalHarvest.org to raise awareness of local foods, family farms, and community farmers markets and to reward America's favorite farmers' market through this fun, summer-long contest. Care2 will award $5,000 to the farmers market that receives the most votes. Currently, the Flint Farmers' Market is in first place, and our very own Carrboro Farmers' Market is second! If the Carrboro Farmers' Market can win the $5000 prize, one of the things it would like to do is buy an EBT machine so that people on food stamps would be able to purchase food at the Farmers' Market. Follow the link below to vote for your favorite farmers' market. Together we can make a difference. Vote for Carrboro here.  South Estes Farmers' Market - Saturdays 8 a.m. - Noon & Tuesdays 4 - 7 p.m. Tomato Festival - August 1st Celebrate the beautiful botanical that is the tomato at our Inaugural South Estes Farmers' Market Tomato Festival. Enjoy chef demos, live music, mater tastings, kids' activities and more! Then vote for your favorite tomato and help our farmers win prizes. Enter to win gift certificates to Spice Street, Alfredo's and the Weathervane; and don't forget your shopping bags so you can take home your favorite ripe and juicy varietals! Saturday August 1st from 9 a.m. - Noon. Live Music The South Estes Farmers' Market Old-time Jam: Bring your instrument (and chair) and play some music from 10 a.m. to noon. Or just come on by and have a listen. We will be hosting this jam the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. |
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| Community Non-Profit Day | |||
 Sunday, August 2, 11 am - 1 pmon the lawn in Carrboro Every first Sunday of the month, now through October, from 11 am - 1 pm, Weaver Street Market will host nonprofit groups from our community. Local, non-profit groups will have informational tables where you can find out about the good works of our local charitable groups. Come prepared to learn, to donate, and maybe find a group you'd like to volunteer with! If your organization would like to attend: Space is limited and assigned on a first come basis so we ask that you sign up at least a week in advance and limit the number of times you sign up to three (3) per year. Also, your group must be a 501(c)(3). To apply, please email Jason Baker or call 919-241-1794. Your request will be confirmed by email or phone. Come out and let everyone know what your group is doing in the community! |
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| Food, Inc. | |||
 Now showing at the ChelseaNightly: 7:20 pm, 9:30 pm and also Sat-Sun Matinees: 2:20 pm, 4:40 pm Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the underbelly that's been hidden from America with the consent of our government's USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, even tomatoes that won't go bad. We are also riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Features interviews with experts including Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) and forward thinking social enterprises Stonyfield and Polyface Farms. Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. (Rated PG, 94 min.) |
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| Goathouse Cat Refuge | |||
 Benefit Concert to Help Local Cat Refuge Care for Record NumbersAugust 21 Cat's Cradle Doors will open at 8 pm. Music fans and animal lovers won't want to miss a very special concert August 21 at 8:30 pm at the Cat's Cradle to benefit The Goathouse Refuge, a no-kill cat sanctuary in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Nationally acclaimed trio Tres Chicas will be joined onstage by southern rockers Luego and Gambling the Muse. The Goathouse Refuge, run by local artist Siglinda Scarpa and a dedicated group of volunteers, provides food, shelter and medical care for nearly 250 abandoned cats. The Refuge has rescued record numbers of abandoned cats in recent months. As a result, operating costs have escalated well beyond the nonprofit's modest budget. To help raise funds to ensure this local animal safe-haven can continue to care for cats in need, proceeds from the Cat's Cradle benefit will go directly to providing food and medical care for The Goathouse Refuge residents, as well as ongoing efforts to place cats into loving homes. Tickets for the August 21 concert are available online here or by phone at 919-967-9053. $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors will open at 8 pm. Cat's Cradle, Tres Chicas, Luego and Gambling the Muse have all generously donated their services and talent to support the Goathouse Refuge. For more information about the Goathouse Refuge or to make a donation, visit their website. |
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 The Carolina Tarwheels Bicycle Club2009 Rural Heritage Tour August 8, 2009 The Carolina Tarwheels Bicycle Clubis a group of bicycle enthusiasts who organize social rides in Orange, Durham, Wake, Alamance, and Chatham counties of North Carolina. They promote the fun and challenge of cycling and advocate for cycling safety and bike-friendly policies in our communities. The Tarwheels are affiliated with the League of American Bicyclists (LAB). In August of each year, they sponsor Bikefest, an event drawing 800 cyclists to the beautiful rolling hills around Hillsborough. As a non-profit, some of our funds are donated to charitable causes related to cycling. |
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