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New! WSM Weekly Owner Specials see these great deals here. Back to School! Easy lunches! Our Co-op Advantage program offers great sales each month, and several items featured in August will make your back-to-school transition easier. Stock up before the end of the month for smooth sailing into the school year. There's nothing worse than a disappointing lunchbox. Thankfully, a classic "PB&J" always brings a smile, and with this month's specials it can be an organic PB&J! Organic Maranatha Peanut Butter, Cascadian Farm Fruit Spread, and Rudi's sliced bread are all on sale in August. Every kid knows crackers are better if they're shaped like animals: fill a baggie with Annie's Homegrown Organic Cheddar Bunnies. More |
Last After Hours! Music Makers at Hillsborough Jazz Brunch HB Last Friday SV Summer Music |
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| Weekly Owner Specials Weekly Produce Specials Weekly Meat Specials August Newsletter & CAP Flyer |
Value Recipe New! 6" Pies Chocolate=Iron |
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 And lunch wouldn't be lunch without dessert: Snackimals cookie packs, Clif Twisted Fruit, and Panda Licorice Bars and Raspberry Bars are all on sale. Round up the lunchbox with Knudsen's organic juice boxes.Equally important is starting the day right with a good breakfast, while still getting them out the door on time. Look for cereals on sale in August, from Envirokidz favorites like Panda Puffs and Gorilla Munch to Barbara's bakery Puffins and Arrowhead Mills shredded wheat. If your little ones are the eat-as-they-rush-out-the-door type, we have Nature's Path Organic Toaster Pastries, Nature's Choice Cereal Bars, and Kashi TLC Chewy Bars on sale. And for those chilly fall mornings that are just around the corner, you'll want Van's frozen waffles to warm their tummies before they hit the bus stop. There's only a week left to take advantage of these August specials, so stock up now! Marantha Peanut Butter (16 oz) $4.49 Cascadian Farm Organic Fruit Spread (10 oz) 2 for $5 Rudi's Organic Bakery Organic Bread (20-22 oz) $2.99 Annie's Homegrown Organic Cheddar Bunnies Crackers (12 oz) $2.99 Barbara's Bakery Snackimals (2.125 oz) 4 for $3 Clif Organic Twisted Fruit (0.7 oz) 3 for $2 Panda Licorice Bar and Raspberry Bar (1.125) 2 for $1 R.W. Knudsen Organic Juice Boxes $1.79/3-pack Envirokidz Organic Cereal (10-14 oz) $2.99 Barbara's Bakery Puffins Cereal (10-12 oz) $2.99 Arrowhead Mills Cereal (12-13 oz) $3.29 Nature's Path Organic Toaster Pastries (11 oz) $2.79 Nature's Choice Cereal Bars (7.8 oz) $2.79 Kashi TLC Chewy Bars $3.79/6-pack Van's Waffles (7.5-9 oz) 2 for $5 |
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| Weekly Owner Specials | |||
 • Equal Exchange Organic Co-op Blend Coffee • Weaver Street Market-made Fresh-baked Baguettes • Hampton Farms Organic Bulk Peanuts and Peanut Butter • Andrew & Everett Cheese Slices • Locally-grown Ginger Gold Apples • Marian Farms Biodynamic Raisins • Marian Farms Biodynamic Grapes • Great deal for all shoppers: Abbona Barbera Casaret Italian Red Wine |
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| Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, August 25 through Monday, August 31. |
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| Green and Suntan Local Bell Peppers |
Seasonal Pick! $1.00 lb |
Montague Farm Buffalo Junction, Va |
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| Seasonal Pick! SC Peaches | $1.39 lb |
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Local Grass-fed Ground Beef |
$4.99 lb |
save $1.00 lb North Carolina |
| Hot or Mild Italian Sausage | Local, Pasture-raised $5.49 lb |
save $1.00 lb Market-made |
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| View the August CAP Flyer here. | |||
| August Newsletter & CAP Flyer | |||
 The Weaver Street Market print newsletter is no longer direct mailed. Instead, you will find a link to it here. |
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 Our weekly value recipes incorporate lots of our On Sale items! Click here to view this week's value recipe: Spaghetti with Local Grass-fed Ground Beef |
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| New! 6" Pies | |||
 Fresh and Seasonal! Cherry Pie? While the fruit is fresh and seasonal our new 6" pies feature fresh peaches, blackberries, apples, and blueberries. Look for Cherry Pie to return to our line up when the fresh fruits of summer are a beautiful fond memory. This month give a 6" blackberry peach, peach, blueberry or apple pie a try. We know you're going to love these little cuties. |
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 Forget the pills—eat chocolate!by Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer Here's another reason to eat chocolate: iron. As a vegetarian, I worry about my daily iron intake. I've tried supplements but never stick with them. I've settled on forcing down spoonfuls of bitter molasses every few days, hoping it's enough. This weekend, though, I had one of those high cacao content chocolate bars. I happened to glance at the nutritional information and saw a number so high it shocked me: 38%. And it was the value of iron in a serving! Quickly I did the math: if I ate the whole chocolate bar, I'd intake 95% of the suggested daily value of iron! A trip to the candy aisle seemed to confirm my suspicion that the cacao is responsible. I examined all the Equal Exchange chocolate bars: the 38% cacao milk chocolate bar gives 10% iron per serving, the 55% cacao bar with almonds gives 20% iron per serving, and my favorite, the 80% cacao extra dark chocolate bar, gives 38% iron per serving. For another week, Equal Exchange chocolate bars are on sale for $2.79, $1 off! |
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| After Hours! |
 Last After Hours on 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! August 27: Gravy Boys - American acoustic |
| View more Weaver Street Market events here. |
| Music Makers at Hillsborough: Free Concerts! |
 Music Maker Relief Foundation, Weaver Street Market and the Orange County Arts Commission have teamed up to present a free summer concert series. Music Maker Relief Foundation focuses on the presentation of local roots music while Weaver Street Market, a community-based grocery store focuses on the importance of local food. Together, the two will demonstrate what North Carolina has to offer. The performance series is made possible through a grant from the Orange County Arts Commission and sponsorships from area food and beverage producers including: Homeland Creamery, Joe Van Gogh, Immaculate Baking Company, Organic Valley, Albert's Organics, Benjamin Vineyards & Winery, Grove Winery, Hillsborough Cheese Co. and Haw River Wine Man."Music Maker has been touring and supporting Southern roots musicians across the state and around the world for 15 years. We are thrilled to have an opportunity to present here in our hometown." Tim Duffy, MMRF president said. "This concert series will show that local grassroots organizations can band together with world-class results." The Music Makers at Weaver Street Market concerts began with guitar master Cool John Ferguson and will conclude with Durham legend John Dee Holeman. Justin Robinson of the Carolina Chocolate Drops will make a rare solo performance during this five-week series. The performances are free, open to the public and family friendly. The shows run from 6-8pm at the Weaver Street Market lawn in Hillsborough, NC located at 228 S. Churton St. Here's the complete line up of all Music Maker shows running from 6-8 pm, Thursday nights, for the next three weeks! August 27th: Lightnin' Wells - A veritable encyclopedia of knowledge on Piedmont Blues, Lightnin' Wells visits to educate and enlighten us, and have a grand old time! Sponsored by Homeland Creamery. September 3rd: Justin Robinson (of the Carolina Chocolate Drops) - Another rare treat, a solo show from Justin Robinson of the Drops, bringing his eclectic taste and multi-instrumental vituosity. Even we have no idea what exactly we agreed to! Sponsored by Immaculate Baking and Joe Van Gogh Coffee. September 10th: John Dee Holeman plus Red Rover - The Real Deal, John Dee has been playing the blues since before your mama was born...and he's still got it, every bit of it. Ask your mama. Sponsored by the Haw River Wine Man and Hillsborough Cheese Company. Join us Thursday evenings from Aug. 13th to Sept. 10th for the best in Piedmont food and music. |
| Learn more about the Music Maker Relief Foundation here. |
| Jazz Brunch! |
 Every Sunday11:00 am - 1:00 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Jazz & More Sunday Brunch series presents: 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 |
| HB Last Friday |
 Celebrate Last Friday at Weaver Street MarketHillsborough August 28th 5:00 - 8:00 pm Downtown Hillsborough features live outdoor music, an art walk, pie contest, and much much more. Weaver Street Market is pleased to host the gateway act live on our lawn. For more information about what's going on around town, please visit the Hillsborough Arts Council website. From 5-7pm, Weaver Street Market will be hosting a free wine sampling with a variety of favorites available for tasting. From 6-8pm, please join us for live music from the Pagan Hellcats: Dave Rutter's band of reprobates, with Lilac Lounge pal Ed Witkin in the ranks, ranging from roaring blues to disturbing Americana, and all points West. For more information or to listen to the band, check out their MySpace page. |
| Southern Village Summer Music |
 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 30 Celebrate the End of the Summer: The Legendary Nomads $5 admission September 6 B.O.D. - Grateful Dead Tribute Band September 13 The Annual Russian Baby Benefit: Armand Lenchek and friends |
| View the full schedule here. |
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| 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. |
| Cooperative Community Fund |
 Applications due tomorrow! We've planted a seed and it's growing steadily! Now in it's fourth year, the Cooperative Community Fund is a sustainable fund for community donations and is part of a national campaign called, 'Give where you live.' Sponsored by the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation, the fund serves as a means for co-op members and shoppers to make donations to an endowment that donates to local non-profit organizations. Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation directly invests the money raised by individual co-ops across the country in socially responsible funds such as credit unions, locally owned community banks that support cooperatives, the Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, and the National Cooperative Bank. This year the fund generated $1500 in interest for Weaver Street Market to disperse to local groups while leaving the principle to grow next year's community seed! Small Grant Opportunity for Local Non-Profits Local groups working on issues relating to: 1) sustainable agriculture and organic food, 2) hunger and malnutrition, 3) environmental protection, or 4) cooperatives are eligible to apply for a grant from Weaver Street Market's Cooperative Community Fund. Eligible organizations must be certified non-profit and be working in Orange, Chatham, or Alamance Counties, NC. Recipients will be chosen by a volunteer committee of worker- and consumer-owners of Weaver Street Market, and will be featured in Weaver Street Market's Annual Report in early October. The deadline for applications is August 26, 2009 at 9:00 pm. Download an application here. |
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 Sunday, September 6, 9:00 pm.Classified ads for our October print newsletter dated: September 30 - October 27, are due by 9:00 pm on Sunday, September 6. The cost is $15/month for owners and $20/month for non-owners. Please limit your ad to 50 words or fewer. Weaver Street Market reserves the right to edit ads for length. |
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| Community Non-Profit Day | |||
 Sunday, September 6, 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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| Vote for Carrboro's Farmers' Market | |||
 Carrboro Farmers' Market - Care2.com is proud to announce a new 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 Michigan 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. |
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| View a complete list of local Farmers' Markets here. | |||
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| Envirobits |
 Crystals for a Fresh FridgeIf your fridge is getting a little crowded with summer produce and supper leftovers, it may be time to try the Naturally Fresh "Refrigerator Fresh" odor absorbing crystal. Made by TCCD International, a family business named after Ted, Cathy, Chris and Danielle Alflen, the crystal is an environmentally friendly way to absorb the odors lingering around your fridge. Better known for their deodorant crystals, TCCD has been working with odor absorbing crystals since they came across one in Thailand in 1990. Their products are 100% pure and natural, contain no harmful aluminums or parabens, and are made with pharmaceutical grade mineral salts. Read more at their website here. The "Refrigerator Fresh" crystal is on sale through August for $2.99; it's available at our Carrboro and Hillsborough stores. |
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