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Organic Wines
By Peg Todloski, Contributing Writer
Organic wine is hot, hot, hot! What are your favorite organic wines? Haven't tried any yet? Well now's the time! There are more organically produced and certified wines out there now than ever before. Italy, France, California, Argentina...the list goes on and on. These days, we're seeing more and more organic wines available in Weaver Street Market. The market trend these days is towards more organic products. We've seen every food and wine store, including the big-box stores, expanding their selection of organic foods, wines and beer. More

Jazz Brunch
Music Makers at Hillsborough
HB Open Mic
HB Walking Tour
Animal Adoption Day

Farm Activist Panel
Urban Farm Tour
Wild Herb Walk
Adopt-a-Highway

Envirobits

Specials
Chapel Hill Creamery Farm Dinner

Weekly Owner Specials
Weekly Produce Specials
Weekly Meat Specials

September Newsletter & CAP Flyer
Value Recipe
Back-to-School Snack Attack
Special Order Challah!



Organic Wines continued

Wine is an agricultural product, just like tomatoes, oranges, and salad greens. There is, of course, the flavor issue. Ever notice how organically grown fruits and vegetables just TASTE better? Well, it's true for wine, too. There is a philosophy among some wine purists that the less you do to grapes and the wine, the better and the tastier the final product is. This, of course, includes treating vineyard grapes with herbicides or pesticides. Organic wines are produced with integrity, responsibility and passion. What does it mean? Organic viniculture is a system of grape growing, which does not employ industrially synthesized compounds as additives to the soil or vines to maintain or increase fertility, or to combat pest problems. It contrasts with conventional (sometimes even called industrialized) viticulture, especially in its concern for the soil and its flora and fauna as a complex, living environment. (from Oxford Companion to Wine, second edition). It takes a lot to keep an organic certification since a vineyard has to be free of any chemical treatment for at least seven years in order to receive and maintain its organic certification. So, if someone is willing to work that hard and passionately to grow organic grapes, surely they put as much passion and care into their wine-making as well. This year we had the unique opportunity to work with a locally-based wine importer to bring in wonderful, well-priced, small-production, ORGANIC wines that you'll find almost exclusively at Weaver Street Market locations. No big-box stores for these tasty treats! So go on, buy one of the fabulous organic wines that are available to you at Weaver Street Market.

Weekly Owner Specials

• Sweet Leaf Teas and Lemonade • Organic Red Grapes • Organic Nectarines and Peaches • Weaver Street Market-made Chocolate Rolls • Organic Valley Cheese Stringles • Weaver Street Market-made Traditional Tuna • Great deal for all shoppers: Dame L'Oiseau Cotes Du Rhone
View this week's owner specials here.

Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, September 8 through Monday, September 14.


	Organic Bartlett Pears	99¢ lb	Save $1.00 lb
	Local Muscadine Grapes	$6.99 lb	Seasonal Pick! Benjamin Vineyards
	Pennsylvania Peaches	$1.99 lb	Seasonal Pick!

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	Grady's Breakfast Sausage	save $1.00 lb $3.99 lb	Weaver Street Market-made
	Alaskan Wild Caught Salmon Fillet	save $3.00 lb $9.99 lb

Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials here.
View the September CAP Flyer here.


September Newsletter & CAP Flyer

The Weaver Street Market print newsletter is no longer direct mailed. Instead, you will find a link to it here.
View the September CAP Flyer here.

Value Recipe

Our weekly value recipes incorporate lots of our On Sale items! Click here to view this week's value recipe: Salmon in Cajun Peanuts

Back-to-School Snack Attack

It's been two weeks and the school bus keeps coming. If your creative lunchbox ideas are running low, come to the co-op for some super snacks that will brighten any student's day! Two of this week's owner specials are a good place to begin. Organic red grapes are on sale, as well as Organic Valley's Cheese Stringles. And for the rest of the month, the CAP program features snack sales that anyone can take advantage of: Late July miniature peanut butter sandwich crackers, Annie's cheddar bunnies, Pirate's Booty and veggie Booty, Terra chips, Kettle krinkle cut potato chips, and Newman's Own Organic pretzels! Organic seedless red grapes $1.79/lb Organic Valley Cheese Stringles $0.49/each Late July Mini Sandwich Crackers (5 oz) $2.49 Annie's Homegrown Snack Crackers (7.5 oz) $1.99 Robert's American Snacks (including Pirate's Booty) (3-6 oz) $1.99 Terra Chips (7.5 oz) $3.79 Kettle Krinkle Cut Potato Chips (14 oz) $3.79 Newman s Own Organic Pretzels (7-8 oz) $2.29

Special Order Challah!

Please reserve your Round Challah for Rosh Hashanah. Plain Braids - $4.29 Rasin Braids - $4.89 Pick-up any time between Thursday September 17 after 4 pm through Saturday September 19 at 9 pm.

Jazz Brunch

Every Sunday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
on the lawn in Carrboro

Jazz & More Sunday Brunch series presents:

September 13: One Sun - World Beat Instrumental Jazz
September 20: The Dave Youngman Band - Hot jazz & blues sounds with smooth vocals
September 27: The Guilty Pleasures - Traditional American Music

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.

The performance is free, open to the public and family friendly. The show runs from 6-8pm at the Weaver Street Market lawn in Hillsborough, NC located at 228 S. Churton St.

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.

Learn more about the Music Maker Relief Foundation here.

Hillsborough Open Mic

Lilac Lounge Regular Open-Mic Format Resumes September 17th! Back in full effect!

September 17th: Skeedaddle - Durham retro-fitted acoustic quartet regaling you with cautionary tales of the clear liquor and the viper rooms.
September 24th: John Saylor - The Cave's open mic guru enriching our ears with his oblique, thought-provoking songs and surreal cowboy delivery.
...And Don't Forget Last Friday!
Friday September 25th:Marla Vickers Band - Audience favorite and Hillsborough local Marla Vickers returning with her full band of twang-happy friends.

Hillsborough Walking Tour

2nd Saturday Walking Tour, $5
Saturday, September 12th, 10 am - 2 pm
Come to the Alexander Dickson House, 150 E King St. Hillsborough to explore Hillsborough's history on a 90-minute guided walking tour through its historic districk. For more information call 732-7741 or visit the Historic Hillsbough website.

Animal Adoption Day

Weaver Street Market in Carrboro
Sunday, September 13, 2:00-5:00 pm

Looking for a new pet? Weaver Street Market invites local adoption and rescue individuals and organizations to bring cats and dogs in need of good homes to our Carrboro lawn. Stop by and visit with the animals and maybe find that perfect new addition to your family.

Do you have animals to adopt out? Animal rescue and adoption organizations and individuals are welcome to bring animals to our Carrboro lawn. If you would like for your organization to be involved please contact Jason Baker at 919.241.1794 or email.



Farm Activist Panel

Farm and Food Policy in Congress and the State House: A 2009 Activist's Update Speakers: Roland McReynolds and Kate DeMayo, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Billie Karel, Toxic Free NC, Carol Brooke, NC Justice Center Wednesday, September 16, 7 to 9 pm Carrboro Century Center The forum will discuss the controversy surrounding the proposed federal Food Safety Enhancement Act, the victory establishing the new NC Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council, as well as the legislative ups and downs on pesticides and farmworker protections. Ample time will be set aside for Q&A. This is a preview event for the Eastern Triangle Farm Tour the weekend of Sept. 19 & 20.

Urban Farm Tour

Saturday September 12, 2009, 3-8 pm Starting point : CarrboroRaw (bamboo fenced lot on Weaver St & Main St, downtown Carrboro, across from Weaver St Market, between Spotted Dog and Jade Palace/Maple View). Come there to pick up a map, a raffle ticket, and start the tour! Tickets:$3 for 1, $5 for 2, $10 for 5 tickets. Did you know there are dozens of great places within town limits that practice sustainable farming and agriculture practices, right in our own backyard?! People are keeping bees, raising chickens, and tending gardens that sustainably produce delicious healthy food. Urban farming can be a key way to not only have healthier local food, but greatly reduce unnecessary carbon emissions and petroleum use. Tour: The tour consists of over 15 sites in Carrboro/Chapel Hill, art from local artists and several skill-shares workshops including honey harvesting, lasagna bed preparation, chicken processing and much more! Group-led tours will depart at the top of each hour. The Potluck and the drawing for the raffle begin sometime after 7 at 105 Dilliard St. The raffle raises funds for a Tool Lending Library. Two grand prizes include dinner for 2 + wine tasting at the Lantern and a cornucopia of food from the Carrboro Farmers' Market. Volunteer: We also need some volunteers to help staff the meeting point! Email if interested. Show your art: If you are interested in showing a piece of art on the tour, contact Ellie Morris with a description of the piece you'd like to submit and how it was inspired by urban farms or gardens. The first Urban Farm Tour hosted over 300 people. Join us and help make the 2nd URBAN FARM TOUR a success as well! Bring your bike, a bike to share, some walking shoes, a local food dish for the potluck and we'll do the rest!
Learn more about the tour here.

Wild Herb Walk

Monday, September 21 5:30 - 7:00 pm, rain or shine Meet outside Weaver Street Market 228 S Churton Street Hillsborough Join Herbalist and Wildcrafter, Will Endres on this informal walk to learn more about the incredible healing herbs and plants located right here in the heart of Hillsborough. Cost $15. No pre-registration required. Just show up ready to learn. Will Endres is a local Hillsborough resident who is recognized nationally as an expert and pioneer in the healing properties of herbs. He also has developed a line of herbal tinctures and dry herbs, many of which he sells at local farmers' markets and natural foods stores. Will can be reached at 919.732.9785.

Adopt-a-Highway Party! And Community Service

Ever wonder why Churton Street looks so good? Everybody contributes. Saturday, September 12, 8:30 am We'll pick up litter on a nearby section of Churton Street after meeting at Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough. Can't come at 8:30? Join us on the road from 9:00-10:00 AM. Look for the orange vests, recycling and trash bags. Sponsors: Please use the services of those who help to keep our town looking good. Hillsborough Yoga and Healing Arts A Step To Health (Bringing drinks) Community One Bank (supplying caps) Holistic Physical Therapy News of Orange County Weaver Street Market Carillon Assisted Living Dr. Paul Aaron, Chiropractic Physician You, too, can be a sponsor. It doesn't have to cost. Just let Dr. Aaron know you want to help. Call 919-619-8009 or go to www.YouHealIt.com, then get you, your staff, friends, scouts and family to work, share the information, get others out on the road, supply drinks, snacks, songs, laughter, encouragement, etc. The state adopt-a-highway program supplies vests, bags, gloves and sometimes pick-up sticks. Please bring suntan lotion. Anyone bringing pickup sticks for themselves or others will be rewarded with a rousing cheer. 12-17 year olds sign a Youth Release Form. No younger children or pets, please.

Envirobits

Floss Your Way to a Better World
by Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer
I hate flossing as much as the next person. But a visit to a scarier-than-usual dentist motivated me to try harder, flossing everyday for 6 months. And it worked: at my last visit, I had almost no tartar. I also came away with a better understanding of all those terms thrown around by dentists and TV ads:

Plaque is a film of microorganisms that are present naturally in the mouth. When these microorganisms build up too much, however, they produce acids that attack teeth and lead to cavities. They block saliva (which is full of minerals to protect our teeth) from coming in to do its thing. And they allow saliva's minerals to build up on them (in the cracks where they hang out), forming tartar.

Tartar, that hard, yellow-white stuff along the gumline, can only be removed by a dentist. Its rough surface enables further plaque build-up, compounding the problems; and it can result in bad breath and inflamed or receding gums. That's why it is important to floss at least once a day, to disturb the film of plaque and prevent the start of tartar.

One thing that helped me stick to my daily flossing regimen was using Eco Dent's Gentle Floss, the dental floss that comes in a recyclable cardboard box. With 100 yards in a box, I didn't run out between visits; and if I had, I'd still avoid the discouraging moment of tossing yet another plastic floss box in the trash. Positive feelings towards my dental floss made me less reluctant to use it.

So surprise your dentist: pledge to floss daily until your next visit. And after your gums triumph over her floss, when she offers you those tiny samples of floss sent out by the big-name dental companies, you can say, 'No thanks, I'll stick to Gentle Floss!' Or you can take them and donate them to the local food pantry.

Ecodent's Gentle Floss in on sale in September for $3.99. It's available in our Carrboro and Hillsborough locations.


Specials

Our Fresh, Fast $5 Lunch Continues! Monday - Thursday, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm • a cup of soup made fresh daily • Weaver Street house salad • slice of handcrafted bread from Weaver Street Market's bakery Fast Food That's Good for You! $10 Wines on Tuesdays & Thursdays Enhance your mid-week meal with excellent wines at an incredible price! Enjoy your choice of 3 selected wines for only $10 / bottle—at lunch or dinner, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
Sign up for Panzanella's Enewsletter here.

Chapel Hill Creamery Farm Dinner

Chapel Hill Creamery Farm Dinner Monday, September 28, 5:30-9:00 pm at Panzanella The Chapel Hill Creamery started with a desire to make cheese about seventeen years ago. Portia McKnight and Flo Hawley visited the Ashe County Cheese Plant pushing them closer to taking the leap to make their own cheese. While investigating local sources of milk, they decided that to get the freshest, highest quality milk, they would need to produce it themselves. With that in mind, they developed their underlying philosophy of raising "cows that are healthy and happy and improving the quality of the land". Chapel Hill Creamery is located off Dairyland Road in Hillsborough and consists of 18 acres with a mixture of rye, clover and Red River crab grass. The cows move to fresh pasture twice a day allowing the cows to eat the very best part of the grass and allowing the grass to grow back before the pasture is used again. The herd is composed of Jersey cows because they produce creamy, rich, delicious milk, they are more tolerant of the heat and they are better suited to the intensive grazing system that Flo and Portia use. Portia and Flo maintain the purity of their product by keeping their herd healthy and by monitoring the quality of the milk as it goes through production. The Chapel Hill Creamery makes around 6-7 kinds of cheese, including Carolina Moon and New Moon (Camembert-like), fresh Mozzarella, Farmer's cheese (also a fresh cheese), feta and one raw-milk, aged cheese made in the monastery style. Monastery cheeses were traditionally named after the monastery where they were made, and in keeping with that, they named their monastery cheese Hickory Grove after the Baptist Church at the end of their road.