Covington Sweet Potatoes: The Beet, Weaver Street's E-Newsletter



		Weekly Owner Specials Weekly Produce Specials Weekly Meat Specials Value Recipe St Patrick's Day Treats Local Honey March Newsletter

		Hillsborough Open Mic Classifieds Due Wine Sale & Shows OC Visioning Survey HB 2nd Saturday Walk

			March Specials Artist's Reception Call for Entries
WSM Board Meeting SEEDS Skill Sharing	Envirobits Daylight Savings



Weekly Owner Specials

• Weaver Street Market's Quickbreads and Poundcakes Save $1 • Washington State Braeburn Apples Save 70¢ lb • Locally Produced Italian Sausage Save $1.50 lb • Weaver Street Market's Red Curry Tofu Salad Save $2 lb • Holly Grove Farms Fresh Chevre Save $1.00 lb • High Country Kombucha Save 80¢ each • Great deal for all shoppers: Vallevo Pecorino White Wine Save $3.00/bottle
View this week's owner specials here.

Weekly Produce Specials - THESE SALES ARE EFFECTIVE Tuesday, March 9 through Monday, March 15.


	Organic Cauliflower	$2.50 lb	save 79¢ lb
	Organic Blueberries	$3.00 lb	save 99¢ lb
	Local, Organic Sweet Potatoes	99¢ lb	save 50¢ lb

Weekly Meat & Seafood Specials

	NC Wild Caught Shrimp	$7.99 lb	Peeled & Deveined save $1.00 lb
	Boneless Pork Chops	$6.99 lb	save $1.70 lb

Read more about other Weaver Street Market Specials here.


Value Recipe

Our weekly value recipes incorporate lots of our On Sale items! Click below to view this week's value recipe: Penne with Italian Sausage, Cauliflower & Rosemary
View more WSM Recipes here.

St Patrick's Day Treats

These sweet treats only appear in March. Get yours now, before the rainbow disappears and they do too! Irish Soda Bread - Whole-grain quick bread made with buttermilk, apricots, figs, and currants. $3.25/loaf, available March 2 - March 27 Irish Shortbread Cookies - Buttery tender short bread filled with raspberry jam. 99¢/each, available March 3 - 30 Bailey's Irish Cream Cheese Cake - Bailey's Irish Cream Liquor and Jameson Irish Whiskey make a strong showing in this silky cheesecake contender with more than a hint of chocolate to even out the field. Slice $2.95, 6" $16.50, 8" $21.50, available March 3 - 30 Chocolate Orange Guinness Quick Bread - This delicate cake is great with coffee or a strong tea and yes, you can taste the Guinness. $3.49/each, available March 3 - 30 Irish Oat Scones - Lots of oats and brown sugar make these crumbly scones something to savor on a cool March morning. $1.29/each, available March 3 - 30 on Wednesdays & Saturdays only

Local Honey

Local Honey for Allergy Relief: Start Now! by Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer Imagine you go to the doctor with a broken arm. You're imagining needles, surgery, and a month in a cast, not to mention the bills. But your doctor says, "Just go to the park and ride the carousel once a day, and it will heal!" What could be better? That's how I felt when a friend suggested I eat local honey to help with spring pollen allergies. The allergies had started a few years after I moved to North Carolina, and if I didn't take conventional allergy medicine, I ended up with a sinus infection. I started eating a spoonful of honey every morning, and as the March days grew warmer, I often felt a tickle in my nose, but full-blown snotty-nosed, watery-eyed allergy misery never occurred. Now I eat honey in conjunction with using a neti pot at the end of each pollen-filled day, and I have reclaimed springtime! (For information on neti pots, see the October 27, 2009 Beet here.) No scientific research has been published on the efficacy of local honey in fighting allergies. The theory behind this natural remedy is that local honey contains traces of local pollen—the same pollen that produces allergies. By eating a little local honey each day, you allow your body to build up a tolerance to the allergen. (Note: raw honey should not be given to infants!) Thankfully, Orange County has its very own honey producer, Busy Bee Apiaries, located on New Hope Church Road midway between Carrboro and Hillsborough. Look for their local wildflower honey near the bulk bins in all three Weaver Street Market locations, for $3.39 a pound! You can bring a container from home (have a cashier weigh it before filling), or buy one at the store. Until the weather warms up, keep your honey in a warm location or it may crystallize.

March Newletter

The Weaver Street Market print newsletter is no longer direct mailed, but is available for pick-up at all three WSM locations. You will find a link to it here.
View the March CAP Flyer here.



Hillsborough Open Mic

Hillsborough store Acoustic Open-Mic Every Thursday 6:00-8:30 pm March 11th: Eno Mountain Boys - Local boy (and Weave employee) Dillon Shambley with his gathering of local pickers and grinners. Debuting new material for your edification, under the shadow of the Eno Mountain. March 18th: Applesauce - Mark Holland and Pete Waggoner laying a sinister little blue glimmer on your night. Twelve strings, several harpoons and numerous instructional tales about how and where in Chatham County to make pacts with the Devil. March 25th: Gambling The Muse - Twanglicious Chapel Hillbillies with Falknerian and Weltyan leanings, showing off the songwriting of Daniel Snyder and Jason Butler, and decorated with glittery lap steel guitar and harmonies galore.
View more Weaver Street Market events here.

April Classifieds Due

March 14, 9:00 pm Classified ads for our April print newsletter dated: March 31 - May 4, are due by 9:00 pm on Sunday, March 14. 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.
View the current list of classified ads here.

Wine Sale & Shows

Save the date for: Weaver Street Market's 6th Annual Spring Wine Sale & Shows! Wine Sale: April 2 - April 21 Wine Shows: Saturday, April 3, 1 - 5 pm on the lawn in Carrboro Saturday, April 10, 1 - 5 pm at Southern Village Saturday, April 17, 1 - 5 pm in Hillsborough

OC Visioning Survey

Imagine the Local Food System in the Piedmont! What could it be? Orange County Farms wants to hear from you - Please participate in their survey. This effort is a $50,000 Strong Roots project funded by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project with a grant from the NC Tobacco Trust Fund. OCF anticipates that at least $30,000 will be used to implement a deserving project based on the results of the survey. Results of the survey will be posted here!

HB 2nd Saturday Walk

Saturday, March 13th 10 am - 2 pm Come to the Alexander Dickson House, 150 E King Street, Hillsborough. Explore Hillsborough's history on a 90-minute guided walking tour through its historic district. $5, for more information call 732-7741 or visit their website.

SEEDS Skill Share

It's time for the 2nd Annual SEEDS Pie Social and Skill Share Auction! SEEDS is a non-profit community garden in Durham whose goal is to teach people to care for the earth, themselves and each other through a variety of garden-based programs. (To learn more, visit their website.) On April 18th from 2-6 pm, a suggested minimum donation of $10 will get you 4 pie-tasting tickets. You will also be able to bid on the unique talents being auctioned off in the Skill Share Auction. In preparation for the event, they're looking for people to donate pies and/or their skills to the Skill Share Auction—anything from fire juggling to origami, vermicomposting to fly fishing, pottery to Japanese brush painting. The skill share silent auction puts a spin on a traditional silent auction—instead of bidding on things, attendees bid on 'skill shares'—quality time learning fun and interesting skills from fellow community members. The lessons can be one-time only or several sessions long, for an individual or for a group. What skills could you share? Whether it's magic lessons or mushroom hunting, you probably have a unique skill you can donate! Email your skill, the type of pie you'd like to donate, or your questions by April 1st to Kavanah Ramsier.

Daylight Savings

Spring forward or you'll be late! Daylight savings start this Sunday, March 14, 2010

WSM Board Meeting

Wednesday, March 17, 6:30-9:30 pm
Conference Room above Panzanella
The Board usually meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Meetings run from 6:30-9:30 pm and all owners of the Co-op are welcome to attend as observers. To confirm an upcoming meeting, please contact the board here.



Envirobits

More Toothpaste for Your Money by Emily Buehler, Contributing Writer Years ago, before I'd moved to Carrboro and discovered Weaver Street Market, my activist, PETA-loving friend Anna gave me a tube of Tom s toothpaste for my birthday. The first time I used it, I cringed at the bland, baking-soda taste. But I didn't want to waste it, so I kept using it. Week's later, on a visit to my parents, I switched back to good old Crest...and the syrupy sweetness made me cringe! Tom's had won me for life. Soon I discovered that Tom's tubes are made of steel and therefore recyclable. Wanting to rinse out an empty tube, I cut it down the middle and pried it open and discovered a hidden reservoir of toothpaste! Swabbing it out with my brush each night, the tube lasted for several more weeks. (Now I get the swabbing over with, transferring the remaining toothpaste to a small plastic container for easier access.) How can you make sure small pieces of metal, like pieces of Tom's tubes or the lids of cans and bottles, make it through the recycling system? These small pieces often fall out of the bales, requiring extra handling at the processing plant. Secure them by placing them inside a steel can and crimping it shut to hold them inside. Don't forget to remove the plastic nozzle from the tube; it's easy to pull off with pliers if you crimp the opening first. Remember, other small metal objects like pots, pans, nails, or screws should not go in curbside recycling, but to the scrap metal bin at a Solid Waste Convenience Center.) In March, Tom's of Maine toothpastes are on sale! $4.49-$4.99 each, there are numerous sizes, and the kids toothpastes are $3.79.
Learn more about Tom's of Maine here.



March Specials

10th Anniversary Specials at Panzanella: This month at Panzanella is dedicated to the glorious oyster! Every Lunch, Dinner and Brunch in March, we will have at least one special dish that includes luscious, beautiful oysters. Special dinner deals available all month: Tuesdays, Wendesdays, Thursdays - $10 dinner entree specials. Sundays - any pizza on our dinner menu for $10 ($1 off) And these delights won't be around for long—so don't miss out: Carolina Brewery's Anniversary Ale while supplies last. Almond-Amaretto Crème Brûlée our 10th Anniversary Dessert
Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch).
Sign up for Panzanella's Enewsletter here.

Artist's Reception

'Ciao Roma' photographs by Geneva Sophia February 9 - April 11, 2010 Artist Reception: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:30 - 7:30 pm 'Ciao Roma' is the beginning of a young woman's journey of survival. At 18 years old, Geneva Sophia was coming out of a class at 1:00 in the afternoon, when she was brutally attacked. The resulting head injuries left her with amnesia, short-term memory loss, and other disabilities. Her dreams, memories, and essential parts of her identity were lost in an instant. She now lived in a painful world without familiar touchstones. Her mother gave her a camera to help her remember what she had done each day, and with the hope that Geneva would begin to create new memories. The camera became Geneva Sophia's new destiny. In this exhibit, we see some of the very first photographs Geneva took with that camera. These beautiful images—compelling even without their story—document the vision and work of a survivor, at the point of beginning a new life.

Call for Entries

"Local Farms / Local Art: An Art Exhibit Celebrating the 15th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour. This spring, Panzanella hosts a juried exhibit to explore what North Carolina artists create when the inspiration is local farming. Selected artists will be part of a 9-week exhibit of work based on NC farms. Farmers, farm families, crops, animals, landscapes, farm buildings and equipment are all possible subjects. This is our third year presenting the Local Farms/Local Art Exhibit. It will be displayed in Panzanella from April 13th through June 14th, 2010. While the Piedmont Farm Tour involves only farms within the Piedmont, the artwork may represent farm subjects anywhere in North Carolina. Artists must currently reside in North Carolina. If you are interested in submitting artwork, please download a pdf of the 'Call For Artists' form here. Deadline for submissions is March 22.