Supporting the local food economy is all about learning to eat seasonally, and it’s no different with seafood. One of the most exciting things about buying from Locals Seafood is seeing the fish change with the seasons.
Continue ReadingCaramels, Chocolate, and Toffee for Mom
Pick up Gearhart’s chocolates as a special treat for your mother! These tasty confections come from Gearharts Fine Chocolates in Charlottesville, Virgina, where Tim Gearhart opened up his chocolate shop with fellow chef Bill Hamilton in 2001. The pistachio toffee comprises rich, buttery toffee loaded with roasted, lightly salted California pistachios and coated in bittersweet…
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On the Farm Tour: Breeze Farm
By Emily Buehler, Weaver Street Market Website Coordinator This year on the Farm Tour we visited Breeze Farm. The farm was donated to NC State by the Breeze family, and is intended to further organic agriculture. It’s used as a “farm incubator”: aspiring and new farmers can rent land and use the existing infrastructure as…
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New Art from Northside Elementary School
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 includes landscapes and portraits from Northside Elementary School.
Continue ReadingEmily’s Vegan Strawberry Shortcake
This is based on “Emily’s Mom’s Strawberry Shortcake” and tastes every bit as good. You can also use soy milk or even water instead of the coconut milk, but the cake won’t rise as high.
Continue ReadingEmily’s Mom’s Strawberry Shortcake
Emily Buehler, our Website Coordinator, shares this recipe for strawberry shortcake. “I have no idea where it originated, but it’s easy and I’ve never had a shortcake I like as much. The plain cake is delicious for breakfast, toasted with butter, if you have leftovers.”
Continue ReadingA Hub for Local Produce
This month, we took a field trip to several of our produce and meat suppliers. We gathered at the ECO-HUB in Durham, where we toured the offices and storage areas of Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO) and Firsthand Foods.
Continue ReadingLiz’s Favorite Summer Salad
This simple recipe is perfect for spring, when local strawberries appear in stores. It comes from our Food House Kitchen Manager, Liz Matthews.
Continue ReadingWine Shows Raise over $12,000 for CCF
This month’s wine show ticket sales raised $10,502 for the Cooperative Community Fund. This money will build the fund, which is a sustainable endowment fund that currently has over $200,000. The fund’s interest is awarded each year to local nonprofits to do community projects that focus on access to healthy food. In addition, the raffle…
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Spicy & Sweet Goat Horn Pepper Spread
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