Community Owned Natural Foods Grocery
With one week left to round up for backpack meals for kids, shoppers and owners have rounded up more than 300,000 times for $135,000 donated for the food insecure kids served by Orange County Schools and TABLE. This week we’re reporting on how your Round Up funds are feeding hungry kids at six schools in…
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This year’s Cooperative Community Fund (CCF) grants benefited four local groups working to connect underserved community members with local produce. Chapel Hill Carrboro Meals on Wheels received $2000 to outfit their expanded space at their new location to increase their ability to provide meals for their clients. They’ll purchase a large capacity freezer to freeze…
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Last week, we had visitors from the Yes I Can Summer Camp. The Yes I Can Summer Camp runs for eight weeks between June and August. The camp teaches kids the skills to complete a triathlon while making sure they are fed and teaching them about nutritious eating during the summer months when food insecurity…
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This month’s Solid Waste and Recycling Newsletter from Orange County included the following opportunities for volunteers. Call 919-968-2788 or email muriel@orangecountync.gov for more information or to sign up. Local Fest: September 29, Celebrate Local Art, Craft, Music, Food and Culture in Orange County! Trash-free volunteers staff sorting-stations and rove the event grounds making sure waste diversion…
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When a customer walks into one of our Weaver Street Market stores this time of year it’s pretty obvious that we work with a lot of local farms. Big displays of local tomatoes, peppers, peaches and more spill off our produce department shelves. The produce is vibrant and fresh, the displays beautiful. But what’s behind…
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Last night we stopped by TABLE’s office in Carrboro to meet some of the many volunteers who make it possible to deliver food to hundreds of hungry children in our community. The shift leader, Mike, hurried among the stacks of nonperishables, setting up the assembly line that would be used to pack 145 bags with…
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Good Bowls are locally sourced, nutritious frozen meals designed to promote health for people, the community, and the planet, while tackling food insecurity.
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Laura and Ches Stewart grow all kinds of mushrooms (edible and medicinal) in a box truck on the farm. We got to see all stages of the process!
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TABLE is partnering with community organizations and businesses, such as Weaver Street Market, to continue to feed children living in Chapel Hill and Carrboro throughout the summer.
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The Spring Co-op Fair was a huge success. Some photos of the day are below. In our kitchen and bakery, visitors tasted new products and products we’re developing: new flavors of hummus, strawberry rhubarb yogurt cups made with limited sugar, rye shortbread cookies, sandwich breads with sprouted wheat flour added, and an ambrosia bar featuring…
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