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Weaver Street is proposing to eliminate single-use plastic and paper bags in favor of other bag options. Our goal: 100% reusable bags in 2019! Please send us feedback by email…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!