Cabot Creamery is a co-op of 1200 family dairy farms in New York and New England. All profits are paid back to the farmer-owners, who elect the co-op Board of Directors. Beneath the surface of the successful business is a deep commitment to co-op development and community building.
Continue ReadingJoin us for a Community Food Sort
Last May, you donated $43,000 to TABLE, to supply 400 kids with backpacks of food on the summer weekends. Join us on July 21, starting at 7:30 AM on the west patio of our Carrboro store to sort, bag, and deliver the weekend’s food.
Continue ReadingA New Blog for Co-ops
The Bridge is a new blog with a mission “to showcase cooperative activities that build healthy & sustainable local communities; and to educate & inform the public about these efforts in an effort to raise the visibility & impact of North Carolina & South Carolina cooperatives.” Two recent articles are set right in our community:…
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Slicing Bread for Kids (Video)
Every week, staff members volunteer to slice the 200 loaves of oat bread that go to the 400 kids at TABLE this summer. Here are Miguel and Frank using the bakery’s bread slicer.
Continue ReadingNew Art: Science & Math Main Lesson Books
Art:K12 is an exhibition program at Weaver Street Market’s Carrboro store, focusing on artwork created by local children and youth. The program began in February 2015. Its initial intention is to offer a public space for viewing visual art created by students in the CHCCS district, as well as local private schools. The new artwork…
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Volunteer for Food for the Summer
Chapel Hill–Carrboro’s Food for the Summer program kicks off today, providing lunch to 1600 kids in our community each weekday. The program is a collaboration between our towns, the schools, UNC, and local non-profits. To deliver and serve food at 20 meal sites each day, they need to fill 1684 volunteer slots (38 volunteers each…
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TABLE Campaign: Thank You
A huge heart-felt thank you to Weaver Street Market shoppers and staff! Your generous donations will provide healthy food for the 400 kids served by TABLE’s Summer Program.
Continue ReadingHemp History Week
Did you know that the Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper? Hemp was a commercial crop in the United States from the country’s beginning until the 1930s, when hemp was lumped together with “marihuana” and made effectively illegal to grow. After a resurgence when hemp was needed during World War II, it was…
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Piedmont Farm Tour a Big Success
Thanks to everyone who went on the 21st annual Piedmont Farm Tour last month! We had two great sunny days (with a few showers on Saturday), and visitors made the most of it. A total of 2469 people went on the tour, and they made 10,219 farm visits, about four farms per person. The 2016…
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Volunteer for TABLE This Summer
As you may know, TABLE is a hunger relief organization that provides food to children on weekends, when they do not have access to free school meals. During the summer, the program continues as Summer TABLE. Like the Weekend Meal Backpack Program during the school year, Summer TABLE fills bags of healthy food, including produce…
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