We now source maple syrup directly from a co-op of family farms centered in Wisconsin: Maple Valley Cooperative. By buying directly, we’ve established another Co-op to Co-op relationship, resulting in a better deal for both parties.
Continue ReadingSpecial Delivery: Mt. Alice Camembert
This week 32 beautiful little wheels of Mt. Alice landed in North Carolina, and we couldn’t be happier! Mt. Alice is a certified-organic camembert from von Trapp Farmstead in the Green Mountains of Vermont, a third generation family farm (and yes, related to those Von Trapps).
Continue ReadingIt’s Chestnut Time
Chestnuts arrive in our stores just one season of the year. Ours come from High Rock Farm on the Haw River in Gibsonville, NC. High Rock Farm chestnuts are special for many reasons. The farm is on the site of General Nathanael Greene’s 1781 headquarters and has an 1807 farmhouse. The Teague family, who bought…
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Bone-anza! Stock Up on Local Beef Bones
We buy beef from Mills Family Farm in Mooresville, NC. The Mills family has run this farm since 1935…. The Angus cattle are raised on pasture, with year-round grass and supplemental feed in the winter, as well as a vitamin and mineral mix created on the farm. They receive no antibiotics or added hormones.
Continue ReadingSpecial Delivery: Sequatchie Cove Nickajack
This week we unpacked 48 beautiful one-pound wheels of Nickajack, a toothsome, washed-rind cheese from cheese makers, Nathan and Padgett Arnold of Sequatchie Cove Creamery in Tennessee.
Continue ReadingApple & Pumpkin Fest
Our Apple & Pumpkin Fest begins today and continues through November 3. Read about all the activities at our stores.
Continue ReadingFair Trade Avocados Are Back
They’re back! The delicious organic avocados we enjoyed last winter are back in stores. These avocados come from the PRAGOR co-op, twenty-two small-scale avocado growers in Michoacán, Mexico, and we buy them through Equal Exchange. Before forming a co-op, the avocado farmers faced many obstacles: Drug cartels often set up road blocks on the mountain…
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Bagel-Making Action (Video)
Try our new bagels today! By adding small amounts of honey, canola oil, and sourdough starter to our recipe, we achieved a softer bagel that is more sandwich-friendly. Our bread bakers make the bagels daily; watch them mix, shape, boil, and bake the dough in the video below.
Discover Our New Softer Bagels
We’ve developed a softer bagel. We rolled out the new bagels this week, and they’re ON SALE from now through Tuesday, October 13 at $0.99 each and $4.99 for a half-dozen.
Continue ReadingTraining Session with La Riojana
Walter Carol, the Export Director from La Riojana Winery, visited us last week and did some training sessions with our staff. La Riojana is our newest wine producer and is a fair trade cooperative. Staff learned about the winery’s family grape growers, the fair trade initiatives that have been possible due to sales at British…
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