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Join us throughout April as we celebrate Sustainability with special events, classes, a 19.75% off Bulk Sale, a $50 Gift Card Giveaway, and more!
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All, It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I must announce that at the end of June I will be unable to continue my current role and […]
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These are the minutes of the March 3, 2025 Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Directors Meeting. Present at Meeting Directors Present: Kevin Brennan, Calvin Dame, Denise Glover, Lee Halpern, Anneka […]
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The Bulk foods department has been an integral part of the Brattleboro Food co-op since the beginning.  Bulk foods have always been popular with shoppers at the BFC because it […]
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In honor of Earth Day, we have big news!  The Brattleboro Food Co-op has been awarded a grant of $500,000 from the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). REAP […]
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What is sustainability? The most often quoted definition comes from the UN World Commission on Environment and Development: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without […]
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Every year, our General Manager reports to the Board of Directors on what we are doing to achieve our Ends Policies, which state our purpose as an organization: what we […]
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In 2004, as Stina Kutzer neared her fiftieth birthday, her husband surprised her with an unexpected but deeply meaningful gift: a three-day-old Jersey calf named Babette. For Stina, Babette was […]
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As you may know, there is a potential 25% tariff coming on Canadian imports in the near future, although it’s anyone’s guess at the moment what or when this reality […]
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Lisa, our Education, Demos, & Events Coordinator, wrote this to everyone who entered the Bread Fest competition on March 1st: Dear Bread Fest Participants, I hope this finds you well! […]
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These are the minutes of the Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Directors meeting that took place on Monday, February 3, 2025. Present at Meeting Directors Present: Kevin Brennan [Zoom], Calvin […]
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Kayleigh Boucher, the young cheesemaker of Green Mountain Blue Cheese, comes from a long line of dairy farmers. The Bouchers have been dairy farming in northern Vermont for three generations, […]
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