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From the Board’s March meeting:
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For immediate release Brattleboro, VT Last week, Retreat Farm announced the opening of the Retreat Farm Market in June 2024. Located in the former Grafton Village Cheese Company facility, this […]
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Dosa: crispy, chewy, fresh off the griddle, nutritious, gluten free since the year 800 AD, vegan, fermented, digestible, and delicious. It’s the traditional, convenient, dinner-in-a-pinch South Indian street food that […]
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Republished with permission from Dosa Kitchen Thin and crispy is your goal for this dosa family member. Keys to success are using a low-sided cast-iron pan, greasing it very lightly, […]
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Celebrate Women’s History Month with our Speaker & Demo Series by women who own local businesses! March is Women’s History Month, and we’re thrilled to bring you a special Speaker […]
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By Calvin Dame, Board member In late August, the Co-op received the disappointing news that our respected and able General Manager, Lee Bradford, was departing. The Board of Directors of […]
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For a little context: this is written from the perspective of a BFC staff member who has worked at the Co-op for about thirteen years in various departments: first in […]
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Call for applications to table at the BFC’s 2024 Wellness Fair!  We invite wellness-focused practitioners, organizations, and businesses to join us on Friday, April 19th, from 1:30-4:30 pm in the […]
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Meeting Date: Monday, January 10, 2024  Present at Meeting Directors Present: Calvin Dame, Judy Fink, Denise Glover, Anneka Kindler, Michele Meulendyk, Jerelyn Wilson, and Johanna Zalneraitis. Directors Absent: Vanessa Vadim. […]
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Congratulations to Boucher Family Farm Boucher Blue, our 2024 Cheese Madness winner! Click here to view the entire bracket with our winners! The winner of the winning pound of cheese […]
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By Michele Meulendyk When we think about a Board of Directors, it can be easy to imagine the cutthroat suits of our television shows and movies. Yet, your Co-op Board […]
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If you didn’t, you are not alone. These pieces of Black history, American history, and the history of the cooperative movement, along with countless others, have been missing—and often intentionally […]
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