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 […]
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, […]
The Brattleboro Food Co-op is a skincare paradise, a utopia of clean beauty, an Eden of exfoliation, a wonderland of wellness. And in this elevated section, one of the ultimate […]
KNOW YOUR FARMER. TRUST YOUR MEDICINE MAKER. Peaceful Harvest is the best of both worlds: they are the farmer and the medicine maker. Karen and Brian Wiseman create unusually potent […]
For over 80 years, JK Adams has grown and evolved in Dorset, Vermont. From its origins as a manufacturer of surveying tools to its current standing as a premier creator […]
Every farm is unique, every farmer is an individual. But for the most part, as Tim Hughes-Muse of Laughing Child Farm jokes, there are usually a couple of things they […]
Bill Suhr purchased sixty acres of land in Shoreham, VT, at the young age of twenty-seven. He’d been coming to Vermont during summers his whole life to visit his grandmother, […]
Our four business core values are: Integrity, Balance, Harmony, and Fun.-Excerpt from Old Friends Farm’s Holistic Goal Missy Bahret and Casey Steinberg founded Old Friends Farm over twenty years ago […]
If you’ve ever had Maplebrook Farm mozzarella, you know they are pillowy bundles of milky white softness. They’re made just on the other side of the mountain on Route 9 […]
Trish Naudon Thomas always has two notebooks on her bedside table: one for lyrics and one for herbal remedy ideas. She and her husband, Chris Thomas, are both rock musicians […]
Coffee is truly a global connector. Almost the entire population of planet Earth could be divided into two groups: coffee consumers and coffee suppliers. These days there’s more gray area […]
As a very young man in the 1980s, Larry Plesent started a successful window washing business. He was driven, energetic, bright, and creative. It seems the only thing that kept […]
Each month we focus on identifying a local producer to feature in our monthly newsletter, Food for Thought and in-store. We conduct an in-depth interview, and feature photos, creating an article that reaches over 9,000 shareholders. We invite the producer to the Co-op to show off their wares through a demonstration or a tasting. We promote the producer and event through print materials as well as our website, Facebook, and Instagram advertising. This program is central to our cooperatively owned business.
If you are a shopper dedicated to buying organic and whole foods, committed to supporting our local community, organizations, and family farms, and believe in cooperative ownership, we encourage you to become a shareholder.
