Category: News & Events

Film examines food co-ops as a community-based economic movement Food co-ops are bringing their story to 50 cities, across the U.S. in the acclaimed documentary Food For Change. The screenings […]
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I am always grateful when the first apples of the season are ripe and ready to enjoy. Every year by late summer, I am anxiously waiting for the new apple […]
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I’m just completing the final year of my first 3-year term on the BFC Board of Directors, this time around. It’s very interesting to think back to my prior service […]
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What Next?

October 1, 2018
We had a visit not too long ago from Tracy Shriver, the Windham County State’s Attorney. She, along with Mel Motel from the Brattleboro Community Justice Center, proposed a program […]
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Every October, cooperatively-owned businesses around the world celebrate National Cooperative Month. No matter what type of co-op it is—whether it’s an electrical utility, credit union, or food cooperative like our […]
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Current Job Openings

September 22, 2018
FULL TIME:  Finance/I. T. Manager Kitchen Production Cook   SUBS:               Meat/Seafood Department Grocery Clerk Cashier Please pick up an application at Customer Service, or […]
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VT Farmstead Cheese Co and Lawson’s Finest Liquids are mixing it up in our Cheese Department. Sip of Sunshine Cheddar is on Sale this Weekend ONLY for $6.49 a package. […]
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Lentil & Swiss Chard Soup

September 1, 2018
  Lentil & Swiss Chard Soup 1 ½ cups dried lentils 2 quarts water or broth ½ to 1 tsp. salt (depending on your taste and whether or not you […]
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One of the most striking vegetables I see throughout the whole growing season—either at the farm stand or in the produce section or in the garden—is Swiss chard. The magnificent […]
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Old Friends Farm

September 1, 2018
In Amherst, Massachusetts, 34 miles as the crow flies from the Brattleboro Food Co-op, seated in and amongst a picturesque rail trail, a golf course, suburban homes, and a strip-mall […]
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by Mary Bene When I moved to Brattleboro three years ago, I was unfamiliar with the area, and I really didn’t know anyone. But I devoted some detective time to exploring […]
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In June of last year, the news broke that Amazon was purchasing Whole Foods. This was the biggest news in the natural foods sector in some time, and the effects […]
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