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Food For Thought is our Co-op’s newsletter in which we proudly feature local producers — farmers, herbalists, food vendors, and artisans

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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 & Demo Series featuring inspiring women from various businesses. Ever dreamt of starting your own business? Curious about the journey successful women have taken to […]
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Congratulations to Boucher Family Farm Boucher Blue, our 2024 Cheese Madness winner! The winner of the winning pound of cheese + a basket of accompaniments will be announced by Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024*. Those who entered to win by filling out the “Cheese Madness” bracket will have the chance to win a pound of the […]
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As shareholders doing our regular rounds through the Co-op, checking items off our shopping lists, it can be easy to forget that we’re participating in a global movement to change the world one co-op at a time. Recently, our new General Manager Anthony Santorelli, fellow Board member Denise Glover, and I had the opportunity to […]
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March Update

March 14, 2024
Greetings, fellow Cooperators!  As of this writing, it has been about one month since I assumed my new role as General Manager, and I thought it was about time to reach out to you all.  First and foremost I would like to just say thank you.  Thank you for all of your hard work and […]
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St. Patrick’s Day will be here before you know it, and we are celebrating at the BFC in true Irish style. Of course, all your traditional favorites are available for your delight, but we want to draw your focus this year to our outstanding Seafood department. We will celebrate the holiday with a big tasty […]
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Brattleboro Food Co-op Board of Directors Meeting Minutes from Monday, February 5, 2024. Directors Present: Calvin Dame, Judy Fink, Denise Glover, Anneka Kindler, Michele Meulendyk, Evan Silber, Jerelyn Wilson, Johanna Zalneraitis, and Vanessa Vadim. Staff, Shareholders, and Others Present: GM Anthony Santorelli, Board Administrator/Sustainability Coordinator Sarah Brennan. Shareholders Davida Bagatelle and Sheila Adams [Zoom]. President Jerelyn […]
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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 high-traffic location sees over 90,000 visitors annually, providing a unique opportunity to showcase the intersection of the land, farmers, and food production.  The 2,300 sqft […]
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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 you can put in a waffle iron, serve for any meal, use as onion-ring batter, and it would probably make an astoundingly good fried Oreo, […]
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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, getting it super-hot, and practice. This recipe makes a 10-inch dosa crepe using ¼ cup Dosa Batter, but that’s just a guideline: there’s no wrong […]
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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 the Co-op is charged with the hiring and oversight of the General Manager, so aided by Emilee Hobbs, the Co-op’s Director of People and Culture, […]
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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 the Kitchen, then Shareholder Services, and now as the Content & Community Relations Coordinator. (My name is Ruth and a lot of you reading this […]
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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 Co-op Cafe for the BFC’s 2024 Wellness Fair!  Tabling is free for this educational event, but space is limited, so please apply as early as […]
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