Old Creamery Co-op is thrilled to see one of our local coffee vendors win a Nobel Prize!
 The Business for Peace Foundation, based in Oslo, Norway had eighty nominees from fifty different countries for their 2013 awards. Dean Cycon, owner of Dean's Beans in Orange Mass was the only American honored, as reported this week by WGGB TV Springfield.
Dean simply states his mission as "Each player in our cycle of production and distribution, from the farmer to the consumer, participates in socially just and environmentally responsible trade."
He went on to tell WGGB "We guarantee that at no time will you ever pay the farmers less than they need to support their families, keep their kids in school, put food on the table," and added "Even after 20 years I say I'm not a business man. I am a social activist using business as a vehicle for social change."
While you are enjoying a freshly brewed cup of Dean's Beans in our cafe or in the comforts of your own home you can read more here
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Alice's Recipe: Roasted Beet Salad Wow, what a wacky growing season this has been! The extremes we've been experiencing are challenging. From drought to flooding, cold to heat and heat to cold, the conditions this season have been erratic and stressful to the plants. Our local farmers need our support to weather difficult growing seasons. Look for locally grown produce at locally owned markets and frequent many of the area farmers markets. Despite the rivers that were flowing in our garden paths a week ago, our garden is producing beautifully. We've been eating loads of salad greens and radishes, and about fifteen different types of cooking greens. The strawberries and peas are coming on strong now. Lots of herbs have been enhancing our meals. Garlic scapes are ready, we still have a few stray asparagus stalks, and the rest of the garden is looking promising for abundant harvests. Here's a recipe for Roasted Beet Salad. It uses several types of vegetables and herbs that are showing up at area farmers markets. If you have beautiful ingredients that you're trying to figure out what to do with, nab me the next time you see me wandering the aisles at the Creamery. One of my favorite games is "Recipe Improv." Someone tells me ingredients that they have, and I suggest ways to use them. Sometimes I even surprise myself! My real-life, real-time version of that game is when Amy wanders in from the garden with armloads of gorgeous, just-harvested vegetables and fruits and I prepare a feast for us and whoever is joining us at our table that night. The possibilities are endless, and the results are spectacular. Nourishing meals made from fresh, beautiful ingredients grown with respect for the earth and with gratitude, meals prepared with love and shared with friends and family -- life doesn't get any better than that for me. Enjoy the sun, rain, heat, cold, and whatever else gets tossed our way and remember to support our hardworking local farmers. I hope to run into you soon.
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Are Happy Gut Bacteria Key to Weight Loss?
If you read one article this month, or year, about health and nutrition, you owe it yourself and your loved ones to read Moises Velasquez-Manoff's piece in the latest Mother Jones magazine. You may have heard that "inflammation" is seen to be associated with metabolic syndrome, which can foster many diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and obesity. But could it be the cause of these diseases? And that what we eat can increase inflammation within minutes? Read on; click here. Thank you, Mother.
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Solar Power Has the Power
From an article at Grist by David Roberts: "Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste to U.S. power utilities and burn the utility business model, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century, to the ground. That is not wild-eyed hippie talk. It is the assessment of the utilities themselves."
To read more about a largely overlooked report by the Edison Electric Institute, an industry trade group, click here.
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Saving Seeds and the Third Annual Hilltown Arts Festival!
The Old Creamery's Community Calendar is your place to post, and check for, happenings in the Hilltowns. The Community Calendar can be found on the Old Creamery's website under "News & Events." You can click on any event in the calendar to pop up an expanded information box. For instance, click here to see the listing for a seed-saving workshop this Sunday in Chesterfield, and here to learn about the third annual Hilltown Arts Festival in Worthington next week on Saturday, July 6.
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Stay in Touch! We Love to Hear from You! For questions about Co-op membership, product requests, or suggestions or other feedback, please send a note to info@oldcreamery.coop. We'll make sure your note is sent to the appropriate person and that you get a prompt response. If you'd like to contact the Co-op's board of directors, simply send your email to board@oldcreamery.coop. Emails sent to this address are received only by the board. To reach Karen Doherty, the Co-op's general manager, send an email to gm@oldcreamery.coop. Emails sent to this address are received only by Karen. If you're thinking of becoming a valued volunteer of the Co-op, you can reach Shirley Todd, volunteer coordinator, at volunteer@oldcreamery.coop. There are many opportunities for volunteers. Emails sent to this address go directly to Shirley. |
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Many items are on sale every week at the Creamery. Look for the brightly colored shelf tags. These items are 15%-45% off regular prices. We work hard to find bargains on many different items, including staple groceries, treats like chocolate, juices, refrigerated items, personal care products, and supplements. The shelf tags indicate when the sale price expires. Some sale items are one-time opportunities that remain on sale until sold out. Many are purchasing opportunities that can be replenished over several weeks at great prices. Enjoy the savings!
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Your continued patronage supports the ongoing success of our community-owned, values-based cooperative. Thank you for supporting the Old Creamery Co-op as a member-owner, as a shopper, as a friend. We value every contribution to the success of the Old Creamery Co-op.
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