Membership GoalCurrent Members: 1,129 Next Goal: 1,200
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Thank You!
Since the co-op is a community initiative, we want to take the time to thank community members for contributing their time, skills and passions to the Monadnock Food Co-op.
Thank you to Sadie MacKillop for all her work compiling our Local Products list. We'll order all of our local products leading up to opening using this comprehensive list. |
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Dear Friends,
We're thrilled with the responses received from so many of you, offering to help stain the co-op floor on Saturday. Thank you! We'll be sure to post photos of our volunteer crew. Also, we're excited by the buzz generated by the TEDxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" Viewing Party. Food and farming leaders from around the nation will share their insights and expertise on sustainable food movement issues, impacts and innovations - and we get to experience it together, right here in Keene! Also, be sure to check out the TEDxManhattan giveaways.
Building Update
The store window installation is over halfway complete. We learned today that some of the windows weigh 400 pounds each! Dry wall taping started and priming of the walls begins on Friday. The building project continues to run on schedule -- which means an early April co-op opening!
Co-op Team Updates
  Not one, but two new staff members joined the Co-op Team this week. Welcome Store Manager Whitney Field (left) and IT/P.O.S. Coordinator Pam Croteau (right). That brings our staff team up to six. Yours Cooperatively,
Michael Faber
Monadnock Food Co-op General Manager
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Each month we'll raffle off two items - one to a new member-owner and another to a current member-owner - prizes that help the winners eat more local food and/or connect with our local food system.
This Month's Discover Local Give-Away:
Seeds & Soil
Learn More About This Month's Topics: - Compost: Compost closes the loop in our community's food system.
- Seeds: Believe it or not, right now is the right time to source your seeds for the coming growing season - but can you source your seeds locally?
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MFCC Wants Your Nominations
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From the Year of Co-ops to the Cooperative Decade
By Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Co-op Association 
The past year has been a watershed opportunity for our food co-ops and for the wider co-operative movement. When the United Nations (UN) declared 2012 the International Year of Co-ops, it brought unprecedented public attention to our business model. In the wake of continuing global recession, co-operative enterprise was showing itself to be a resilient business model. The central purpose of the Year was to shine a light on co-ops as effective tools for poverty reduction, social engagement, and food security, particularly in the context of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
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Manning Hill Farm
(Photo: Kimberly Peck Photography)
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Dairy
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Tuscan Hummus
From Glenn Sibley, Our Prepared Food Manager
This creamy smooth hummus is made with cannellini beans, instead of chickpeas. Try it at home today and look forward to buying at the co-op in early April!
30 oz cannellini beans rinsed and drained
5 garlic cloves peeled
1/2 cup sesame seed paste (tahini)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
Pinch of ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
Blend all the ingredients until smooth and enjoy.
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DUE MARCH 1st
Jeffrey P. Smith Farm
Scholarship Program
Monadnock Localvores Now Accepting Applications and Donations for 2013
Does your child have interest in farms or gardening? Would he or she like to explore these interests this summer? The Jeffrey P. Smith Farm Scholarship hopes to inspire the next generation of local farmers and local food supporters, by giving regional children an opportunity, through summer camp, after school programs, or membership to NOFA-NH, to experience sustainable farming practices first-hand and watch their efforts bear fruit. View more information and an application.
The Sustainability ProjectFebruary 16, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Keene State College Putnam Science Center, KeeneThis family-focused event enables all participants to attend skill-building workshops, stock up on organic seeds, learn about local food, environmental and sustainable community initiatives. There will be children's activities and more than 20 workshops and presentations throughout the day: www.emersonbrookforest.org.
TEDxManhattan Viewing PartyMonadnock Food Co-op &
The Sustainability ProjectFebruary 16, 10:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.Keene State College Putnam Science Center, KeeneWatch a live webstream of TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat. Speakers with various backgrounds in food and farming will share their sustainable food system ideas worth spreading! Speakers include Gary Hirshberg, Anne Cooper, Anna Lappé and many others. Watch for more details on the co-op's website: www.monadnockfood.coop/TEDxMan.  Fiber Classes
& More Double R Alpacas Various Dates & Times Double R Alpacas, Spofford The farm is offering morning, evening & Saturday beginner knitting classes for adults or children. They will schedule the classes once they are full, 5-7 people in a class. Stay tuned for their felting classes in March and Summer Day Camp for kids: knitting, felting, gardening, learning about alpacas and possibly honey bees. For more information, please call 603-363-4678 or visit www.doubleralpacas.com. Farm Appreciation Night Monadnock Farm & Community Connection Friday, March 8, 5:30 - 10:30 p.m. Stonewall Farm, Keene Enjoy a night of merriment and tribute to the farmers who enable us to eat local, farm fresh foods throughout the season, contribute to our community and help preserve the rural feel and agricultural heritage of the beautiful Monadnock Region. This volunteer-run event brings farmers and the broader public together to kick back, eat, drink, and be merry together - and perhaps even dance a little! $10 suggested donation per non-farmer (under 12 are free!). Farmers and their immediate families get in and eat for free. Click for more details. Winter Family Farm Day Inn at East Hill Farm
Monday, February 25, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
East Hill Farm, Troy
Enjoy a fun day at the farm hay jumping, pony grooming and more. Fee: $25/adult; $15/child; prices include the day of activities, meal, tax & tip. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations required: 603-242-6495. See the full day's schedule at www.east-hill-farm.com.
DON'T MISS THEM:
Winter Farmers Markets
Throughout the Monadnock Region & NH See list for more details Visit markets in Keene, Peterborough, Rindge and Walpole this winter. Traveling through New Hampshire? View the entire list at www.agriculture.nh.gov.
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