Hours & Location
Monday - Saturday
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
34 Cypress Street, Keene
603-355-8008
Directions
Stay Connected
Co-op ManagementBoard of DirectorsBoard Meetings are held the 2nd Monday of each month at 4:45pm in the Railroad Square Senior Housing Conference Room (49 Community Way, Keene). If you are interested in attending please contact the board at board@monadnockfood.coop.
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Updates
Thank you to everyone who attended our first Local Foods BBQ during the Keene Music Festival on August 31st. We served 300 plates of food featuring locally-raised and grown goodness from Mayfair Farm, Harlow Farm and Tracie's Community Farms. What a fantastic way to celebrate local food, local music and the end of the summer - and we look forward to next year! Last weekend, Co-op Staff and Board Members attended Neighboring Food Co-op's Fall Gathering in Shelburne Falls, MA where we connected with over 100 others Co-ops and learned more about their Healthy Food Access Programs. Faye Conte from Hunger Free VT shared her perspective on hunger in New England and how Co-ops can create a more welcoming and accessible place for all. We hope you will attend our Take Your Place at the Table Event and learn how you can support community initiatives to prevent hunger and obesity, while strengthening our local food system. Also, please mark your calendars and join us for our next Member Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 5th and our Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 27th at Stonewall Farm in Keene. Yours Cooperatively,
Michael Faber
Monadnock Food Co-op General Manager
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2013 Monadnock Food Co-op
Annual Meeting:
Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Creating the Future
Sunday, October 27, 3 - 5 pm
Stonewall Farm, Keene
Come celebrate the opening of our Co-op -- and honor all the hard work, offered by you, our friends and neighbors, to make our Co-op happen. Meet some of our local farmers and producers who sell their goods at the Co-op, including Chris Caserta from Walpole Valley Farms. Chris will share the impact the Co-op has had on his family business and the potential our Co-op has to strengthen our local economy. Enjoy music, tastings, and children's activities plus a pie baking contest (featuring local ingredients). There will also be plenty of opportunities to share your feedback and ask questions. Stay tuned for a full schedule and slate of Board Nominees.
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Shopper Suggestions & Questions
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In response to all of your feedback, we continue to add new products, create more signage and make other changes to better meet our community's needs. Have a suggestion or question for us? Share it today.
Q: Where is our Co-op's gluten-free section?
A: Instead of a section with just gluten-free items, we've dispersed these products throughout the store by category. To help shoppers more easily find these items, we recently added a new shelf tag. Look for this sign under gluten-free items:
Please be sure to confirm, on the product itself, that the item is gluten-free. During your next shopping trip if you still can't find your favorite gluten-free items at our Co-op, please be sure to add a suggestion in our box at customer service.
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 Take Your Place at the Table
Tuesday, September 24, 6:30pm
Keene Public Library Auditorium, Keene
Join us for a viewing and discussion of the film "A Place at the Table" -- an acclaimed documentary about hunger, obesity and our national food policy. After the film, we'll focus on the following initiative to make healthy food more affordable to more people and discuss how we can create more action in our community:- Neighboring Food Co-op Association's Healthy Food Access Program
- Monadnock Food Co-op's Healthy Food for All Program
- Brattleboro Food Co-op's Good to Grow Program
- Farmers' Market of Keene's Double Up Veggie Bucks Program
SAVE THE DATE: Member Appreciation Day
Saturday, October 5, All day at the Co-op
What's Member Appreciation Day? It's a day to thank our more than 1,700 Member-Owners for investing in our co-op. All current Member-Owners receive 10% off their entire purchase* on this day only. Not yet a Member-Owner? You can join on October 5th right at the register and still receive this deal. * Member Day discount does not include special orders, gift cards, sale items or other discounts.
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Food Co-ops Partner to Increase Healthy Food Access
Co-ops have a legacy of providing food security, dating back to the Rochdale Pioneers in 1844. More recently, food co-ops have been leaders in innovative food and social movements, including organic agriculture, fair trade, and local food production. Because food co-ops are rooted in and accountable to their local community members, they are well positioned to serve communities that cannot otherwise afford healthy food.
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 Apples
An apple a day isn't nearly enough to make it through all of the wonderful varieties of this tempting fruit. But variety is not the only characteristic that inspires -- apples are grown in all 50 states -- making it a great locally produced food nationwide. What type of apple do you fancy?
Try this Recipe: Brown Bag Apple Salad
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"Educating on the Importance of Eating Healthy, Locally-Produced Food"
MFCC Forum
Wednesday, September 25, 9am-12pm
Heberton Hall, Keene
 Monadnock Farm & Community Coalition Forum hosts a fall forum focused on education. Representatives of 1780 Farm, Community Garden Connections, Turn a New Leaf, The Cornucopia Project and other programs will offer opportunities for attendees to participate in solving programmatic challenges. Participants will also be able to rank educational objectives for the Coalition, and identify measurable steps to be taken in combination toward those objectives. View more details and registration.
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