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Burlington Prepares to Celebrate The Quadricentennial and The International Waterfront Festival By Nicole L’Huillier Fenton, products. That evening will commence with a Champlain Chocolate. The proceeds from the Marketing Manager Tasting Event at the Firehouse Gallery that will Strawberry Festival will benefit Burlington City explore unique pairings of outstanding French Arts’ Education and Scholarship Program. Burlington has been buzzing with and Vermont cheeses, wines and delicious energy and excitement surrounding the The Family Day at the Intervale on Sunday, seasonal tapas. Tickets which can be purchased International Waterfront Festival as part of July 12 is a free event that will include a tour of at City Market are $50. the Quadricentennial Celebration happening the Intervale’s Abenaki Traditional Garden, a this summer July 2 – 14. The celebration Another Food Festival event that might be “wheat to bread” workshop and freshly baked will honor the 400th anniversary of Samuel easier on the wallet is the Community Dinners flatbreads from American Flatbread. de Champlain’s exploration of the lake that for $35 held at Magnolia’s Bistro. Two dinners The Taste of Champlain Food Co-op Board bears his name. Burlington intends to host an featuring cuisine from Franco-American and Festival is just one component of the unforgettable thirteen-day extravaganza with Native-American will be combined with music larger Quadricentennial celebrations but of Directors music, comedy, film, theater, writers, dancers, and education as to the origins of the food. it’s an opportunity for locals and visitors to food, discussion, and so much more. There are two seatings for each meal at 5:30 experience the very best of Vermont growers, Elections— and 7:30 p.m. City Market is proud to sponsor the guest French and Quebec chefs and culinary five day Taste of Champlain Food Festival On Saturday, July 11 a mammoth parade experts for an unparalleled cross-cultural We Need You! that presents a variety of tasting and dining and day-long celebration will culminate in a experience. We hope that you’ll join in the City Market/Onion River Co-op Board experiences that combine American, Native stunning pageant and international fireworks fun. For a complete list of events, go to www. of Directors elections will be held in October. American, and French cultures. Several of the spectacular. From 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the CelebrateChamplain.org. A variety of shows, There will be three open seats on the Board events are ticketed but many are free and open Taste of Champlain will partner with the performances and food event tickets are on this year. Board terms begin in January and run for all visitors to enjoy. Burlington Farmers’ Market for the City Market sale at the Customer Service desk. Stop by and for three years. Think you might have what it Specialty Food Fair showcasing fresh gourmet purchase your tickets today. Festival questions The Vermont-France Terroir Exchange: takes to help set policy for the Co-op? Keep an foods from honey and cheese to rare specialties. can also be answered by calling the Waterfront Workshops & Tastings on July 8 will include eye out for further details in future issues of A Strawberry Festival will also be on tap that Festival office at 802-264-0766 or stopping by seminars, tastings, and discussions with the Onion Skin as to how to apply and when! day with over 1500 strawberry shortcakes the store and office at 90 Church Street. French and Vermont experts on the origins of Go Co-op! planned as well as strawberries dipped in Lake Tour de Farm: Shelburne New Gluten Free Beer Food, Inc. Film July Events Page 2 Page 6 Page 8 back page

City Market, Onion River Cooperative, Your Community-Owned Grocery Store 82 S. Winooski Avenue, Burlington VT 05401 We welcome EBT, CAT$cratch, Knight & CCCash Cards and manufacturers’ coupons Open 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. every day 802-861-9700 www.citymarket.coop RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED will be central to a thriving healthy community. regular basis, the effects can be devastating: Cooperative Principles We asked ourselves the question, what’s the stunted growth, cognitive dysfunction, biggest block to this? increased aggression, and frequent infections. 1. Voluntary and Open Membership The answer was right in front of our noses. Hunger robs a child of the chance to reach his 2. Democratic Member Control In Burlington, Vermont, in a city anointed this or her fullest potential. 3. Member Economic Participation year as the healthiest in the United States, has Poverty is the strongest predictor of 4. Autonomy and Independence many hungry children living in poverty. hunger and food insecurity. Lack of affordable 5. Education, Training and Information The Campaign to End Childhood Hunger housing, low wages, high unemployment, a 6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives 1st Anniversary reports that in Vermont approximately 26,000 decrease in the number of local, affordable 7. Concern for Community households and over 70,600 individuals, grocery stores, and lack of public transportation Review of Food for including 20,400 children, are hungry or “food all contribute to hunger and food insecurity insecure.” (Food insecurity is defined as a in Vermont. All Program condition in which a family or an individual We decided to attack the problem of Board of Directors is unable to obtain enough safe and nutritious By Clem Nilan, childhood hunger directly with the Food for food from socially acceptable sources in order Donna Bister - 658-4562 General Manager All program. The program is very simple. to lead an active and healthy life.) One in five Become a member of the Co-op either by Susan Munkres - [email protected] Note on the Program: The Food for All children in Burlington is food insecure. In paying $15 or requesting a hardship waiver Nathan Caswell - 347-277-7129 program began in May of 2008. The Onion the Old North End, the number is two out of and apply for Food for All by showing proof Adele Dienno - 862-2595 River Co-op (ORC) gives a 10% discount five. of a disability, receiving WIC or Food Stamps Rachel Jolly - 863-6390 to any member (regardless of ability to pay (recently renamed the 3SquaresVT Program). Wayne Warnken - [email protected] for membership) if the member is disabled, Even when enough food is available, Rob participates in the WIC or 3SquaresVT Meehan the Director of Chittenden Emergency Food for All recipients receive 10% off Alan Matson - [email protected] Program (formerly Food Stamps) and applies Food Shelf reports that too many Vermonters their purchases (except for wine and beer) Nancy Nesbitt - [email protected] for the Food for All program. live on a white diet, a carbohydrate rich diet of when they swipe their membership card. Molly O’Brien - [email protected] poor quality which lacks nutrients important The Food for All program started from for growth and good health. A good trend is How is the program doing? In the last a brainstorming session. Last year at this that there are more Vermont students receiving year ORC delivered $54,700 in discounts time our Community Outreach Coordinator school meals, but there still are currently 5,600 through the Food for All program. This directly Onion Skin Editorial Staff was inundated by requests for donations. benefited the nutrition food-insecure families children in Vermont who do not have access to Editor : Nicole Fenton The requests were from every type of group breakfast or lunch at school. in our community. By stretching purchasing imaginable, softball teams, Girl Scouts, church power we helped alleviate childhood hunger. Production Coordinator : Nicole Fenton groups and community activists. We needed a We’re told by the experts that children The program has brought over 500 new Layout: Aaron Toth living with even occasional hunger have more focus in a big way. members into the Co-op, many who previously Illustration : Aaron Toth, Becky Rouleau health problems and do not do as well in school. thought the Co-op was too expensive. Our first step was to look at the Co-op’s For children living with food insecurity on a goals. Our Global Ends policy states that ORC Advertising Information: locally and seasonally in the Champlain Valley; Here, Tour de Farm bicyclists will learn about and trust me; no one will go away hungry. the complex techniques behind biodynamic For an ad information sheet, farming. One of our first stops, Shelburne Farms, please e-mail Nicole Fenton at is a nonprofit environmental education center Last stop before a scrumptious dinner [email protected] and National Historic Landmark. The 400 acre celebration at Shelburne Orchards is the (City Market members receive farm was created as a model agricultural estate Vineyard. Shelburne Vineyards planted their a discount on ads.) in 1886 by William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt first vines in 1998 and the first harvest was Webb. While Tour de Farm’s cyclists navigate in the fall of 2000. They have maintained dirt pathways of the farm, grass pastures will organic certification by NOFA-VT and their The Onion Skin is the official newsletter of be dotted with purebred, Brown Swiss cows. new winery, which opened in 2007, contains The Onion River Cooperative. Submission state of the art equipment. Experience tasteful Their milk is then transformed into the award- deadline is the 5th of the month prior to wines with owners Ken and Gale Albert and winning Certified Humane Shelburne Farms publishing (e.g., May submissions due then continue on to the Orchard. cheddar cheese. Groups will meet the cheese April 5th). Submissions are encouraged and makers of Shelburne Farms while tasting their Nick Cowles, proud owner of Shelburne may be edited for clarity, style, or length. well known delicacies. Orchards, will be hosting the Tour de Farm The editorial staff reserves the right to After enjoying lunch, prepared with farm localvore dinner on his 80 acre farm. The accept or reject articles. Views expressed are fresh ingredients, we’ll make one last stop at O orchard has been in the family since the 1950’s those of each individual author and do not and ten of those acres were certified organic in Bread before heading to our next destination. necessarily reflect City Market policy. O Bread, a family-owned and operated bakery 1990. The euphoric landscape of this orchard at Shelburne Farms, has been a part of the will be the site of our dinner, which will be 2009 community for over 25 years. They offer sourced entirely from the visited farms. Each European-style breads, made with organic of the 40 participants will be given the chance whole grain flours milled and baked onsite in to invite a guest to the dinner. a hearth oven. They supply world-class breads Once again, the Tour de Farm bike tour Join us! By Courtney Lang, to stores, restaurants, and individuals around will be held on Saturday, July 18th. This will Product Demonstration Coordinator Vermont and the country. Taste your way be a full day worth of activity, and biking through Shelburne Farms and on to the next The next Board This month City Market Co-op Members experience is recommended. Pre-registration stop, New Village Farm. are invited to register for an agricultural through Tour de Farm coordinator is required. meeting is exploration of Shelburne, all by bicycle— The most recent addition to Shelburne’s The tour is open to Co-op Members on a first- called Tour de Farm! The ten-mile bike & innovative farm-scene is the New Village Farm. come, first-serve basis, and space is limited to 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. farm tour is scheduled, rain or shine, for Michaela Ryan, farm operator, is transitioning 40 participants who can sign up by contacting Saturday, July 18. Four groups of ten cyclists the land to biodynamics, which she believes Courtney Lang directly at 802-861-9753. July 27, 2009 will navigate dirt and paved roads, making to be the best possible method of farming. All details and requirements will be given stops at O Bread, Shelburne Farms Cheese, While committed to the management of upon registration. Register early for this tour in the New Village Farm, Shelburne Vineyards, and these animals, she also shares her experience as our previous farm tours booked quickly. City Market Shelburne Orchards. The guided tour will give with children. Ryan offers multiple summer This tour is entirely free except for lunch at riders a glimpse of Shelburne’s landscape while programs that connect our youth to the Shelburne Farms. Conference Room. creating connections to the food that is grown healthiest places on earth: farms and forests. 2 The Onion Skin July 2009 City Market Customers Donate Soymilk Alert By Caroline Homan, soybean oil, and even infant formula start out Over 500 lbs of Food Food Education Coordinator with a hexane bath to separate the different components of the bean for different Your soymilk may not be what you purposes. Hexane is a chemical produced for Local Food Shelf think it is. A report released last month by as a byproduct of gasoline refining that has By Nicole L’Huillier Fenton, the Cornucopia Institute concludes that the been labeled a neurotoxin and environmental Marketing Manager leading soymilk on the market, the Silk brand, Burlington pollutant. City Market customers helped to donate has outsourced its soybeans to China since 530lbs of food to the Chittenden Emergency Fair Trade Town being acquired by Dean Foods and quietly Fortunately, there are some alternatives. Food Shelf at the first of three Fill a Truck for dropped its organic label while keeping the Vermont Soy Company offers great-tasting Hunger food drives. The Vermont Foodbank Resolution same price point. Silk soymilk, sold in the local and organic soymilk in the refrigerated refrigerated case, has seen a steady gain in sales case. Organic Valley, a cooperative of family was on hand at the Co-op to collect food from By Courtney Lang, at City Market that is mirrored in the rest of farms, also offers organic soymilk. Over in the 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 1. A variety Product Demonstration Coordinator of non-perishable food items were collected the country, compared to sales of shelf-stable grocery aisle, you’ll find some new products The Fair Trade Town initiative, which and donated to the Chittenden Emergency soymilk sold in the rectangular tetra packs. springing up: check out hemp milk from two began nationwide in 2006, was formed different suppliers, and new oat milk and Food Shelf. Consumers buying soymilk for by Fair Trade supporters from a range of hazelnut milk from Pacific Foods. For those environmental or personal health values may “While we don’t often think of summer constituencies that were inspired by the who are eschewing dairy, it makes sense to be surprised to discover that their soymilk as a time of high food insecurity, as children success of a similar campaign in Europe. read labels and choose organic and local originates in China. Chinese soybeans are recess for the summer, many families are left Groups have been coming together ever since when possible. now widely being imported throughout scrabbling to fill the void left when school to pass Fair Trade resolutions in their cities, the soy industry for so-called “natural” soy To read the whole report from the meals are no longer available,” said John Sayles, raise awareness and declare communities as products sold in the U.S. Even more alarming, Cornucopia Institute, go to www.cornucopia.org Vermont Foodbank CEO. “Hunger knows no Fair Trade municipalities. Burlington’s own most conventional soybeans headed into soy and click on “Soy Report and Scorecard.” season, so programs like Grow an Extra-Row Fair Trade Town Committee marked its first products like protein bars, frozen dinners, and the City Market Fill a Truck offer much move in February 2009 and credits Brattleboro, needed assistance for Vermonters in need of Vermont, which was the second Fair Trade food.” Town in the United States, for its model Community Rachel Moss, Development and and insight. Outreach Partner: Communications Director at the Chittenden The Committee will present its resolution Emergency Food Shelf, says that in the past year, to council members on July 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Grow Team ONE they have seen over 1,000 new people needing City Hall, Room 20 and we ask for your help by food assistance services. And unfortunately, due attending the meeting. The Resolution declares By Christine Parlia, to the economic crisis, their donations are down the City of Burlington a “Fair Trade Town” Community Outreach Coordinator across the board. The Food Shelf works to allevi- and supports the consumption of Fair Trade Grow Team ONE is a grassroots ate hunger by feeding people and cultivating op- and local goods. The general message of our Community community organization that aims to increase portunities. As the largest direct service emergency proclamation stands within the Committee’s garden access and food security in Burlington’s food provider in Vermont, CEFS serves over motto, “Buy Fair Buy Local”, stressing that Sailing Center Old North End. 11,300 people each year. the consumers hold power within their The Community Sailing Center is a Grow Team ONE established the dollar. If you would like more information City Market and the Vermont Foodbank local nonprofit dedicated to encouraging and Archibald Neighborhood Garden in 2007. on Burlington’s Fair Trade Town Committee plan to hold two more Fill a Truck for Hunger celebrating the responsible use and long term Located at the intersection of Archibald and and Resolution contact committee member events on August 5 and October 1. More details stewardship of Lake Champlain by fostering Walnut streets, across from H.O. Wheeler Courtney Lang at 802-861-9753. You can also can be found at www.CityMarket.coop. educational and recreational opportunities for School, the garden has 19 plots, 30 gardeners view the resolution and sign a petition at City all members of our community. The freedom Non-perishable food items that are most and a team of mentors who hold gardening Market, showing your support on: July 2, 11:00 experienced through wind and human powered needed: tuna fish, peanut butter, cereal, meals and wellness workshops at the site. a.m. – 1:00 p.m. July 3, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. July boating on Lake Champlain is an unmatched in a box (mac & cheese, hamburger helper, 10, 11:00 – 1:00 p.m. experience and the Community Sailing Center Space for the garden has been provided by etc.), canned fruit, canned vegetables, pet food, (CSC) exists to extend the possibility of that the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden diapers, and baby food. experience to everyone. & Grand Isle Counties and Intervale Compost Products donated all the raised-bed mix. The Youth camps, adult instruction and clinics, independently run garden is sponsored by sailboat/kayak rentals and storage provide the Burlington Parks & Recreation Department opportunity for recreation. CSC works with a and receives guidance from Friends of number of community organizations to give all Burlington Gardens. children and adults access to experiences that will help them lead healthy, caring, responsible Grow Team ONE, in partnership with and productive lives. The Community Sailing Burlington Housing Authority, is currently Center’s new experiential learning initiative planning a second garden behind the - WAVES, informs youth and adults alike BHA property on Riverside Avenue. The about the exciting ecosystems of the Lake Riverside Neighborhood Garden will be Champlain through interactive science lessons open to community members in 2010. Six and recreation. This type of hands-on learning demonstration plots will be established this and on-the-water activity will engage and year for outreach and garden education. empower people to become future stewards of City Market Member Workers can earn Lake Champlain. Everyone who participates hours at both garden sites by helping with in a Community Sailing Center program is general garden upkeep, hosting workshops, taught valuable life lessons that help instill assisting with events, providing administrative a sense of ownership in Vermont’s most assistance, and coordinating special projects, valuable natural resource — Lake Champlain. such as garden tool donation drives. For more information please visit: www. For more information, check out the communitysailingcenter.org. Member Worker Binder at the City Market Throughout the month of July, City Customer Service desk, contact Jess Hyman Market members can enter to win a $25 gift at [email protected] or 598-3139, or visit certificate to the Community Sailing Center. www.growteamvt.com. Stop by Customer Service to enter today! The Onion Skin July 2009 3 Customer Comments: Dear City Market, The Delivery Program is a vital resource and one of 90 first hand how well the Canadian system works. the many fantastic features of the store. I was in an 90 Ya-de-da-de-da-de-dah! And let’s throw in an accident and couldn’t leave the house. Thank you. extra ho-hum for good measure! For years Thank you for delivery my groceries. we have been hearing America’s nay-sayers, Anonymous throwing brick bats at the Canadian system, warning about the prolonged waits and careless July’s CAP Sales care integral to that plan. Plus, of course, the Dear Anonymous, ridiculous wail about not being able to choose Thank you for your comment and we hope you Flyer Featured one’s physician. are recovering well! Our Delivery Program at Recipe Oh? Are these choices available here? City Market is used by resident in and around Just yesterday I called a doctor’s office and Burlington. It’s really easy to use, just call our Sample this recipe in store on Friday, July 10 View from Ninety was told “she is no longer taking new patients, Delivery driver, Greg at 802-999-4176, he’ll from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. especially those on Medicare.” Then, too, how take your order, shop for you and deliver the Cucumber Salad with Fresh Dill By Carol L. Winfield, long do we Americans wait for an appointment groceries to your door! City Market Member This simple, classic summer salad has lots with, say, an ophthalmologist, dermatologist, of crunch and holds up well for picnics. Its Why Can’t Vermont –and its women--Be internist? How many of us come away Dear City Market, tangy, pickle-like flavor tastes delicious with the First! feeling properly treated as we are micro-waved through our appointments in order to stick to dark breads, hearty sandwiches or burgers. Use This past May, May 31st, to be precise, I took the kitchen garden class. Great class. the allotted fifteen minute at most doctor-visit smaller, tender cucumbers for their thinner, Senator Bernie Sanders chaired a meeting on Thank you! time? My physician husband used to tell me he less-bitter skin and seeds. Serves 6. Prep time health care reform at the Unitarian-Universalist Anonymous learned more from knowing his patients family 20 minutes, plus two hours chill time before Church in Burlington. T.R. Reid, a journalist lives, looking into their eyes, talking to them serving. with The Washington Past, was guest speaker. in their own surroundings, than he did from Three Burlington area physicians were also on Dear Anonymous, Ingredients tests. the panel: Deborah Richter, Monika Romanko Thank you for your comment. The Kitchen • 3 small cucumbers, thinly sliced and James Taylor, president of the Fletcher Through the years, my above-mentioned Gardening series has been hugely popular! The • 3 small white onions, peeled and Allen Medical Association brother had two serious and several not so classes will be back on the schedule starting in thinly julienned serious medical operations and procedures. All emphasized the desperate need for August. Now 96, if not the picture of health certainly • 1/3 cup cider vinegar change due to out of control soaring costs the picture of contentment for the consistently and in many areas, diminishing quality of care. • 3-4 tablespoons water first rate medical attention and tender-loving- Dear City Market, A dire predicament, it is time to find a better • 2 teaspoons sugar (optional) care he has received, received I add, without solution; time we face the facts head on. Too Grading Edmunds Middle School Cafeteria experiment bankrupting himself or his family. for the Spring Co-op Member Meeting: A+! • 1 teaspoon fresh garlic, peeled and many of us continue to myopically reinforce minced (optional) the myth –and it is a myth – that the United Canadians pay for their privileges, but a Sincerely, • ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped States has better medicine, better facilities, and pittance compared to U.S. drug, doctor and J. Cunavelis better doctors than anywhere else in the world. hospital charges. More, every penny they pay Instructions In point of proven fact, except for the very goes toward their health care. Meanwhile, we In a glass or stainless steel bowl, combine the rich, we have trouble ranking Third World. too often inclined to be smug Americans pay J. Cunavelis, sliced cucumbers and onions. Sprinkle with a far more in exorbitant insurance premiums, the Before continuing further, I make a strong Thank you for your feedback. This past large pinch of salt, mix well and let it all stand major, yes major, portion of which reaps greed demurral: In Vermont we have more than our spring we held our Co-op Member Meeting at in a cool place for 10-15 minutes. and greedier profit for the companies and also share of dedicated, top-quality physicians, most Edmunds school for the first time. Nearly 200 sends luxury-living lobbyists to Washington. Add the cider vinegar, 3-4 tablespoons of of whom labor long, hard and with integrity Members joined in to enjoy a delicious brunch, water and chopped dill to the cucumber mix. to keep our people in excellent health. Which A June 4, Burlington Free Press article catch up with old friends and hear about new Toss all ingredients together well and marinate may well be why I label this article: “Why Can’t wrote about Bernie’s efforts to establish a five- initiatives at the Co-op, like the Grow an Extra them in the refrigerator for a few hours. Serve Vermont Be the First!” state pilot program providing state-sponsored Row campaign. So far the feedback as been cool and enjoy! universal health. He cited the example of But back to May 31st. I would hazard positive, so we’ll likely use Edmunds again Canada and Saskatchewan, explained above. in the spring. However, to coincide with our most of the large audience that night went The article set me to wondering, annual Harvest Celebration, the fall Co-op along with the single payer system our fearless wondering aloud: Why cannot Vermont Member Meeting will be in the big white tent Senator Saunders is trying to introduce into lead the way! Why cannot we be the first in the City Market parking lot. Stay tuned for Congress. But, as he said (I do not quote him to inaugurate such a reasonable, common- details coming soon. precisely), by and large they are a conservative group, regardless of party. He is wary about sense, honorable program right here in our Save the Date— its passage. T.R. Reid, author and initiator reasonable, common-sense, honorable Green of a documentary on world-wide health Mountains. We can, you know. Stealing a quote August 22! care systems, explained Canada’s workable from a recent presidential campaign, “ Yes, we Rising Star Chef Food & Wine Show program and how it came to pass: In 1957 in can!” We can overcome blind-sided die hards with their scare tactics. Push comes to shove; (A benefit for Vermont Campaign to End the province of Saskatchewan, a Dr. Tommy our once justifiably heralded health care way Childhood Hunger) Douglas, introduced a bill The Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act, which gave health care to of life is now available only to the rich, the August 22, 2009 everyone in the province. It passed. It worked. very rich. As Mr. Reid succinctly made evident, Noon – 5:00 p.m. at Topnotch Resort More and more provinces signed on. Before universal health care is not a medical, not a political, not a financial issue. It is a moral one. This event will feature top chefs from Vermont you could say “I don’t believe it!” three times, Let me repeat that, a moral one. and around the country to provide a variety of the entire country had voted for and now food to sample. maintains its remarkably capable program. Granted, as poll taker I’m no Gallup, Reid also told us about a toll in Canada seeking but I’ll step out onto a betting limb to hazard Advance tickets $25, $30 day of event the nation’s most valuable citizen throughout that this State’s health care providers and its Tickets can be purchased at City Market all its history. Do I get bets on the answer? citizenry will rally round such a program. beginning August 1. Right, Tommy Douglas! Hey, Vermonters?: Are you ready to Stand Thanks for visiting us at For more info and to purchase tickets: I have a brother and friends living in up and Be Counted! the Vermont Business Expo! 802-253-6947 or [email protected] Canada. Through their experiences I know 4 The Onion Skin July 2009 July Herb of the Month- Oats, Avena Sativa By Cristi Nunziata, Herbal Education Coordinator Many people are quite familiar with oats as a food, enjoying products like oatmeal, oat bread, and oatmeal cookies. As much as these may be considered “comfort foods” oat tea also provides a comforting remedy. During stressful times, it’s wise to eat lots of oats and also drink oat tea. Oats act as a food for the nervous system. They are a tonic that taken over long periods of time can nourish and rebuild frazzled nervous systems. The oats, referred to here, are not in the form of rolled oats. Rather, whole oats that are harvested for medicinal use when still green and with a white milky substance inside the seed pod. They are then dried for tea, which you can find in the Bulk medicinal tea section, or made into tincture, which is available in the Wellness section. Try combining oats with other calmative herbs such as lemon balm, skullcap, or passionflower. Oats soothe nerves, indeed, but also the skin! Skin irritations and rashes can be improved by taking a bath with oats. For this use, I suggest purchasing rolled oats from the Bulk section and processing them in a blender. Then, add the oat powder directly to the bath or wrap it in cheesecloth. You may also include other skin calming anti-inflammatory herbs such as Calendula, Chamomile, or Lavender. As an apple a day may keep the doctor away, so too could oats everyday keep nervous (or skin) irritation at bay. Which ever way you decide to use oats, do so often, and I’d bet you’ll find A Fond Farewell yourself more calm and collected than ever! Skin-Soother Bath Blend to the Onion River Family 1 part Oats By Matt Landi, nuts to me. Yet that’s exactly what I’m doing. 1 part Calendula Produce Manager It’s time for me to go see what this California 1 part Chamomile I arrive at 6 a.m. to help set up the place is all about. By the time most of you read Produce department, just as I have so many this, my family and I will have embarked on ½ part Lavender a new adventure. I have taken a position with mornings during my time here. It’s going to be Powder all ingredients in a blender. Add directly to the bath or put in cheesecloth. one of those near perfect Vermont days. The New Leaf Community Market in Half Moon air is crisp yet warm, the sun has just risen over Bay, California. It’s a bittersweet moment for a Camel’s Hump and I am greeted by a smiling produce guy. Seduced all winter long by boxes face passing by. A truly special place and one of luscious California produce, yet holding a that is very dear to my family and I. deep appreciation for the scale and enthusiasm of what we have here in Vermont. Perhaps equally as important to us is Onion River Co-op. A thriving community The real purpose of my writing today, market, filled with folks who are extraordinarily is not only to say goodbye, but to express a passionate about food. Especially locally heartfelt thank you to everyone in the Onion grown food. It’s a given that I have had the River community. For your kindness, for your opportunity to work alongside some dedicated energy and for sharing an ongoing conversation people, not only fellow market employees, about something that connects us all, food. but a legion of local growers striving to be We’ve made many lasting connections together connected to each customer. What makes it all and we’ve savored and appreciated some of possible is that many of the people that walk the best tasting, most nutritious food on the through those doors are ready to equate eating planet. If you ever happen to be in Half Moon with any other agricultural act. Striving for a Bay, feel free to stop by and see me. I’ll be deeper connection with food, it is that group sure to take out my produce knife and offer of people that helps sustain and grow the local a sample of the local fare while we share a food economy. Again, it’s a truly special place. moment of appreciation. In the mean time, I know you’ll keep visiting City Market. There’s Perhaps you can see where I’m going with a fantastic group of people here, and they have this. Walking away from a place that you love, produce knives too. doing something you’re passionate about with a group of people that you consider family seems

Winooski has now come out of the fields and into a new cookbook. The New Farms for New Americans cookbook is now on sale at City Market for $5.99, with proceeds of the sale helping to support the continuation of the refugee farming. Last summer 27 African farmers of the New Farms for New Americans Project cultivated individual plots of land in the Winooski Valley Park District bringing fresh food to local markets, tables and wholesale New Farms for New markets. Americans Cookbook New Farms for New Americans is a workforce development project of the on Sale Now! Association of Africans Living in Vermont (www.africansinvermont.org), with partner, the An innovative farming project that Intervale Center. involved new Americans in Burlington and The Onion Skin July 2009 5 Vermont Produce Harvest Calendar June July August September October

Apples Beans Beets Blueberries Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Cucumbers Eggplant Conference Lettuce Onions Participants Raise Peas Peppers their Voices: Get Potatoes More Local Food in Pumpkins Spinach the National School Strawberries Sweet Corn Lunch Program Tomatoes By Caroline Homan, Greenhouse Tomatoes Food Education Coordinator Winter Squash Every few years, the Child Nutrition program is overhauled (this is the program source: www.vermontagriculture.com that decides what kinds of meals get served to kids in your local school). The current Child Nutrition Act is set to expire in September, City Market Farm Feature: and Congress is moving quickly to define the scope of the next version. Like the Farm Bill, Stony Loam Farm this is a bill that has big ramifications for the way Americans eat. New Co-op Member Parents, teachers, farmers, and school food service staff who attended the June Northeast Benefit! By Courtney Lang, and his family were able to live affordably Farm-to-School conference, “Cooking up City Market has teamed up with Arethusa Product Demonstration Coordinator in a generous neighbor’s house in exchange Connections,” drawing 300 attendees from Collective Farm with an exciting new Co- Dave Quickel, owner of Stony Loam for vegetables. nine states and Quebec, are raising their voices op Member benefit. Through the end of Farm in Charlotte, is no stranger to the to ensure that the next version includes more CSA’s are where it’s at when talking about September, City Market Members have the model of Community Supported Agriculture policies to support locally grown foods in the farmer consumer relationships; they require opportunity to participate in Arethusa’s Work (CSA). After living in Portland, Oregon national school lunch program. City Market consistent communication between the two. As for Food Program. Co-op Members can sign running a CSA program in 1996-1997, he was a stop on a tour about the Burlington a conscious farmer who continues to focus on up to work on the farm each Friday from 8:00 couldn’t deny compatibility of the system in School Food Project (the oldest farm-to-school diversification and accessibility he’s enthusiastic a.m.to12:00 p.m. At the end of the morning’s Burlington’s community. A UVM graduate in program in the country) as well as hosting a about sharing his knowledge and experience. work, members will be able to take home a Political Science, Dave was familiar with the workshop on how schools can connect with Aside from the CSA program, Stony Loam share of vegetables. This is a great opportunity land and came back to the Green Mountains. their local food co-ops for field trips. has a farm stand outside Jay Vogler’s new to get hands-on experience, enjoy the Intervale He worked for Jay Vogler of Bigham Brook production, Pizza on Earth, in Charlotte on Farm-to-school efforts were written into and walk away with a share of vegetables! Farm in Charlotte, who at the time was selling Hinesburg Road. Pizza on Earth is open in law for the first time in 2004 with the National Members are limited to four weeks of sign ups wholesale mesclun, head lettuce and cherry the summer on Thursdays and Fridays from Farm to School Program, designed to provide per membership. tomatoes to the Onion River Co-op. After 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. selling fresh pies using Stony support and funding for greater access to In order to sign up, Members must depositing five years of effort and building Loam vegetables. Another connection that local foods within the National School Lunch contact Member Services Program numerous relationships around town, Dave’s remains with Jay is that Dave’s greenhouses, Program. Since then, however, the program Coordinator Leila Cosgrove at (802) 861-9707 next step was moving to North Hampton, used to start all his seed’s, and a few acres are has not received any federal funding. Still, the or [email protected]. Massachusetts disassembling old barns. rented on a section of Jay’s land. movement took off, and there are currently Though many people don’t realize it, over 2,000 schools across the U.S that have This season, City Market will be stocking the number of CSA’s in Vermont is actually started farm-to-school programs. Funding the shelves with Stony Loam peppers, onions, higher than the number of Farmers’ Markets. is the missing piece. A big push is needed at tomatoes, a few lettuce varieties, leeks and Charlotte townies realized the significance of the federal level to make a real difference in more. Crunch your way through some Boston New Gluten Free this and asked Dave to make his way back childhood nutrition, local agriculture, and the lettuce next time you stop by for salad greens; to Vermont. The community-wide effort to health of our local economies. Dave says the winds coming off of Lake Beer at City Market help Dave and his growing family was truly Champlain give the body an extra lift. City Market’s Beer department has found To follow the debate this summer unique; five pieces of vacant land in town over the Child Nutrition Act, go to Also, meet Dave at City Market’s A Taste another tasty Gluten free beer! Look for St. were inspected and one would begin a land Peter’s Sorgham beer in the beer bomber www.farmtoschool.org/policies. trust process. Although this sounds so simple, of Vermont class on Sunday July 19 at 10:00 a.m., Sign up at the Customer Service desk. cooler. It’s $4.59+ deposit for 16.9 oz bottle- it took about two years for the deal to close. clean and crisp with hoppy citrusy aromas While the kinks were being worked out, Dave and flavors. 6 The Onion Skin July 2009 Ask the Health Genie Dear Health Genie, • The Aloe plant on your window sill is perfect for Living outside of town at times we forget some basic burns, especially directly after over exposure. bathroom cabinet items, such as sunscreen for the summer months. Do you have recommendations • In the refrigerator and cupboard your apples, of home remedies that we could use to prevent potato and cucumber sliced thinly and then placed sunburn? on skin (especially chilled) provide sunburn relief or exposure to high, dry winds. Sincerely, • Plain cold yogurt applied to skin followed Straw Hat by a cold water rinse. Dear Straw Hat, • Combine distilled water, drops of There are many items in your kitchen lavender, peppermint and spearmint oils in a spray cabinet or ice box that can support sun exposed bottle. Mist as needed for sunburn. skin. Here is a short list of various home remedies Above all, keep hydrated by drinking plenty of water New Produce Bins for easing discomfort from both sun and windburn: and wear hats or scarves on your head to protect yourself Offer Versatility • Wet a piece of cloth and immerse in a mixture of 10 from the sun! ounces non-fat dry milk, 2 tablespoons salt and 25 ounces of water. By Matt Landi, Good luck, Apply to skin for 20 minutes. Produce Manager Health Genie • Mayonnaise can be used as a skin cream Where we choose to spend our money can for sunburn. be one of life’s great responsibilities. When it comes to utilizing the financial resources of our Co-op it goes up another notch. We have a Global Ends policy (similar to a mission statement) guiding us to be an organization practicing social and environmental responsibility. When it comes to food our options are somewhat plentiful. We are able to provide access to local, organic and fair trade options throughout much of the year. On the non-food side we’ve been able to make many of the same choices but it hasn’t always been easy. I’m happy to say that the new produce bins seen as you enter the store are not only of incredible quality and flexibility, but Fire up the grill with some new and old they live up to many of our ethical standards as well. grilling favorites! The bins come from Jefferson State Forest Products located in Hayfork, California. They By Lynn Ellen Schimoler, water or other liquid vapors. Dry smoking can employ 40 people in a rural area, making high Grocery & Wellness Manager be used in stead of water with aromatic wood quality retail fixtures. Jefferson State believes in In terms of cooking, this is truly my chips, vine cuttings, and of course – herbs. taking the long term approach when it comes favorite time of year. From the abundance There are numerous tools to use when Wine Picks for to forest management. They work to purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables, to all of my grilling. Some of the important ones are Under $10 raw material from small independent saw favorite magazines (Saveur, and Eating Well,) carving boards, drip pans, foils, long handled mills that recognize the importance of forest inspiring my homemade meals, shopping for tongs and forks, meat thermometers and In celebration of Burlington’s stewardship. my own family or helping customers find their skewers. It is actually not a great idea to use Quadricentennial festivities, our Wine Aside from being nice to look at and grilling needs is a pleasure. On one of my days water to extinguish flare-ups –accidents are department will be featuring some tasty off recently, I was in the Co-op, wandering best prevented by utilizing the proper cooking adhering to sound environmental and social French wines in July. For fans of big, juicy ethics, they are highly functional. As a produce from dept. to dept. asking co-workers to give techniques and knowing your user’s guide well. California chardonnays this time of year, be guy, this may be the part that excites me the me insight/tips with their personal favorite I have seen some cooks sprinkle a little baking most. These guys are great designers. Each ingredients for the grill. As usual, I stopped in soda on flames but it seems unnecessary if sure to check out Hob Nob Chardonnay bin changes into three different shapes all Produce first. you are mindful of temperatures, cooking on sale for $9.99. A French chardonnay times and good maintenance of your grill. An set up to create a vibrant and exciting display Produce: Portabella or crimini mushrooms, with a Californian personality, Hob Nob is that sets the tone for an enjoyable visit to the inexpensive wire brush is a must for cleaning eggplant, fennel, corn, sweet onions, green full bodied and rich with loads tropical fruit Co-op. For more information on Jefferson peppers, and pineapples – I’ll add avocado and down the barbeque grill. Residue from food State, please check them out on the Web at poblano peppers to this list for my favorite. leftover on the grill puts unnecessary wear and and green apple flavors and warm notes of www.jeffersonstateproducts.com. tear on equipment and prevents giving an off- vanilla and baking spice. Try it with grilled Meat & Seafood – Steak (tenderloin, taste to later meals. T-bone, porterhouse, skirt steaks, ribs and flank), salmon, shrimp or grilled veggies. Recently we rearranged the ‘hippie’ cooler sausage, salmon, tuna, swordfish, haddock, For a milder style wine, try Le Pas de chicken, shellfish (kebabs)Pork-center-cut loin, section of the Perishables dept. Shoppers white, also ribchops, spareribs, and shoulder. will notice the soy-based items are now all la Beaume Côtes du Rhône together and we have given lots of room to only $9.99. A Grenache Blanc/Clairette/ Follow us on: Perishables/Cheese – Mozzarella, Gouda, pesto and tortillas, which are summer favorite Roussane blend from the left bank, this soy based ‘analogs’ such as seitan, veggie dogs, accoutrements to grilled chicken or vegetables. white Rhône is very clean and light with tempeh or pre-marinated tofus’. On special for the month of July, we’ll have In addition to grilling in the most known organic seasoned tofu, chicken style seitan and white peach and apricot flavors, limestone way, i.e. cooking food over heat supplied by smart dogs available. Also look for Knudsen minerality and a soft finish. An easy summer charcoal briquettes, lump charcoal, mesquite spritzers, chips and salsa, Annie’s Goddess sipper, it’s great on its own or with soft Dressing, organic pickles, and lots more or logs, one can grill meat or vegetables by cheeses and fruit. Enjoy! smoke cooking. This is usually done over lower summer items in the Grocery department. temperatures in a covered container, with The Onion Skin July 2009 7 Cooking with Kids: Free Herbal Clinic July The Strawberry Patch July 20, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. July 5, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Have you ever been interested in using Product Sampling Kids, come and make strawberry shortcake herbal medicine to improve your health? Join with local strawberries, biscuits, and cream that Betzy Bancroft RH (AHG), Larken Bunce MS, July 1 – Honeydrop Beverages we will whip ourselves. While the biscuits are Guido Masé RH (AHG) and students from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. baking, learn how to make fresh mint iced tea the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism with honey. Kids five and under accompanied in a free, personalized session focused on July 2 – Knudsens Juice by an adult, please. your individual constitution and any health 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. conditions you may be experiencing. An July 3 – Quench your Thirst Free Herbal Clinic incredible opportunity to explore the art of with City Market July 6, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. herbal healing with experienced practitioners! All sessions last about one hour and are Hungry for a Change? Sample delicious beverages! Have you ever been interested in using completely confidential. By appointment. 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. herbal medicine to improve your health? Join Food, Inc. Betzy Bancroft RH (AHG), Larken Bunce MS, July 7 – Wellness Day Guido Masé RH (AHG) and students from Alteris Renewable Energy Film Comes to 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism Workshop in a free, personalized session focused on July 22, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. July 8 – Traditional Medicinal Vermont on July 17 your individual constitution and any health Alteris Renewable Inc. is a full service 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. conditions you may be experiencing. An In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner Seventh Generation Renewable Energy Integrator. Alteris Inc. lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, incredible opportunity to explore the art of provides turn-key renewable energy solutions 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. herbal healing with experienced practitioners! exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that for Residential, Commercial, and Community has been hidden from the American consumer All sessions last about one hour and are scale projects throughout Northeastern July 9 – Honeydrop Beverages completely confidential. By appointment. with the consent of our government’s 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. United States. Join in a discussion about regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. various technologies such as Solar Electric, A special screening of Food, Inc. will be Solar Thermal, and Wind Energy. Learn July 10 – CAP Sales Flyer Demo Herbal Hand and Nail Care held at Merrill’s Roxy Theater on July 17. The 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. about the various renewable energy programs for Gardeners Film features interviews with such experts as throughout Vermont that could provide up to July 11, noon - 1:00 p.m. Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael July 12 – Bulk Herb Demo – 50% of the total cost. What is your renewable Are your hands and nails taking a beating Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense Oat Bath Blend energy potential? Join us to learn about the from digging in the dirt? Join Cristi Nunziata, of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. options today. City Market’s Herbal Education Coordinator forward thinking social entrepreneurs like July 14– Produce Day for a handy make over. Participants will make a Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. variety of product to care for gardener’s hands Intro to Traditional Chinese Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals and nails. Medicine with Scott Moylan surprising—and often shocking truths—about July 17 – Popcorn Indiana July 25, noon - 1:30 p.m. what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Join Scott Moylan, TCM Practitioner become as a nation and where we are going Urban Herb Walk with Guido Masé from here. More information about the Film July 13, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. and director of Elements of Healing, for an July 19 – A Taste of Vermont Tour introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine. can be found at www.foodincmovie.com. Participants will take a walk through with Stony Loam Farm Learn about Yin Yang theory and the Five Food, Inc. Burlington, learning to identify common 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Elements, and how they relate to food. medicinal plants pushing their way through the July 17 July 21 – Wellness Day cracks in the sidewalks, filling the lawns in our Merrill’s Roxy Theater 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. parks, and lining the streets of our city. Eating Well on a Budget – Summer Edition Times: 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:30 p.m. July 23 – Food Should Taste Good July 26, noon – 1:00 p.m. Tickets $10 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Green-Up Your Household with Seventh Generation Make the most of summer produce with A portion of the ticket sales will be July 15, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. easy summer recipes and tips on putting food donated to the Northeast Organic Farming July 26 – Bulk Herb Demo – by and get to know a whole new side of the Association (NOFA). Guest speakers from Join City Market and Seventh Generation Oat Tea Blend Bulk section with great summer cooking tips NOFA will be at various showings! 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. in a discussion of how to select cleaners that are that will save you money. Childcare provided. safe and effective to use, how to read cleaning Tickets on sale ONLY at City Market July 28– Produce Day product labels, and see a demonstration of starting July 1. 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. how even “green” cleaners can contain volatile Pickling Cucumbers solvents that can diminish air quality in your July 28, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. July 30 – Namaste Cake Mix home. Participants will receive a tote bags Art Showing 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Do you like the look and taste of old- stocked with cleaning supplies, recipes and fashioned crock-cured cucumbers? Learn how July’s featured member artist Donna more. July 31– Honey Gardens to preserve cucumbers in a brine solution. Bister began taking photos semi-seriously in Wine Tasting Lacto-fermented cucumbers are easy to prepare, the early 1980s. Bister says her eye is drawn to 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. A Taste of Vermont with Stony don’t require canning, and keep enzymes and strong colors and to subjects that most people Loam Farm beneficial bacteria intact. Participants will take walk right by every day: parts of machines July 19, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. home their own jar to get started. and vehicles, architectural details, musical City Market features over 1,700 local items. instruments, and everyday objects from We welcomed Take a tour around the Co-op identifying who homes and communities. Early morning and and where these products come from across Sign up at the just before sunset evenings are her favorite Vermont. Afterwards, Dave Quickel of Stony times for photo expeditions, when the warm, Loam Farm in Charlotte will join the group Customer Service Desk. slanted light makes colors glow. Bister has for a discussion and delicious tasting of your no formal training in art or photography, favorite seasonally harvested items in City All Classes are but became interested in visual arts at an Market’s Conference Room. early age. Many of her images can be seen at FREE & open http://slantedlight.blogspot.com. Donna’s 153 to the Public work will be on display in City new members Market’s Café Gallery throughout the month in May! of July.