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Attention bakers! We’re challenging We challenge you to think creatively Sound too hard? Sign up for City you this Valentine’s season to profess in concocting local sweetness from: Market’s Baking with Local Sweeteners your love for local food by making a - local sweeteners (honey and class Tuesday, February 15 from 6:00 sumptuous all-local dessert. Enter your maple syrup!) – 7:30 p.m. at Burlington’s Integrated localvore recipe into the contest and you Arts Academy and get inspired could win a year’s supply of local maple - local flour (check the bulk (sign up at Customer Service)! department!) syrup. The top three recipes will be selected - local cornmeal Here’s the deal: based on 1) Use of local ingredients, We Come up with a dessert recipe using - Quebec oats 2) Deliciousness, and 3) Simplicity by all local ingredients and drop it off at - local dairy (cream, butter, sour Meg Klepack, City Market’s Local Food local food City Market between February 11 and cream, crème fraiche, milk, eggs, Coordinator, and Caroline Homan, City 20. We know this sounds challenging soymilk, etc.) Market’s Food Education Coordinator. (no sugar or chocolate!?) but we think - local cheeses These three desserts will be sampled you’re up to it. We will allow you a few at the February 26 Burlington Winter - local frozen berries (including “wildcard” exceptions for essential Farmers’ Market and people will vote those blueberries you picked in Dessert Recipe Competition baking ingredients we don’t grow in for their favorite. The top vote getter August and stuck at the back of the February 11-20 Vermont: will win a year’s supply of maple syrup freezer) Sign up in-store - baking soda (limited to 4 gallons!). The winning - local apples - baking powder recipe will be featured on City Market’s - local carrots, beets and rutabaga website and in the March e-newsletter. - yeast (not sure anyone will take us up on Then keep celebrating local Shelburne Farms Tour - salt the rutabaga idea but just putting it sweetness with a tour of a maple syrup Sunday, March 6 - vanilla out there) sugar shack. We’ll drop by Shelburne - spices - any other local products you can Farms on Sunday, March 6 to bask in - cornstarch dream up in the dead of winter. the steam of their sugar shack, tramp through their sugar bush, and sample - nuts their syrup. While we’re there, we’ll also get a tour of their cheese making facilities! To register for the tour, contact Meg at [email protected] or call 861-9753. Space is limited so register soon!

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Adieu, Manager Nicole Fenton urged me to “get Cooperative Principles with it” (and end the print paper) a full year 1. Voluntary and Open Membership Onion Skin and a half ago before she left to start her 2. Democratic Member Control own company. Allison Weinhagen, our new 3. Member Economic Participation By Clem Nilan, Member Services and Marketing Manager, has 4. Autonomy and Independence General Manager reviewed the data, done her own studies and 5. Education, Training and Information Alas, it’s time to say goodbye and farewell has delivered the same message. to our venerable Onion Skin. This is its last 6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives Our Co-op like all co-ops is a democratic 7. Concern for Community issue. Saying farewell to our Co-op print organization and for an informed membership newsletter would have been barely imaginable effective communication is essential. The plain February’s featured Community just five years ago. But times change. truth is that we spend an inordinate amount Connection is Tocc’a Te Health Counseling. One would have to be, well, not paying of time and money putting together a paper Tocc’a Te practices a holistic approach to Board of Directors attention to the news to miss the story that newsletter with ever diminishing returns. It’s health and wellness, looking at how all areas Patrick Brown - [email protected] newspaper companies are losing our responsibility to members to of your life are connected. The goal of the Julia Curry - [email protected] advertisers, market value, and They told use our resources wisely. program is to identify and attain health and Kevin Duniho - [email protected] readers. me they kept So how do we communicate life goals. Owner Amy Venman works with Maura Finn - [email protected] This majority of the staff at informed effectively? Freeing up resources individuals and groups who are ready to make Rachel Jolly - [email protected] the Co-op are young. Alison Miner, from the Onion Skin will allow a positive change in their health and their lives. Susan Munkres - [email protected] our beer and wine buyer, says, “I get through our us to enhance our website, blog, Venman received her training to Nancy Nesbitt - [email protected] my news from every source except e-mails, our Facebook page, e-mail messages, practice Health Counseling at the Institute Molly O’Brien - [email protected] the newspaper: internet, blogs, website and Tweets and in-store signage…the for Integrative Nutrition—the only nutrition Wayne Warnken - [email protected] etc.” Erin Cavalier who works in way the majority of our members school integrating many different dietary the front end told me the only time in-store currently receive information. theories—combining the knowledge of she gets news from a paper is when signage. We will also begin a monthly traditional philosophies with modern concepts Onion Skin Editorial Staff she’s at a coffee shop (and sees one e-newsletter that we’ll work to like the USDA food pyramid, the glycemic Editor: Allison Weinhagen on the table) or occasionally she’ll take a peek make “printer friendly” should members wish index, the Zone and raw foods. at the newsstand at the Co-op. Erin keeps up to read a paper copy. Production Coordinator: Allison Weinhagen Says Venman, “I firmly believe that you with the news through the Internet. She told Layout: Aaron Toth I know change is difficult. There may can’t be the best version of yourself if you me doesn’t have any peers who buy a paper. (I Illustration : Aaron Toth, Becky Rouleau be some members who will not be happy. A constantly feel drained by stress, poor sleep, felt like I was asking Erin about Hula Hoops.) wise person once told me that trying to make lack of energy, those annoying little aches and This past August, seven candidates everyone happy is the certain path to make no pains; just not feeling as well as you know you attended the Board of Directors meeting. I one happy. Our highly esteemed Operations can. My goal is to help people feel their best so Advertising Information: asked them how they kept informed about the Manager Pat Burns won me over with this they can be their best.” For an ad information sheet, please e-mail Co-op and knew there were Board vacancies. advice, “trying to keep all of the media going For more information, please visit www. Allison Weinhagen at AWeinhagen@ They told me they kept informed through will result in us doing a poor job. Concentrate toccatehealth.net or email amy@toccatehealth. our e-mails, our website and in-store signage. on what works and do it really well.” citymarket.coop (City Market members net. receive a discount on ads.) I asked if any of them read the Onion Skin. Adieu, Onion Skin. Not one raised a hand. Throughout the month of February, City If you don’t currently receive e-messages from the Market members can enter to win a free initial My personal inquiry to folks whose Co-op, please visit our website to sign up: http://www. health consultation from Tocc’a Te Health opinion I esteem mirrored the results of the The Onion Skin is the official newsletter of citymarket.coop/news/newsletters and complete the Counseling. Stop by the Customer Service much larger and sophisticated market study The Onion River Cooperative. Submission form at the bottom of the page. desk to enter today! the over the course of several years by our deadline is the 5th of the month prior to Marketing Department. Our former Marketing publishing (e.g., May submissions due April 5th). Submissions are encouraged and may be edited for clarity, style, or length. The editorial staff reserves the right to accept or reject articles. Views expressed are From Thursday, January 20 through City Market’s donation results were tallied those of each individual author and do not Sunday, January 23, City Market donated 1% Monday morning, January 24th. City Market’s necessarily reflect City Market policy. of sales to help Pete’s Greens rebuild and, at donation from the four day event amounted the same time, we accepted donations directly to $3,550. In addition, City Market customers from customers. When Mary Manghis, City donated $1,651.29 at the registers in that time Market’s Produce Buyer, called Pete Johnson period. With many thanks to the community to talk with him about City Market’s offer, he for supporting this event, the total donation was appreciative. Mary said, “This time of headed to Pete’s is $5,201.29. year, City Market normally receives greens, With all of the amazing community gold beets, sweet onions, shallots and cabbage support, it sounds like we’ll be seeing products from Pete’s. Our customers especially enjoy from Pete’s Greens on the shelves in April. Rebuilding the Barn the fresh, local spinach in the winter. Pete’s If you’d like to find more ways to help Pete’s, Join us! enthusiasm and commitment to dig right back Allison Weinhagen, visit our website at www.citymarket.coop/ in and rebuild and replant is admirable. The petesgreensbenefits. Director of Member Services Co-op looks forward to working with Pete’s to The next Board When news of the January 12th fire at restock his produce, hopefully in April.” meeting is Pete’s Greens in Craftsbury made the rounds A mid-January email newsletter from at City Market, we wondered how we could Pete’s Greens indicated that the farm is also February 28, 2011 help one of our popular local vendors. Pete accepting donations online from their website Johnson, the founder of Pete’s Greens, at www.petesgreens.com or through the mail at 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. reported that they were underinsured on the Pete’s Greens, Rebuild the Barn Fund, 266 S. barn and all of the equipment it contained Craftsbury Road, Craftsbury VT 05826. While in the and weren’t insured at all for the value of the Pete noted in the newsletter that they are, stored produce and frozen meat. City Market “very uncomfortable asking for and receiving City Market decided to donate 1% of our sales on some of financial help...we do need it and I really our busier shopping days to Pete’s Greens and appreciate your support.” Conference Room. encourage our customers to donate as well. The Onion Skin 2 February 2011 The Onion Skin Last Call! Options to consider for your refund check: 1. Cash or deposit your check within 90 days (by February 10, 2011) Have You Seen Your Patronage Check? 2. Apply the patronage refund check to your remaining equity balance. Members continue Do you know any of the following members? Their Patronage Refund checks were returned to have the option to pay toward a full share of $200 in yearly installments of $15. If you to City Market. Updated addresses will allow us to resend the checks and make sure they get to choose to return your check to apply toward your equity, please endorse the back “payable to their rightful owners. If you know someone on the list, please ask them to give us a call. If you’d Onion River Co-op.” Checks can be sent to City Market, Attn: Member Services, 82 South like to update your own address with us, please email Leila at [email protected] or call Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401. her at 861-9707. 3. Help us strengthen our local food system and combat childhood hunger by donating Name Member Number your patronage refund check to the following organizations with which the Co-op works closely: Budnik, K 8448 ● The Intervale Center Conrad, S 2295 You can make a tax-deductible donation online at www.intervale.org, or by mailing a check Dann, K 9579 payable to The Intervale Center, Attn: Ruby, 180 Intervale Road, Burlington, Vermont Galloway, A 2527 05401. Gassret, C 10879 ● Hunger Free Vermont (formerly known as The Vermont Campaign to End Gray, D 6667 Childhood Hunger) Guarnaccia, R 7537 You can make a tax-deductible donation online at www.hungerfreevt.org/donate using your credit card. You can also call 802-865-0255 or mail your check, payable to Hunger Hadsel, K 6894 Free Vermont (with “City Market Patronage” in the memo), 38 Eastwood Drive, Suite 100, Howard, B 4855 South Burlington, VT 05403. Knight, W 2852 You can donate directly to each organization using the contact information above. Or Lukarcic, C 10807 you can simply return your check to us and we’ll donate it for you. Please endorse the back “payable to Onion River Co-op” and tell us where you want the money directed by Marasch, M 2973 including the completed donation coupon below with your check. The deadline for this Nichelson, J 3123 option is Friday, February 4, 2010. The Co-op will then compile all member donations and Phillips, E 11940 send a check to each individual organization above. Checks can be sent to: City Market, Attn: Member Services, 82 South Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401. Poutre, D 7239 ------DONATION COUPON------Romani, D 7728 Member Name: Townsend, T 8276 Member Number: Wheeler, L 11336 I would like to donate my Patronage Refund check to the following organization(s): Last call for 2010 Patronage Refund checks! • The Intervale Center: $ As of January 14, 2011, about 731 Patronage Refund checks were still uncashed (this sounds • The Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger: $ like a lot, but we issued over 4,800 checks). The total of the above amounts must equal the amount of your Patronage Refund check. The deadline to cash or donate Patronage Refund checks is February 10, 2011. Here are the Please remember to sign the back of your check “payable to Onion River Co-op” and options that were included with your Patronage Refund check back in November: include this coupon when returning your check by February 4th.

New Local and Made in Vermont Items at the Co-op! In the Freezer Other New Items Vermont Bean Crafters are local food In the Bakery artists. They’ve taken black beans, onions, Chef Papi’s Gluten-Free, Frosted carrots, kale, garlic, and more, all from local Chocolate Cake organic farms, and turned them into delicious black bean burgers. These frozen patties have Hey There Cupcake, single and quickly found their way into my freezer and 4-pack cupcakes they’re my delicious and healthy go-to meal The Inspired Baker, Chocolate Mice Cake whenever I’m crunched for time. Meet Joe, the Cheese bean crafter, and try a burger Friday, February City Market Donates Over $8,800 to COTS 7 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Grafton Village Cheese Company, Grafton Duet (two layers of cheddar flanked Over 640 trees sold at our annual COTS Tree sale In the Dairy Cooler by a thick vein of St. Pete’s Select Blue Shelburne Farms’ Brown Swiss Cheese) City Market donated the proceeds from its 13th annual Holiday Tree sale to the Committee Cheddar on Temporary Shelter (COTS). City Market’s General Manager, Clem Nilan, and staff presented is new to our perishables cooler. Perishables Located just above the Cabot bars, the Brown the check totaling $8,867 to COTS Executive Director Rita Markley, along with Director of Swiss Cheddar is all the goodness of Shelburne Cabot, Horseradish Cheddar bar, Development & Communications Becky Holt and Special Events Coordinator Mary Beth Farms’ award-winning aged cheddars but is Ranch Dip and Salsa Dip Jenssen. The annual tree sale to benefit COTS has been held at the Co-op for the past 13 years, crafted for everyday use at a more delicious Vermont Fresh Pasta, Basil Fettucine bringing the total donation to over $60,000. price! Beer & Wine “We are grateful for City Market’s wonderful support,” Markley said. “The annual Tree Sale Wellness Rock Art, Black Moon IPA 22 oz is such a great tradition. The event raises money as well as awareness about the needs among our neighbors. We frequently hear from parents who use the tree sale as a way to help their children Urban Moonshine’s Maple Bitters. Snowfarm Vineyard, Leon Millot Nouveau Urban Moonshine is a small family business understand the crisis of homelessness.” located in Burlington. They suggest using City Market staff, Co-op members and community volunteers assisted customers with trees their bitters to stimulate healthy digestion by throughout the sale. The fresh, local trees were delivered from Moffatt’s Farm in Craftsbury enjoying a few dashes before or after meals (or and were sold for only $30. According to COTS, $20 covers a night of emergency shelter for an add to your favorite cocktail and salute your adult at the Waystation, while $50 can provide backpacks and school supplies for two children in health). a shelter. February 2011 3 The Onion Skin The Onion Skin Vermont’s Farm to

Plate Strategic Plan under a microscope, researching everything By Meg Klepack, from where our seeds come from to where Local Food Coordinator our food scraps go and everything in between. In short, they’ve researched all the pieces Whenever I lose sight of why the work I that allow us to have a thriving agricultural do is important, I try to remind myself of how landscape. most Americans, and most Vermonters, eat. It is estimated we Vermonters get a paltry 5% One interesting piece of their analysis that of our diet from local food. While this figure immediately caught my eye was their sections is slim, compared to the rest of the country, on whether or not Vermont can feed itself. we’re doing very, very well. While we don’t have any data that What would it look like if we developed shows how much and what kind of food Vermont’s agriculture enough so we could eat Vermonters currently eat, we can compare 10% of our diet from local food? While 10% is the food available, per person, from national still a slim minority, the amount of development sources as opposed to local sources. As this work needed to allow us to double our local chart shows, we produce a few products, like purchases is astounding. And, thanks to the milk, maple syrup, and apples in quantities release of the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan, we that far exceed national per capita availability now have some sense of where we would need (presumptively meaning that we produce more to develop infrastructure, invest in businesses, than Vermonters would ever consume). Other develop policies, provide education, and more. crops lag far behind the national per capita The Plan also catalogues the great benefits availability. Even crops relatively easy to grow increasing local food consumption to 10% in Vermont like carrots, potatoes, and onions would have on Vermont’s economy and job fall far short of what you can imagine we’d creation. These are just some of the fascinating need to grow in order to feed ourselves. pieces of the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan The Executive Summary of the Plan released this January at the Statehouse in is now available online, with the chapters Montpelier. being released in the next few months. If The Farm to Plate Initiative has spent over you’re interested in local food, it makes for a year meeting with hundreds of Vermonters a really interesting read. http://www.vsjf.org/ and putting every aspect of our food system project-details/5/farm-to-plate-initiative

Selected Food 2008 U.S. Per How Much Does Vermont Per Products Capita Vermont Capita Availability Produce? Availability (retail weight)

Apples 15.5 pounds 1,173,600 124.6 pounds pounds

Bananas 25.1 pounds 0 pounds 0 pounds

Beef 61.2 pounds 6,607,055 10.6 pounds pounds

Beer 21.7 gallons No estimate available

Bell Pepper 9.1 pounds 1,435,200 2.3 pounds pounds

Broccoli 5.5 pounds 521,400 pounds .8 pounds

Cabbage 7.6 pounds 2,183,000 3.5 pounds pounds

Carrots 7.8 pounds 899,100 pounds 1.4 pounds

Chicken 58.8 pounds 455,104 pounds .7 pounds

Coffee 24.2 gallons 0 gallons 0 gallons

Cucumbers 6.2 pounds 481,000 pounds .77 pounds

Fluid Milk & 23.7 gallons 299,418,605 481.6 gallons Cream gallons

Head Lettuce 15.7 pounds 356,000 pounds .6 pounds

High Fructose 53.1 pounds 0 pounds 0 pounds Corn Sugar

Honey 1.0 pounds 700,000 pounds 1.1 pounds

Lamb .7 pounds 407,528 pounds .7 pounds

Maple .006 gallons 1,955,000 3.1 gallons gallons

Oat Products 4.8 pounds 368,800 pounds .6 pounds

Onions 19.2 pounds 1,173,600 1.9 pounds pounds

Oranges 9.6 pounds 0 pounds 0 pounds

Pork 46.0 pounds 521,640 pounds .8 pounds

Potatoes 35.2 pounds 8,512,000 13.7 pounds pounds CELEBRATING Pumpkins 4.4 pounds 10,332,000 16.6 pounds pounds 35 YEARS GROWING CO-OPS! Refined Sugar 65.7 pounds 0 pounds 0 pounds www.coopfund.coop Rice 21.0 pounds 0 pounds 0 pounds

Romaine & Leaf 10.3 pounds 2,021,400 3.3 pounds Lettuce pounds

Soda 35.3 gallons No estimate available

Sweet Corn 8.5 pounds 5,525,000 8.9 pounds pounds Tea 8.0 gallons 0 gallons 0 gallons A revolving loan fund and socially responsible investment option. Tomatoes 15.7 pounds 1,729,000 2.8 pounds To learn more, call 1-800-818-7833 or visit www.coopfund.coop. The Onion Skin 4 February 2011 The Onion Skin Escape to the Tropics with the Taste of Ginger By Cristi Nunziata, In addition to the herb in produce, ginger Herbal Education Coordinator is available in the bulk spice section. You can On Friday, February 25th, City Market add some heat to your food by using this spice. will celebrate its annual Tropical Day. It is Or, you can add some heat to your body by a wonderful opportunity to fantasize about making a foot bath with it. Simply add one to Ask two tablespoons per cup of hot water and soak warm summer days (especially since, as we write this, it’s -25 F degrees outside) and by your feet for fifteen minutes. consuming tropical foods your imagination Ginger is available in the the Health may soar, making the daydream that much Wellness section in an array more believable. Ginger, one tropical herb that of products, such as syrups, is readily available throughout the store, has capsules and tinctures. Genie the perfect flavor and warming These products can Dear Health Genie: quality to heighten your help ease digestive senses and carry you complaints or cold and Even on days when the temperature is not cold, my feet are cold. I have heard that eating hot foods helps to away. flu symptoms. If you keep your feet warm. Is this true? - Cold Feet Ginger is native are under the weather Dear Cold Feet: to tropical climates and chilled, you may also Maintaining a healthy and balanced diet is an important part of improving circulatory and is commonly used try Ginger Jacks Apple health. Reducing fats and cholesterol do correlate with decreasing levels of these items in your in Chinese, Indian, Ginger Nectar in Produce bloodstream. Sticking to a diet rich in fiber, fruits and vegetables and leaner meats like tuna or and Thai food. Its or Knudsen or Santa Cruz Lemon salmon is prudent; overall circulation of blood flow through the body should increase when unique flavor and warming Ginger Echinacea juice. taking these sorts of steps. Yes, it is indeed true that eating hot foods uses less energy in the nature make it a wonderful Lastly, ginger products digestive process; the body may then reserve some of this unused energy to keep warm. addition to meals. By cooking are scattered throughout the Here are some other tips to remember during the winter months: with ginger, a warming digestive Grocery department. Look for remedy is incorporated into Green and Black’s chocolate bars • Wear a hat – we lose body heat through the scalp! the meal. with Ginger or Reed’s Candied Ginger • Soak your feet in warm water for 20 minutes with some ginger or garlic oil added to it. Even You can find Biker Dude’s if you want a sweet treat. Or, to jazz up a plain warm water helps bring circulation to all of the extremities, and just feels relaxing. Hawaiian ginger in the meal we carry an array of salad dressings, • Avoid alcohol or smoking as this tends to constrict blood vessels and build up arterial Produce department, which marinades, and pickled ginger products. plaque – the opposite desired effect. carries both a yellow and a Whether you are chilled, suffering cold • Dust off your snowshoes and get physical – encourage better circulation through your blue variety. Mary Manghis, symptoms or just want to daydream about entire body. our produce buyer shares the tropics, ginger will be your ally. If you her love and knowledge of this ginger. haven’t experienced our Biker Dude’s ginger, Make sure that your condition is not more serious than you think. Don’t skip annual check- I was introduced to the wonders of ginger please take the opportunity to give it a try ups with a physician in the event that you are experiencing symptoms of diabetes or Raynaud’s on Tropical Day along with our many other Syndrome. when I “met” Biker Dude. That “meeting” took place over 10 years ago when one day at offerings. We’ll have demos of a variety of Take care, our previous location in a small storefront in different products and will bring out the bike- Genie the old north end, we opened a box of organic powered smoothie maker for a mid-winter ginger, found a letter inside introducing “Biker treat! SKI and RIDE on us Dude” and asking for feedback. In this box was Happy this winter at also the most beautiful, fragrant yellow ginger we had ever seen. “Biker Dude” was a most Valentine’s Sugarbush Resort’s unusual logo and personality for an organic produce item and piqued our curiosity. After sampling this amazing ginger and speaking Day with Hugh, the man behind the “curtain,” we were in love. The Onion River Co-op has Meet February’s Plan ahead been a big fan ever since. 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We Substituting Natural Sweeteners in Baking local food By Caroline Homan, Honey: Maple syrup: Food Education Coordinator Bees make honey from the nectar of As I’m sure you’re aware, maple syrup is If you’re just starting on substituting flowers, and though the nectar consists of made from tapping the sap of maple trees. The natural sweeteners for sugar, a quick lay of the sucrose, bees then metabolize it into fructose sucrose in maple syrup is supplemented with a land is in order. and glucose. A bee may visit 2 million flowers lot of trace nutrients that are pulled up from According to the USDA, Americans to gather enough nectar to make just one the earth as the sap rises in the tree. As the consume 156 pounds – or thirty-one 5-pound pound of honey, and the honey takes on the sugaring season progresses, the sap darkens, bags – of added sugar each year. That’s refined flavor of the flowers the bees visited. You can producing the different grades of syrup. It can sugar, not naturally occurring sugar found find raw and pasteurized (heated) honey on our take as much as 50 gallons of boiled sap to in things like whole fruit (fructose) or dairy shelves. make one gallon of maple syrup. (lactose). Refined sugar adds calories without Raw honey, which often has a crystallized Because maple syrup is concentrated sap, any vitamins, minerals, or other nutrients. appearance, is honey that has not been heated it is rich in the minerals that travel up from February wines for While that quantity amounts to about 41 above 117 degrees and therefore contains a tree’s roots. Maple syrup is great in baking, teaspoons per day, the USDA recommends we naturally-occurring enzymes (which aid in where it lends a distinctive flavor. Like honey, under $10 get no more than 10 teaspoons per day (just digestion) and nutrients found in plant pollens. it is sweeter than sugar, so use 2/3 to 3/4 cup By Alison Miner, over 3 Tablespoons). Honey contains most of its nutritional value maple syrup for 1 cup of white sugar. (Maple Beer & Winer Buyer Pure refined sugar is 100% sucrose. when it is raw. Use raw honey to sweeten tart sugar, which is evaporated maple syrup, can be Sweetwater Sustainable Land Company Its cheap price masks a multitude of health fruit or put on toast or porridge (one of the substituted 1:1). is the first winery to use “sustainable” in and environmental concerns. From an enzymes in honey, called amylase, helps us to My favorite way to use maple syrup when their name. What makes this company environmental standpoint, processing sugar digest carbohydrates). baking is in carrot cake, with or without maple so sustainable? Just about everything! from sugar cane or (now mostly genetically If you are going to bake with honey, it’s cream cheese frosting. I also like it in cookies, In addition to their sustainable growing modified) sugar beets takes a tremendous fine to use heated honey, which stays liquid at rice pudding, homemade salad dressing, and practices which include integrated pest amount of labor, energy, and transportation room temperature and is easier to pour and to sweeten roasted or sautéed root veggies or management, hand harvesting and land to arrive at the box of granulated sugar on measure. We have local honey in the Bulk drizzled on top of roasted winter squash. conservation, their offices greatly limit electrical usage, they have almost limitless the grocery store shelf. From department from Bee Haven Maple syrup makes cookies and granolas recycling efforts, they use environmentally a health standpoint sugar, a Americans consume that is great for baking. One of crisper than using white sugar. You may notice friendly inks, their facilities release a very low simple carbohydrate, makes my favorite ways to use honey 156 pounds – crisper, darker edges on your cookies and amount of VOC emissions – the list goes our blood sugar spike and or thirty-one when baking is to sweeten perhaps more of a “crunch.” The baked goods on. They make great wine, too! Regularly stresses our metabolism, corn bread. You can also use 5-pound bags – will also have a darker color than those made $14.99, Sweetwater Cabernet Sauvignon and leading to a variety of other it in muffins and quickbreads, with white sugar. Merlot are currently on sale for $8.99, a 40% health concerns down the line. of added sugar fruit crisp, fruit pie (it pairs savings of $6! really well with fruit in A last note: While I don’t find it to be While natural sweeteners, each year. necessary, some people recommend using 1-2 Sweetwater Sustainable Cabernet like honey, molasses, and general), anything with oats – like homemade granola or oatmeal cookies – Tablespoons less liquid per 1 cup in the recipe Sauvignon has ripe black fig aromas followed maple syrup, are also simple carbohydrates, by bright red raspberries. Palate filling black and more. Experiment to find what you like. when using natural sweeteners because of the their richer color speaks to the nutrients they raspberry flavors are accented by toasted Honey is sweeter than sugar, so substitute 2/3 added liquid you are bringing to the recipe. contain, and their somewhat higher price tag oak on the finish. Try it with a special reminds us to use these sweeteners sparingly, to 3/4 cup honey for 1 cup of white sugar in Because we’re also celebrating Valentine’s Valentine’s meal of lamb with rosemary and the way nature intended. baked goods. Day this month, here’s an adaptation of dark chocolate for dessert. a regular brownie recipe using natural There are two natural sweeteners that are Baked goods made with honey will Sweetwater Sustainable Merlot is darken more quickly in the oven, so you have sweeteners. In this recipe, the chocolate goes locally produced and are great substitutes for a long way toward providing the flavor, so the bold and full bodied with black cherry and refined sugar. In honor of our We ♥ Local to watch that they don’t burn (or, reduce the bramble fruit on the nose. This wine is oven temperature somewhat while baking). maple plays a supporting role. (I also use some Food dessert competition, I will talk about whole wheat pastry flour.) lightly spiced with hints of nutmeg and soft how to use them in baking. However, they will also stay moist longer, oak. An elegant wine that pairs well with because honey absorbs moisture from the air. hard cheeses, Bolognese or anything with caramelized onions!

Maple-Sweetened Brownies

½ cup butter (1 stick) Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. 3 squares (1 oz each) unsweetened chocolate Butter an 8- or 9-inch square baking pan. 2/3 cup maple syrup [original recipe In a large heavy pot, melt the butter and chocolate together, stirring occasionally. Remove pot from heat. Add the maple syrup and vanilla and beat with a whisk or called for 1 cup brown sugar] electric mixer. Add the eggs (just crack directly into pot if using an electric mixer, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract lightly beat in a small bowl with a fork and then add to pot if mixing by hand). Stir in the flour and nuts, and mix until the batter is blended and smooth. 2 large eggs Pour into the greased pan and bake for about 20 minutes, until brownies are just ½ cup flour: half whole wheat pastry flour, half all-purpose flour beginning to pull away from the sides of the pan and are fudgy in the center. If you like [original recipe called for all unbleached white flour] cakelike brownies, bake an extra 5 minutes. Optional ½ cup chopped walnuts [original recipe left this out, but the Makes 16 brownies. nuts help slow down the absorption of sugar into one’s bloodstream] Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Cookbook

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Salad Days are Here! Delightful Sharing News summer recipes inside! from the Co-op & the Community Sharing News from the Co-op & the Community A 2 J 2 U 0 A 0 May 2007 G 0 N 0 May 2007 6 7 Cheese, a global food that meets the challenge! by Donna LaRose Good News about Coupons Flack Family Farm Cheese is one source of food that brings forth “I’ve always The birth of a “localvore” Sauerkraut a sense of place, is timeless yet progressive and liked food, es- by Jodi Harrington Over the years, members have asked us to make By Caroline Homan, Food Education Coordinator worldly. The closest cheese maker to City Market is pecially cheese,” Nicole Carpenter and her husband Eric Coker had a 6-hour car their coupons easier. “Why,” they’ve asked, “can’t Asparagus Asparagus Willow Hill Farm located on Hardscrabble Road in says Willow. That, ride to New York City this winter. Their conversation drifted to we just have them in the computer?” Making sauerkraut is hard work. Just ask Doug Milton. Owned and operated by husband and wife along with her an interesting article they had read in Seven Days. Bill McKib- To simplify this part of your life, Flack. Each fall, he harvests cabbage from his team Willow Smart and David Phinney, Willow family’s cattle farm- starting January 1 2007, the coupons diversified organic farm in Fairfield and gets to work Hill brings us some of the tastiest sheep cheeses ing background, ben, the article said, ate only Vermont food for nine months . As they drove the frozen roads, they wondered if they could do will be automatically activated at making barrel upon barrel of sauerkraut and kimchi available, as well as a few cow milk varieties. brought her around the time of your first $20 sale. Harbinger this. “Nah,” they concluded, “this is too hard.” But they loved destined for co-op shelves like City Market’s. The Harbinger A couple of us from City Market recently made to cheese making. the concept. ”Maybe we could do it in August”, they thought. Every 31 days thereafter, you will jars start hitting the shelves each fall, and typically are the short drive to Milton to check out this two She began with be eligible to receive the next $3 (with a little help) person operation. “Hardscrabble the help of the In January, Nicole and Eric invited their friends to a potluck available until mid-summer. off a $20 purchase, which will In this issue. . . of In this issue. . . of is an appropriate name for the road to this farm,” Majors of Vermont to test market the idea. Forty people showed up, all were enthu- Doug invites people with an interest in learning to quips Phinney as he told us of the history of how Shepherd, but was siastic, and someone volunteered a web page. WWW.eatlocalvt. happen at the register. make sauerkraut to come up to his farm on work Delicious Delightful Dandelions Delicious Delightful Dandelions the farm came to be and their on going trials. making her own org is a great web page. For example, if you purchase days in September and October to help with Member work changes Spring! $20 or more of groceries on Member work changes Spring! The duo has been working this piece varieties within 3 At this writing, over production. One cold morning in October, I January 6 of property going on ten years. years. They built 80 people have signed , $3 will be automatically signed up to help and see what making sauerkraut Robot art Robot art They started out with a mar- their own cheese a pledge to eat noth- deducted from your bill at the register, is all about. ket vegetable garden; pick cave in 1999, and and you will be eligible to use your and more! and more! your own organic fruits have put out as ing but local food for Husband and wife team, Willow Smart this bountiful month. next coupon beginning on and vegeta- many as 9 vari- February 7. While we are Continued bles. eties of cheese. and David Phinney There is a guide showing where to buy unable to print the date you are on The couple is now constructing an entirely eligible for your next coupon new cheese making facility which will include foods (and of course page Kicking off Local with on your receipt, we can look Kicking off Local with a gravity-fed milk machine, shipping area, yo- City Market is a great 5... What’s for dinner? What’s for dinner? gurt incubator and viewing room. The existing source for so much) this up at the Customer Asparagus Asparagus cave will still be used for aging the hard cheese and there are recipes Service desk. varieties. They hope to double their cur- galore. There are now By Caroline Homan, Food Education Coordinator New recipe By Caroline Homan, Food Education Coordinator New recipe rent output of cheese and yogurt over 6 “localvore” groups Continued on page 3... the next year. Efficiency Vermont managers Sheryl “Asparagus is one of the things that make us glad when around the state. Graves and Nicole Carpenter invite you “Asparagus is one of the things that make us glad when card insert card insert Willow hand crafts her Spring comes. Its flavor, like the first warm winds that Spring comes. Its flavor, like the first warm winds that cheese and sends them to mar- When I told my 7th to take the challenge. Can you eat only May May Vermont food this month? blow out of an April sky, is a delicate forerunner of the ket with care. David works generation Vermonter This Month in blow out of an April sky, is a delicate forerunner of the father about the chal- 5/5 Go Green, Save Green richer gifts of Summer. And yet is there one of all the 5/5 Go Green, Save Green richer gifts of Summer. And yet is there one of all the the farm, attempting to keep green-up day at City Market up with the chores and all lenge to only eat local foods, he thought it was a bit retro. “You The Onion Skin green-up day at City Market many vegetables that the warm suns of Summer bring many vegetables that the warm suns of Summer bring that needs to be done. The kids wouldn’t even eat venison” he reminded me. Vermont 5/5 Champlain Orchards Demo out that is more toothsome than asparagus?” Asparagus Soup 5/5 Champlain Orchards Demo out that is more toothsome than asparagus?” Asparagus Soup Apple Pie 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. land is certified organic. The food has come a long way since his childhood, and there’s room Apple Pie 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The New York Times, March 29, 1914 Asparagus with The New York Times, March 29, 1914 Asparagus with milk is pure and sweet, and on the continuum for all of us. I am particularly fond of the Fer- men- taion...it's ALIVE 5/5 Benefit Contra Dance 5/5 Benefit Contra Dance the animals are raised organi- Marco Polo degrees of acceptability for salt and other spices and well at the 6 p.m. to 8 p.m Few things mean “local” like asparagus, which we here Lemon Chive Sauce 6 p.m. to 8 p.m Few things mean “local” like asparagus, which we here Lemon Chive Sauce cally though not certified as such. 5/5 Inconvenient Truth Powerpoint conjectured on the web site. Coffee and chocolate people will 5/5 Inconvenient Truth Powerpoint at the Co-op eagerly await as the first earthy treat of the at the Co-op eagerly await as the first earthy treat of the Raspberry-Rhubarb Bundles The blueberries, pick-your-own in suffer, I imagine, but most of us will be pleasantly surprised co-op starts at 8:30 p.m. in the tent! Raspberry-Rhubarb Bundles starts at 8:30 p.m. in the tent! growing season. When the asparagus starts arriving from August, are organically certified. growing season. When the asparagus starts arriving from at the breadth and depth of local bounty. Seed diversity and 5/6 Member Meeting & Brunch Pomykala Farm in Grand Isle, intensely green stalks with Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble 5/6 Member Meeting & Brunch Pomykala Farm in Grand Isle, intensely green stalks with Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble The myriad of cheese varieties is astound- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ing. “I learn a lot from books,” says Willow. The improved techniques for preservation mean there are lots of Working at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. purpled-hued spears, we roll out the bins and pile them purpled-hued spears, we roll out the bins and pile them They were one of the first to plant Heirloom variety marriage of history and intuition is evident in local foods beyond dad’s venison, carrots, and potatoes. The 5/12 International Fair Trade Day high. The morning’s greetings on the floor quickly turn 5/12 International Fair Trade Day high. The morning’s greetings on the floor quickly turn tomatoes, but many others caught on to the wave of localvores hope indeed that the movement creates demands for Visit us at Peace & Justice! to how we cooked asparagus the night before and how we Visit us at Peace & Justice! to how we cooked asparagus the night before and how we On the web. . . continued on page 11... new local foods that the farmers will fill. On the web. . . 5/12 Burlington Farmer’s Market Heirlooms so they were not able to sustain them- City Market..apply 5/12 Burlington Farmer’s Market plan to cook it tonight. We stuff our bags with the dewy Pet Wellness plan to cook it tonight. We stuff our bags with the dewy Pet Wellness selves with such crops. City Hall Park 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. green stalks and hope each asparagus delivery will get us City Hall Park 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. green stalks and hope each asparagus delivery will get us Take the Locavore Challenge! See page 11. Food that Detoxify 5/19 Dandelion Workshop through the day (in season, we have a hard time keeping Food that Detoxify 5/19 Dandelion Workshop through the day (in season, we have a hard time keeping at City Market 12 p.m to 1 p.m. up with the demand for local asparagus, but we buy as New Jobs at the Co-op at City Market 12 p.m to 1 p.m. up with the demand for local asparagus, but we buy as New Jobs at the Co-op A Publication Of City Market - Your Community-Owned Grocery Store A Publication Of City Market - Your Community-Owned Grocery Store 5/21 Onion River Co-op Board Meeting much as we can get our hands on). And then there’s the Late-breaking demos 5/21 Onion River Co-op Board Meeting much as we can get our hands on). 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Bookfest! Cleansing the cosmetic industry Beer Prices Increase due to Hops in the early 1990s caused farmers to shift from growing with Organic skin care products hops into more lucrative crops such as corn. This was It’s Bookfest time in Burlington, and once again City followed by a huge surge in demand for hops in the late & Barley Shortage 1990s though the early 2000s as the microbrew industry Market is highlighting our cookbooks. All of our Nicole L. Fenton, Marketing Manager Alison Miner, Wine & Beer Buyer cookbooks will be on sale for the festival. This year we boomed. An increase in demand coinciding with less Consumers today are looking for products that are not only supply translates to higher costs. welcome two local authors. You probably know Melissa In a state that prides itself in buying and producing September Beer industry folks cite other factors too, such as Passanen as she’s been the Burlington Free Press food writer better for their bodies but also for their skin. More and more local; beer is no exception. Vermont claims the largest the cost of raw materials for packaging which is also on September 2 Vermont Apple Crisp 1-3 p.m. for several years. She’s teamed up with Shelburne Farms and women are tossing out their mascaras, lipsticks and powders number of artisan brewers in the country per capita, the rise. The high cost of aluminum is hitting the big- September 7 “Connecting the Pieces”...an will be here to sample a recipe from the collection. You filled with preservatives for those with natural and organic although a few Web sites claim the same for Oregon. As evening with Bill McKibben at gest companies the hardest, such as Molson-Coors and might not know Sissy Hicks unless you’ve spent time in ingredients. you head to the beer cooler at the Co-op, you may notice UU Church 6:30 p.m. Anheuser-Busch. Another factor is the high cost of fuel Dorset during the last 20 years. Sissy is the chef-owner the price of some of your favorite beers creeping up this September 8 Rosemary, Sage & Thyme associated with transportation costs. Although we love of the historic Dorset Inn (Vermont’s oldest continuously The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of women’s, year, affecting both Vermont beers and some “big name” workshop 12-1 p.m. our Vermont beers, some of our other favorites come operating inn), and she’ll be signing her book and serving public health, labor, environmental health and consumer- brands. September 16 MeLissa Pasanen Cooking Demo from California, Oregon, Germany, and Belgium. up a recipe from it. Both women favor local ingredients, rights groups, is working to protect the health of consumers There are many factors that have lead to the price 3 p.m. Let’s all hope for some great harvests in the upcom- and their recipes treat them with the elegance they deserve. increases. This year brings substantial increases in the September 16 Wheatberries with Caramelized and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to ing seasons and continue to support local and Vermont Join us and meet Vermont’s finest cookbook writers from costs of two crucial ingredients in beer: hops and barley. Onions and Pete’s Braising Mix phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects products. Always feel free to check in with Alison, City both ends of the state. Hops saw a 100+ percent price increase, in some cases 1-3 p.m. and other health problems, and replace them with safer Market’s Beer and Wine buyer for updates. upward of 300 percent. Barley, which is made into malt, September 17 Sissy Hicks Book Signing & alternatives. They recently announced that they had found Cooking Demo, 5 p.m. the Onion Skin has seen a 25-50 percent increase in cost. Brewers are potentially dangerous levels of lead in lipsticks, saying one- September 18 Herbal Strategies For Respiratory forced to pass on these cost increases to their customers Events Health With Guido Mase 6-7 p.m. In this issue: third of the 33 red lipsticks it examined contained an amount in order to stay in business. September 20 Free Herbal Clinic 4-7 p.m. Localvore Mania! that exceeds the FDA’s limit for lead in candy. The reason for the price increases resides in the fact Calendar September 23 Sauteed Winter Squash & that both hops and barley experienced poor harvests Monthly Sales Among the top national brands that tested positive for Are you a localvore? Yellow-eyed Beans 1-3 p.m. last year and the effects were felt immediately. Also Lots more info on pages 4 & 5! September 30 Maple Pumpkin Butter 1-3 p.m. Rosemary, Thyme lead were L’Oreal Colour Riche “True Red,” L’Oreal Colour contributing to the hops shortage is the fact that there Check out the Back Page for a & Sage Riche “Classic Wine,” Cover Girl Incredifull Lipcolor is far less hops acreage that currently exists in North America than in previous decades. Falling hops prices complete list of February Events! Continued on page 5 City Market, Onion River Cooperative, Your Community-Owned Grocery Store City Market, Onion River Cooperative, Your Community-Owned Grocery Store 82 S. Winooski Avenue, Burlington VT 05401 82 S. Winooski Avenue, Burlington VT 05401 We welcome EBT, CAT$cratch, Knight & CCCash Cards and manufacturers’ coupons We welcome EBT, CAT$cratch, Knight & CCCash Cards and manufacturers’ coupons Open 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. every day 802-863-3659 www.citymarket.coop Open 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. every day 802-863-3659 www.citymarket.coop

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Purchase a Holiday Tree for COTS. City Market Offers Out with the Old and In with the New at the Co-op “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Food Guru Michael Pollan Visits City Market You’ll be Supporting More than a Shelter. By Nicole L’Huillier Fenton, for no-smoking signs throughout the property vision news sponsorships, it’s tough to cap- workgroups from all store departments, was New Signature Soups Marketing Manager to reminder all patrons that lighting up at City ture the attention of consumers today. In combined to develop a new site architecture By Nicole Fenton, Marketing Manager Looking to the future, Pollan sees more local food showcasing the Co-op to Pollan, Nilan talked about the unique Good People. Good Food. Celebrate Vermont’s Harvest Together. By Nicole L’Huillier Fenton, ple with limited incomes. Services include free ington area for people Market is no longer an option. order to try and break through that clutter, and design that will be intuitive and more re- systems like those in Vermont. “Vermont is the center of gravity ability of the Co-op to build strong connections between our Marketing Manager credit reports, housing-search assistance, links The New Year always brings with it the oppor- $50 covers when the program’s ex- City Market has unveiled a new advertising flective of the Co-op personality. The site is Michael Pollan the high priest of the contemporary for the sustainable agriculture movement. Vermont is 30 years farmers and consumers. City Market works with over 1,000 By Nicole L’Huillier Fenton, Marketing Manager vendors and producers as we can fit into a tent and open to community services and resources, and land- tunity to begin anew, to revisit resolutions that As the economy continues to struggle, the food movement made a rare appearance in Vermont on Tuesday, ahead of the rest of the country.” Vermont vendors, many of which are farms producing local dairy It’s not surprising that the demand for shelter two new isting shelters are full so campaign that works across all mediums in- still in the programming stages, but we have the doors wide to the community to celebrate not only the lord referrals. The Homeless Prevention Fund may have slipped to the wayside in the previous Co-op will continue to look for innovative June 10th. The best-selling author and leading voice for change Pollan also gave a highly publicized lecture at UVM products, meats, produce, and even wines. Nilan said of Pollan’s space spikes when the weather turns cold. But she doesn’t have to turn cluding print, radio, television, outdoor adver- hopes of being able to launch it early in the Harvest festivals have been occurring since people abundant of local food but also the people. For the past five backpacks provides small, emergency grants to qualified year or to make a pledge to try something new ways to attract new members and offer valu- to food and agriculture systems took a tour of City Market as despite severe weather that closed the University. Speaking to visit to the Co-op “we believe so strongly in what we are doing Harvest Celebration this summer for the first time ever, COTS’ anyone away in the win- tising (bus signs), and online. The campaign New Year. part of his examination of the local food system. The longtime an overflowing crowd at Ira Allen Chapel reminiscent of Barack here—offering local food to our customers while building a first began planting and gathering food. While the harvest years, our Harvest Celebration has grown to include the households at risk of losing their housing due and exciting this year. As we welcome 2009 at able member benefits. The reduction of annual Waystation—a 36-bed emergency shelter— and school ter. For the past 11 years, called Get Fresh utilizes the fun and playful New York Times Magazine contributing writer and University Obama’s visit, Pollan weaved into his speech the themes carried strong local food system—to have a champion like Michael Pollan is celebrated in various ways the world over, it shares many producers whom you see at local farmers’ markets, as well as 2008 is featuring… to a contingency beyond their control, such City Market, it brings with it a variety of new member equity payments from $25 to $15 has And finally, 2009 brings us a new and improved operated at overflow. From June to August supplies for City Market has sold character illustrations that of California Berkeley journalism professor included stops at the heavily throughout his most recent books: “The Omnivore’s acknowledge our efforts really makes us feel good.” common themes that include the appreciation of the land, up and coming vendors just breaking into the marketplace. as medical emergency, or in need of one-time initiatives including the made a huge difference in membership. In ad- Co-op. The construction crews are gone. They this year COTS turned away 42 families and Holiday Trees for $30 a new and have long been identified with Intervale and Shelburne farms. Dilemma and “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.” He According to Pollan some of the best advice he has to two children financial help to cover security deposits or the entire designation as a smoke- dition, new member programs such as Food have left behind a beautiful, expanded café the value of hard work, the love and support of family, and “Seeing some different vendors that you don’t see elsewhere,” Vermont Mystic Pie Co. 75 single adults for lack of space at its shelters, to benefit COTS. Over City Market. The characters Pollan was also in Burlington to work on a draft urged audience members to not think about nutrients but about ensure that the food system is working is to: Eat food. Not too back rent. free environment, a con- for All continue to see participants taking ad- improved with additional seating and enclosed walls that proposal for a new Vermont Food Systems Leadership and Policy whole foods and to focus on buying fresh, locally grown food. much. Mostly plants. His message to the UVM crowd was what a tribute to the celestial powers. was a comment heard after last year’s event. Community said Executive Director Rita Markley. $22,000 has been donated to COTS thanks to property is are now beginning to come to Vermont Cookie Love story continued on page 2 tinued effort to recruit new vantage of the 10% store savings. The popu- Co-op not only block out the cold winter air but also Institute at the University of Vermont. “Vermont has a leadership Hardwick grass-fed beef is a favorite Pollan product. is best for your health is also best for agriculture, for the plants In Korea, the harvest festival is called “Chusok.” members enjoy this event because they can sample a variety the generosity of our customers. According to life and encourage consum- The seriousness of the situation this summer designated Co-op members through lar Community Business Partner program that the noise from the busy front end. The 2nd role nationally in what’s happening,” says Pollan. “What I see Michael Gourlay, president of Hardwick Beef had encouraged and animals, for our landscapes, our farms and our communities. Families thank their ancestors for the fruits of their labor. of delicious local food for free, and perhaps even more Vermont Coffee Co. COTS, $18 covers a night of emergency shel- ers to Get Fresh at City Market because of the has created a sense of urgency for COTS and smoke-free reduced annual member offers Co-op members discounts at area busi- bathroom should be a welcomed addition by here is a laboratory of change. It’s a movement.” Pollan to visit City Market because of his product’s availability Although he admitted he didn’t really know much about co-ops, Native Americans say the moon shines the brightest during important, because of the ability to put a face on the local ter for an adult at the Waystation. $50 pays for City Market largest selection of local and fresh products The federal Farm Bill came under sharp criticism from at the Co-op and the Co-op’s central position in the local food by the afternoon’s workshops and evening lecture, Pollan had Flack Family Farm other regional shelters as equity payments; a new nesses is morphing into the Community Con- our customers and the new sliding doors both this time of the year, therefore calling the month of September vendors whose products line City Market shelves. two new backpacks and school supplies for Holiday Hours available. Pollan. “The Farm Bill is a failure. We need a major policy system. Pollan strongly believes that our country needs to take gleaned enough to weave in references several times of the co-op’s winter approaches. Shelter advertising campaign; new, more user-friendly nections program. You can see a list of par- in the entry and exit ways should reduce the “Harvest Moon.” In India, the harvest celebration is called Join us this year on Saturday, September 27 from Wagatha’s Dog Biscuits $18 covers two children in their family shelters. The long awaited City Market Signature Soups change and reformers were bought off cheaply. The commodity food off fossil fuel and turn back to grass (solar power) Per Pollan, place in the local food system. providers, local and state Christmas Eve Web site; and a new and improved foyer area to ticipating businesses on page From an advertising campaign to a new online amount of heat loss in the store. Providing not “Pongal” or the “Rice Harvest Festival” in which families noon to 4:00 p.m. Help us celebrate our strong local food have hit the shelves! You can now purchase subsidies, which give us a Fast Food Nation, were untouched. “We’re going to run into a time where grain fed meat will be as Genoise Cakes a night of officials, clergy and others Emergency shelter is the most obvious type of the store. campaign 5. This list will continue to presence, 2009 will prove to be a busy year. only a warmer work atmosphere for staff, but When we say that our system is unsustainable, that means it can’t morally questionable as foie gras.” Note: Michael Pollen’s latest books: The Omnivore’s Dilemma and 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. our delicious soups everyday to take home for thank all who contributed to its success — including the system and show your support for local business. We know emergency have asked the state for support COTS provides, but it is not the only grow in 2009 as we continue The Marketing and Information Technology also more economical. go on. Cheap food is an illusion. Good food grown well will During his morning tour of the Co-op, General “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto are both now available for lunch or dinner. Chicken Noodle, Minestrone, Starting in the New Year, City Market custom- called gods, the sun, and the cattle. you won’t walk away hungry for you’ll have the chance to $500,000 to help them find type. COTS is putting more financial resources Christmas Closed to reach out to area businesses departments have been working on a new Web always be more expensive. That’s the truth of it. Eating well will Manager Clem Nilan highlighted each department’s connections purchase at City Market. shelter Seafood Gumbo, and Tomato Basil soups are ers and staff will have to light up their ciga- Get Fresh So as we say goodbye to 2008 and welcome in Back here at home, we have our own Vermont sample scrumptious food and meet some delightful folks, all Many, many more! temporary space in their and staff towards prevention tactics includ- and explain the benefits of of- site since last spring. The process involved an keep us healthier. There’s a reason why $6/doz. eggs are better to their local source. The tour reinforced the Co-op’s position New Year’s Eve available in the grab-n-go cooler and freezer rettes elsewhere because the entire property another year at the Co-op, we have our work than $1.99 eggs.” of buying local first as the same message as Pollan’s. While way of celebrating: we gather as many of our Vermont free of charge. communities to house the overflow. Markley ing a Homeless Prevention Fund and a new fer savings to a loyal Co-op member base. initial customer survey as to what folks liked 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. section. Look for the City Market label on more is designated smoke-free. You can read more cut out for us to accomplish all that we hope to says the funding is still in question but all are Housing Resource Center that just opened in or disliked about the current Web site and products like salads, salad dressings and about the process that it took to bring this ini- It’s no secret that we are all bombarded with in order to continue to serve the members of working together to develop solutions. the Old North End of Burlington. This new New Year’s Day what they wanted to see in a new site. All of entrees soon. tiative to fruition in an article from Assistant thousands of messages every day, from email our community. Wine Picks for Welcome Wellness center provides outreach and services to peo- 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. that information, including detailed internal Winter’s Farmers Board of Directors Wine Picks for Solutions for Markley is searching for space in the Burl- Operations Manager Christopher Lyon. Look marketing to radio commercials or local tele- under $10 Department Market Election under $10 Rising Food Costs Check out the Back Page for a BOD Election Results Holiday Gift Guide Cold and Flu Care December Events City Market Smoke-Free 2009 Food Trends New Bulk Brochures January Events page 4 page 6 page 6 Check out the Back Page for a complete list of July Events! page 2 page 4 page 5 complete list of September Events! Page 2 Page 6 Page 11 back page Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 back page

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If you want to recognize the Nominees for the Don Schramm outstanding contribution to our Community Service Award must be active 400 community by a Co-op Member, please members of the Co-op and show an 4001609 - 2009 Solar!Solar! submit a nomination form for the Don outstanding commitment to cooperative Schramm Community Service Award. principles, visionary leadership, or service New and improved Reverse Osmosis Water has been Food for All Member Program The City Market Board of Directors to the community. We Need You! increasingly popular over the past years and will accept nominations until August 11th Nomination forms are available finding a replacement for our machine was no Celebrates Two Years City Market/Onion River Co-op Board Reverse Osmosis small task. There are numerous companies Burlington Prepares to Celebrate The Quadricentennial and and will present the award at the Fall online at www.CityMarket.coop. Any By Leila Cosgrove, of Directors elections will be held in October. who manufacture and sell RO systems. In Member Meeting on Saturday, October 2. questions? Email General Manager Water Machine. Member Service Program Coordinator Solar Power Comes to the Onion River Co-op! There will be three open seats on the Board most cases their revenue is spent on impressive The International Waterfront Festival The Holiday Past winners include Donald L. Schramm, Clem Nilan at [email protected]. June marks the two-year anniversary of this year. Board terms begin in January and run websites with little real credibility behind showing proof of eligibility at the Customer By Clem Nilan, an estimated 3% of the Co-op’s energy needs. grant, the Co-op is eligible to receive a $40,204 By Chris Lyon, City Market’s Food for All Member Program. By Nicole L’Huillier Fenton, products. That evening will commence with a Champlain Chocolate. The proceeds from the Bonnie Acker, Janet Hicks, Michael Nominations are accepted via email or at for three years. Think you might have what it the veil. We also were very close to placing a Service desk. General Manager While this percentage seems low, grocery stores federal tax credit (30% of our investment in Trees to benefit Assistant Operations Manager City Market, Onion River Co-op began Marketing Manager Tasting Event at the Firehouse Gallery that will Strawberry Festival will benefit Burlington City Healy, Beverly Keim, Andy Jones and the Customer Service desk. Go Co-op! takes to help set policy for the Co-op? Keep an system from Culligan, only halted by the cost (including co-ops) are relatively mega-users the project.) This will bring down our out-of- Recent concerns over water supply, a process over two years ago to launch a Potential participants of the Food for explore unique pairings of outstanding French Arts’ Education and Scholarship Program. This January, snow won’t be the only new Abbie Nelson. eye out for further details in future issues of which would have required us to start charging Burlington has been buzzing with of power. pocket costs for the project to $93,808. COTS are coming! sourcing and quality have prompted program that would ensure that healthy food All Member Program can present a variety and Vermont cheeses, wines and delicious addition to the roof of City Market, Onion the Onion Skin as to how to apply and when! Co-op members for water. In true Co-op energy and excitement surrounding the The Family Day at the Intervale on Sunday, our customers and Co-op members to made it into the mouths of children. One out of documentation as proof of eligibility. seasonal tapas. Tickets which can be purchased River Co-op. 154 solar panels will be installed “Grocery stores are full of energy gobbling While our hearts may tell us that investing Go Co-op! fashion we rolled up our sleeves and pawed International Waterfront Festival as part of July 12 is a free event that will include a tour of Mark your calendar to pick up overwhelming support our Reverse Osmosis of five children in Burlington falls below the Customer Service representatives will accept at City Market are $50. on our Co-op’s roof to begin generating refrigeration and freezers,” said Operations in solar is the right thing to do, this solar through the various options only to settle on the Quadricentennial Celebration happening the Intervale’s Abenaki Traditional Garden, a Water Machine. Although Burlington’s water poverty line (two out of five in the Old North grant award letters for 3SquaresVT, WIC, home-grown electricity! City Market signed an Assistant Manager Chris Lyon. “Our Prepared project also makes solid business sense. With your holiday tree at the same manufacturer we currently used. this summer July 2 – 14. The celebration Another Food Festival event that might be “wheat to bread” workshop and freshly baked supply is touted as one of the cleanest in the End). With this in mind, the Co-op developed and Disability. In addition, an EBT card or a agreement with White Foods Department has a commercial kitchen a return on investment of over 13% and a Their customer service was strong and spoke will honor the 400th anniversary of Samuel easier on the wallet is the Community Dinners flatbreads from American Flatbread. City Market starting nation demand for Reverse Osmosis (RO) a plan to help alleviate the high cost of food disability parking permit is also accepted. River based groSolar to that’s a virtual factory. Not to payback of less than five years, this to their commitment to build a relationship de Champlain’s exploration of the lake that for $35 held at Magnolia’s Bistro. Two dinners “154 solar December 9. water has never been stronger at City Market. for residents experiencing financial difficulties. Currently, one out of every five members The Taste of Champlain Food Co-op Board install the photovoltaic mention, the energy using element “provide is a sure bet and a hedge against with us. The new system is a custom built bears his name. Burlington intends to host an featuring cuisine from Franco-American and at the Co-op participates in FFA—about Festival is just one component of the panels will system. The 154 panels of moving people in and out of our electric rate inflation. As we all know More details on page 3. Co-op members receive water for free as system with a larger RO membrane, storage The result is City Market’s Food for All unforgettable thirteen-day extravaganza with Native-American will be combined with music enough 1150 memberships. In 2009, Food for All larger Quadricentennial celebrations but of Directors will generate 30.8 Kw doors presents challenges when over there is considerable uncertainty a member benefit. Looking back I don’t think tank, and vending cabinet. We are excited to Member Program (FFA). FFA provides a 10% music, comedy, film, theater, writers, dancers, and education as to the origins of the food. be installed” September 11 – 19 anyone in the store would imagine the water participants received over $62,000 in store it’s an opportunity for locals and visitors to (kilowatts) of electricity. 3,000 enter the front and exit the electricity to surrounding Vermont’s energy say that feedback has been primarily positive discount on all purchases (excluding wine food, discussion, and so much more. There are two seatings for each meal at 5:30 Elections— Savor the Dates! September 11 – 19 machine would be one of our most popular discounts. In just the first 10 months of our experience the very best of Vermont growers, It is designed as net back doors each day!” power over 6 future. Most energy experts project despite some adjustments customers have had and beer) for Vermonters who are eligible to and 7:30 p.m. member benefits when it was first unveiled. receive 3SquaresVT (formerly Food Stamps); fiscal year 2010, we’ve already been able to City Market is proud to sponsor the guest French and Quebec chefs and culinary metering, which means the Co-op will be increasing price of electricity due Celebrating local farms and flavors! to make in getting used to the new setup. We Need You! The solar project will cost Burlington Since the inception of our “Free Water for Women, Infants & Children (WIC); and provide over $103,000 in discounts. Bringing five day Taste of Champlain Food Festival On Saturday, July 11 a mammoth parade experts for an unparalleled cross-cultural selling power back to the grid. to expiring contracts at Vermont Like any mechanical system we won’t go $187,912. But that’s not entirely what A whole week of workshops, local food Members” benefit, our little old machine Disability assistance. Current Co-op members the total of discounts provided to more than 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 homes.” Yankee and the Hydro Quebec. as far as to say that all of the kinks are worked Our system is anticipated to provide the Co-op will pay. The Vermont tastings, and more! Complete an Eat Local struggled to keep up. After just a year and a who are eligible for the 10% savings need only $160,000. FFA is one of the many great 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. Solar fits perfectly with our Co-op’s out, in fact I just took a break in writing this to enough electricity to power over 6 Burlington Clean Energy Development Fund Week Scorecard and be entered to win $250 half in operation we decided to invest in a to apply with their proof of eligibility. Non- examples of the Co-op’s commitment to the 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 figure out why the tank wasn’t filling. Despite homes. The average Burlington home uses awarded us a $53,900 grant. These grant environmental goals of sustainability and a of groceries at City Market or a Winter CSA new water machine with a larger capacity to members can receive the savings by becoming community. For more information or to apply 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 this, the new system has been a breath of fresh 5520 KWh (kilowatts hours) per year, and the funds come from the American Recovery and greener planet. We’re excited to reduce our Co- Share from the Intervale Center. Check out produce and store. Though you may still find a regular member at $15/year or a non- for FFA, please stop by Customer Service, 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 air and a cool drink of water for us compared projected KWh generation from the Co-op’s Reinvestment Act. This year was a fiercely op’s greenhouse gas emissions and promote eatlocalvt.com for all the details as they are lines for water at the machine, you will find it shareholding member, which has no annual visit our website www.citymarket.coop, or Specialty Food Fair showcasing fresh gourmet purchase your tickets today. Festival questions takes to help set policy for the Co-op? Keep an to its predecessor. We hope you’ll enjoy the The Vermont-France Terroir Exchange: solar panels is calculated to be around 332,640 competitive one for grants and City Market’s our local green economy. So starting in January, announced! vends much quicker, and more reliably than fee. The FFA discount is good for one year contact Member Services: memberservices@ foods from honey and cheese to rare specialties. can also be answered by calling the Waterfront eye out for further details in future issues of new machine and thank you for your continued Workshops & Tastings on July 8 will include KWh per year. application was one of only a handful approved our motto won’t only be Go Co-op, but also our previous model. at a time. Participants can easily re-apply by citymarket.coop, or 802-861-9707. A Strawberry Festival will also be on tap that Festival office at 802-264-0766 or stopping by patronage. seminars, tastings, and discussions with the Onion Skin as to how to apply and when! in the State of Vermont. In addition to the Go Solar! day with over 1500 strawberry shortcakes the store and office at 90 Church Street. Go Co-op! The solar generated electricity will supply Union Contract Shopping Bulk Kombucha Kraze July Events French and Vermont experts on the origins of Slow Money Gathering Stonyfield Film Series Lawn to Garden Winner June Events planned as well as strawberries dipped in Lake Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 back page Page 3 Page 5 Page 6 back page Tour de Farm: Shelburne New Gluten Free Beer Food, Inc. Film July Events Board of Elections Results Souper Bowl Challenge Holiday Gift Guide December Events Page 2 Page 6 Page 8 back page Page 2 Page 3 Page 6-7 back page Your Community-Owned Grocery Store Your Community-Owned Grocery Store 82 S. Winooski Avenue, Burlington VT 05401 82 S. Winooski Avenue, Burlington VT 05401 City Market, Onion River Cooperative, Your Community-Owned Grocery Store City Market, Onion River Cooperative, Your Community-Owned Grocery Store Open 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. every day • 802-861-9700 • www.citymarket.coop Open 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. every day • 802-861-9700 • www.citymarket.coop 82 S. 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Missing fresh local greens already? Peter This month, on Serving Up Vermont, fertility for both men and women. Simple Mushrooms can easily be grown in your Burke, indoor gardening guru, will present Meg and Caroline blog about our We “Heart” recipes involving chocolate! apartment, home, or backyard. Learn the simple steps for sprouting sunflowers and great (please insert symbol) Local competition. basics of mushroom life cycles, cultivation Baking with Local Sweeteners variety of other salad greens. This workshop Enter your local dessert recipe (see Page 1 for techniques, their ecological role and potential, February 15, will focus on growing sunflower greens - big details), and the three finalists and their recipes and go home with materials to grow your own crunchy greens great for salads or wraps. will be announced on www.citymarket.coop/ We 6:00-7:30 p.m. gourmet mushrooms. Alissa will allow us to local food Whether you live in an apartment or have a big At Burlington’s Integrated Arts blog. It’s a tough job having to judge a dessert sample many different culinary mushrooms. homestead kitchen, Peter will show us how to Academy at H.O. Wheeler, 6 Archibald competition, but someone’s gotta do it…. Each participant will take home an inoculated grow the bulk of our salad greens all winter Street mushroom log kit which will begin fruiting long. The $10 materials fee covers your own in 3-6 months, and continue to fruit for 2-4 Learn all about substituting natural tray of greens to take home! years as well as mushroom spawn for other Vermont sweeteners – honey and maple syrup cultivation methods at home. Space is limited. – in your favorite dessert recipes as well as Eating Well on a Budget choosing recipes that play up those flavors. We Throughout the Month Tropical Day Free Herbal Clinic will make and sample delicious baked goods If you would like to schedule a tour for February 7, 4:00-7:00 p.m. made with all-local ingredients and talk about yourself or a group at City Market, please at February 21, 4:00-7:00 p.m. recipe substitutions. contact Caroline Homan at 861-9731, or Have you ever been interested in using [email protected] City Market herbal medicine to improve your health? Join Gluten-Free Series Class Six: Betzy Bancroft RH (AHG), Larken Bunce Dessert Recipes MS, and Guido Masé RH (AHG) and students February 16, 5:30-7:00 p.m. from the Vermont Center for Integrative At Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Friday, February 25 Herbalism in a free, personalized session 1364 North Avenue 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. focused on your individual constitution and This is the last class in a six month series February Product any health conditions you may be experiencing. to provide education for gluten-free individuals An incredible opportunity to explore the art of and a forum for discussion. Together we will Sampling herbal healing with experienced practitioners! make and sample one or more of the recipes in-store demos All sessions last about an hour and a half and submitted by participants in the prior class. Friday, February 4 are completely confidential. By appointment. All recipes will be compiled into a gluten-free Divine Burgers & cookbook. In Class Six, our final class, we will 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Cooking with Miso make and sample dessert recipes. bike-powered February 8, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Nutty Steph’s Chocolate Bars At Burlington’s Sustainability Academy at Vermont Healers networking lunch smoothies Lawrence Barnes, 123 North Street February 17, 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Miso is a nourishing food that can be used How to create a marketing and promotional plan Saturday, February 5 in a variety of recipes. We will talk about the Laughing Moon Chocolates health benefits of miso, and make a delicious Are you a service professional looking to 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. batch of miso soup to sample. Participants connect, learn, and grow with your business will take home favorite recipes for using miso, with peers? For January, February and March from fish to soup to salad dressing. 2011, Vermont Healers will be holding their Monday, February 7 networking luncheons on the third Thursday Vermont Bean Crafters, local Free Film Night: “The Dark Side of of the month from 11:30 am to 1 pm in bean burgers Chocolate” City Market’s Community Room. Bring a 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. February 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m. bag lunch, marketing materials, and a friend! This film investigates the dark side of Contact Jason at (802) 225-5960 to sign up Friday, February 11 chocolate: child trafficking for slave labor on or visit www.vermonthealers.org for more Vermont Coffee Company cocoa plantations. Despite a 2001 agreement information. 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. outlawing child labor in the chocolate industry, the problem continues to exist behind the Smart and Easy Winter Cooking Nutty Steph’s Love Bars scenes. Follow film makers from small villages with Local Foods 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. in Africa where children are disappearing February 18, 2:00-3:00 p.m. to cocoa plantations to executive offices At Starr Farm Nursing Center, 98 Starr Saturday, February 19 to examine this issue. Stay afterward for a Farm Road Spectrum, organic flax oil & extra discussion led by herbalist Sandra Lory about Participants learn to make and sample fair trade chocolate and about the processing virgin olive oil sautéed Maple Carrots and Parsnips and 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and medicinal benefits of cacao. colorful Winter Slaw with carrots, apples, Herbal Valentines Workshop beets, and celeriac. Taste-test winter vegetables Friday, February 25 February 12, 12:00-1:00 p.m. and take home seasonal recipes. Tropical Day with a variety of Join Herbal Education Coordinator, Cristi Intro to Ayurveda demos! Nunziata, and learn to use roses and chocolate February 20, 10:00-11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in a variety of dessert recipes. Just in time for Join Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, Valentine’s Day, take home treats for yourself Tejasinha “Fox” Sivalingam, for an introduction Monday, February 28 or for your sweetheart! to the cosmic principles of Ayurveda. Come Winner of the We ♥ Local and receive tools to relate to Vata, Pitta, We dessert competition Sign up at and Kapha, through tangible analogies, and local food 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. seasonally appropriate practices. the Customer Service Desk. Want more information on upcoming product Most Classes are FREE & open Please park off site demos? Visit us online at to the Public for our classes and events. http://www.citymarket.coop/news/product-demos