Archive for the ‘Vendor Interviews’ Category

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  What Do You Know About the CDC?

  One of the coolest things about La Montañita, which has made us both among the most successful and community-focused grocery co-ops in the country, is our Distribution Center. Since 2005, the CDC has been reaching out to farms and farmers who are too big for … Read more

  Posted: March 27th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Co-op Talk, Vendor Interviews
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  What’s so hot about dung?

  Quite a lot, it turns out. George Whitten explains how letting cows (or bison, or buffalo, or whomever, really) go about their natural bodily habits in the fields is actually more efficient, in the long-term, than corralling. Of course, this wouldn’t work in the … Read more

  Posted: March 14th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Co-op Talk, Vendor Interviews
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  Sweetgrass

  As promised, here are two more videos from the series we’re producing on local producers. These videos represent our contention that it’s important everyone get a chance to “meet” the men and women who grow and/or raise their food. Because not everyone can squeeze a … Read more

  Posted: February 24th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Vendor Interviews
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  Local Producers Speak For Themselves

  We’ve been cooking up a little video at the Co-op lately. One of our privileges in this industry is the contact we get, and the relationships we form, with local producers. Edite, our intrepid Marketing director has been making stops around local farms, and filming … Read more

  Posted: February 21st, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
  Filled under: Vendor Interviews