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Comment on Meet the Staff: Donald Jernigan, Wellness Coordinator by This Week at the Co-op: (Oct 10th – 16th) Our Annual Fall Wine Show + 10% Off, New Wellness Hour, Cheese & Wine Tastings & Live Music | Company Shops Market Blog

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:47:16 +0000

[...] Night: Wellness Hour Tuesday, Oct 11th from 5:30pm – 6:30pm. New! Wellness expert Donald Jernigan will be hosting “Wellness Hour” on Tuesdays nights at 5:30pm. Each week he will choose [...]

Comment on Independence Celebration & Summer Music Series Kick-off: Sunday, July 3rd, 3-8pm by Independance Celebration & Music Series Kick-Off at Company Shops Market {Burlington NC Event Photography}

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:21:14 +0000

[...] Steph Stewart of Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends, playing at Company Shops Market‘s 2011 Independence Celebration: [...]

Comment on Video Documentary: Why I’m an Owner of Company Shops Market by Why I’m An Owner video from Company Shops Market features photogaphs from Luck Photography

Thu, 05 May 2011 18:57:41 +0000

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Comment on Telling the Story of Company Shops Market: Reedy Fork Farm Saves Their Family Dairy by Returning to Traditional (and Organic) Farming Practices by Coming Soon – Company Shops Market Coop

Coming Soon – Company Shops Market Coop — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:01:42 +0000

[...] the way, a great big thank you to Company Shops Market blog for their terrific post featuring Reedy Fork Farm and the Stonyfield Dairy contest! We appreciate [...]

Comment on Time & Cost Comparison: Buying Pre-Packaged vs Bulk Food Ingredients for a Healthy Snack Recipe by Megan Squire

Megan Squire — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:19:33 +0000

I agree that you can save money on bulk foods! You can also try more interesting products without having to commit to buying a large box. You can also bring your own packaging – better for the environment. I like to use glass jars instead of plastic. Just get them weighed beforehand, and then write the tare weight on the lid with a sharpie so you have it for next time. There are so many advantages to buying in bulk sections. I am so excited for CSM!!

Comment on Speaker Videos from Company Shops Market’s Groundbreaking Celebration by Groundbreaking Celebration: Company Shops Market Co-op Grocery {Burlington NC Event Photography}

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:19:44 +0000

[...] Manger, Chris Bartlett, for the first time. He gave a short speech that you can watch on the Company Shops Market Blog if you are [...]

Comment on Weekend Work Party – Day 2 (Saturday) by sharon

sharon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:39:01 +0000

This is what it’s all about! People connecting and working together to do something good. We all had a great time getting started on turning the market into something really special . . . and are still at it – we were there last night, too!

Comment on Local vs Organic: new thinking for sustainable textiles? by smoore2

smoore2 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:17:53 +0000

Hi everyone:

Another update from the OE Show. In a couple of weeks take a look at Anvil Knitwear’s web site. They have taken the history of their T Shirts and developed lesson plans and information for children that can be directly traced to the shirt. This is similar to what our local textile hero TS Designs is doing and some other companies as well. Anvil is now the 6th largest purchaser of organic and transitional cotton in the USA and is now committed to buy USA organic product before buying offshore. They are also Oeko-Tex certified for much of their product line, which is great for my business.

Out here in the Northwest, everything is becoming about sustainability, local production, human powered transport, and alternative energy. The taxi we rode in from the airport was NG powered. Having never lived in an urban environment, it is a nice change from our home at patio nirvana in Elon, but we will be glad to get home on Saturday.

There were about 300 people at this conference from all around the world representing the organic fibers industry and many of the major brands. I wore my company shops shirt one day and got many questions about what we were doing and how it was going. If we can get this money raised and get to work on the store, perhaps we will have a nice vibrant scene in downtown B’ton, but I doubt we will throw salmon around like they do at the Pike market.

Comment on Company Shops Market Isn’t An Organic Food Store: A discussion of local vs organic by smoore2

smoore2 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:51:33 +0000

Hi Nate:

I am writing you from the OE meeting (Organic Exchange) where the organization is moving beyond organic into sustainable textiles: locally produced, recycled fibers and fabrics, new LCA-based uses for apparel materials is the same message you just gave in this piece.

We need to engage so many facets of our local agricultural and conventional producers. Our market can do this and not one of the big food chains can even get close. Here in downtown Seattle, the message for slow food and local food is ingrained into this community. Pike market simply rocks. I am in apple heaven
Sam Moore

Comment on Myths vs. Truths – Board president Sharon Dent clears up a few misconceptions by smoore2

smoore2 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:02:15 +0000

Nice FAQ Sharon.

The truth here is that we are making good steady progress in a terrible economy and as a board we must be very prudent and conservative while holding to our mission. I wish we could find a white knight that would invest the needed funds and we could open the store tomorrow, but building a coop is a one brick (investor) project at a time. It look like the fund raising is going well and we will keep at it until we reach our goals.