Art Fans, Check out the Cafe Gallery
added 06/23/08
If you love beautiful and unique art, then you will want to visit the Co-op Cafe Gallery this summer, where everything from crayon on paper to oil on canvas will grace our Lebanon store walls. Now through August 3 at the Gallery, look for oils on linen and prints on canvas by Maggie Duford. From August 4 through September 14, check out the one-of-a-kind crayon artwork by Cecily Herzig. The Gallery is located in the Lebanon Co-op and is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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Tom Belisle
Tom Belisle serves customers on a typical busy day in the Lebanon Meat Department. Tom is a familiar face to many members and shoppers—with a devoted following of regular customers who have been visiting him for years to benefit from his advice and expertise.
Food Cooperatives: Organic Before Organic Was Cool
Organic. What a loaded word these days. Along with the word green, the word organic can sound like a marketing strategy more than anything. But cooperatives were organic long before organic was cool, and we’re big believers that organic production delivers delicious food and promotes sustainable agriculture—two things that are important to both food producers and consumers. The modern story of organic farming in America began in the 1960s, a time of social re-examination. In agriculture, the movement was led by “back to the land” types who set out to build their own houses, grow their own food, and live life at the pace of the seasons. Many of these people had grown up in urban settings and had little experience in these things. That lack of tradition, combined with the philosophy that “natural is better,” contributed to the development of organic farming methods. Try the difference for yourself! Check out our Wild About Organic promotion, where you can find special prices on organic products all over our stores.
