The Co-op Food Stores

Welcome back to Steve Fulton! After a brief and well-deserved sabbatical, Steve Fulton of Blue Ox Farm in Enfield, New Hampshire, is back on the farm and back at the Co-op. We get to know these farm folks pretty well around here. We miss them when they’re gone and appreciate them when they’re back. Check out the Co-op Produce Departments, where you’ll find plenty of products from Steve and our Upper Valley growers.  Read more »

Plainfield, New Hampshire

The temperature is headed into the 90s, and the fruit is gently warm in the hands of the pickers. Before lunch on an average day in strawberry season, the folks at Edgewater Farm will harvest 800 quarts of strawberries, many of them for sale at the Co-op. Pooh and Anne Sprague have been raising strawberries along the shady banks of the Connecticut River since 1974. Over time, the operation grew to include other summer fruits and vegetables, as well as extensive greenhouses and pick-your-own.   Read more »

Post Mills, Vermont

Of all the farms that supply the Co-op, Tim and Janet Taylor of Post Mills, Vermont, sell the widest range of products, with lettuce serving as their major crop. They provide the Co-op with eight different varieties of lettuce, which are available seven days a week during the season. They also supply salad mix, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, green peppers, red potatoes, summer squash, and zucchini squash. In addition, Janet provides the Co-op Floral Department with annual flowers and hanging baskets.  Read more »

MacLennan Farm, Windsor, Vermont

When Co-op Merchandising Director Tony White wanted to add Upper Valley grown asparagus and corn to the Produce Department’s offerings, he asked area farmers for the name of the person who grew the best. Without exception, they pointed Tony to Alex MacLennan of MacLennan Farm in Windsor, Vermont. MacLennan Farm is also the source of the Co-op’s early season green beans. When corn takes over, Alex delivers daily to the Co-op.   Read more »

Spinach from Liz and Jake Guest’s Killdeer Farm is often one of the the first Upper Valley-grown vegetables to arrive at the Co-op in the spring—and it keeps on coming, fresh and tender, into November. The Guests’ skill and passion for farming stems from the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s. They sell certified-organic arugula, varieties of red and green lettuce, cilantro, carrots, and potatoes to the Co-op as part of their diversified farm operation.  Read more »

From her home in north central New Hampshire, Andra House celebrates her Latvian heritage through the breads she bakes. “I learned to bake from my grandmothers, who were both Latvian,” says Andra. “Feeding people is how we show that we care.” She furthered her skills working in a Connecticut-based Latvian bakery before settling in northern New Hampshire.   Read more »

If you are looking for a home where the buffalo roam, look to Warner, New Hampshire, where Brian and Kiera Farmer graze a herd of buffalo (bison) in their own back yard.  Read more »

Family team work and milk in glass bottles are two keys to the success of McNamara Dairy.   Read more »

When the Organic Valley Cooperative expanded from Wisconsin into Vermont, Brent and Regina Beidler of Randolph Center, Vermont, were among the first farmers to sign on.  Read more »

Cottonstone Farm and the Co-op Food Stores have worked together for more than 30 years.  Read more »