We’re kicking off the holiday season with a special series of Gift Guides for everyone in your life from the Foodie to the Makeup Lover to the Party Host. All the products in our guides can be found here at the Co-op and we’ll be posting them throughout the month on social media and in our blog.
First up, it’s our Gift Guide for the Foodie.
Roasting a turkey for the first time can be intimidating. And so can trying to figure out what else you’re going to put on the table this holiday season. So we’ve put together a handy list of turkey tips and included some of our favorite holiday recipes to make your Thanksgiving a little more stress-free.
The Pachamama cafe inside our Co-op might look like what’s common at conventional grocery stores, but we’ve been saying for years that there’s nothing conventional about us! This new revolutionary Cooperative Cafe is a partnership between two co-ops, Pachamama being a farmer-owned co-op. This is the first time there has been an all-in-one, fully cooperative supply chain! In the Cooperative Cafe, every cent that you pay for your coffee gets deposited into the farmers’ bank account.
Kick up the fun a notch with these Halloween recipes featuring seasonal and sale items!
This spicy tart remedy is used as a tonic and also to prevent colds and flus, to stimulate immune function and aid circulation. Made from late summer crops like peppers, horseradish root, garlic and onions steeped in apple cider vinegar, Fire Cider has to be made weeks before you’ll actually use it during cold and flu season. It takes time for the ingredients to infuse into the vinegar before it is ready.
There are key varieties of apples that pinpoint where we stand in apple season. We consider the true beginning of apple season in Sacramento when the Gravensteins from Sebastopol appear, usually by August first.
The season is at its peak in October with Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady and loads of other varieties. You know the season is slowing down when you see Arkansas Black. Shortly after that, growers put their harvested apples into cold storage to ship to us as we need them well into springtime.