Winesday returns! Join us for bi-weekly, guided virtual wine tastings with Zac and special guests! We will feature new wine and cheeses each tasting, which will be available at the Co-op for purchase. Email Zac, zac@durham.coop, for any questions wine and beer related! Next tasting: Wednesday, May 12th, May 26th and June 9th from 5:30-6:30pm … Continued
Last month, the Co-op hosted a field trip from our friends at the Lerner Day School! Working in and with our community is as much a part of the Co-op’s values as selling quality local organic produce. One way we love to interface with the community is by giving tours of our store – hosting … Continued
This holiday season we were proud to partner with the LGBTQ Center of Durham to send letters to prisoners during the holidays. The LGBTQ Center held 3 card-writing nights in our store during the month of December, and thanks to your help, our co-op community was able to send two hundred cards that provided warm … Continued
Last month, the Co-op attended an exciting community event: local entrepreneur Victoria Scott-Miller, of Liberation’s Station, opened her third Black Lit Library at Sarah P Duke Gardens! Liberation’s Station, Started by Scott-Miller and her family, is an online collection of stories comprised of some 500 thoughtfully curated titles varying in themes, genres, and reading-levels, all … Continued
Going Straight to the Source: Two of our DCM staff took a field trip with Firsthand Foods to visit Neil Frank’s farm in Rougemont, where he raises beef cattle on pasture. pictured above: Dawn (DCM Meat Specialist), Neil (farmer) and Jennifer (Firsthand Foods) gaze out over pasture where cows graze. For those of us trying … Continued
Through November and December 2020 For the second year in a row, Durham Co-op Market is partnering with Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) to offer Food For All owners a 50% discount on fresh produce through November and December! Food For All is our ownership program for folks who qualify for SNAP benefits. FFA Owners … Continued
Have you ever wondered how we choose which products end up on our shelves at the Durham Co-op Market? Here at our community-run store, our process is very thoughtful, very human, and always ongoing – ie, every SINGLE product you see on our shelves has been hand-picked by a team of people with our core … Continued
A Reflection on Neighbor Day at the Co-op On Sunday September 8, we hosted our Annual Neighbor Day celebration at the Durham Co-op! This year was by far our biggest Neighbor Day event, and we had a blast with all of our neighbors, partners, owners and friends. Here’s a reflection written by one of our … Continued
The Durham Co-op Market is proud to source our meats from Firsthand Foods, an incredible company that sources directly from small family farms that are raising their animals humanely and on pasture. We love their mission and their products! Try out this delicious recipe for a tasty breakfast, made with FHF Kielbasa, now on sale for … Continued
We’ve got an exciting CHICKEN ANNOUNCEMENT for you, chicken fans! We are proud of the new lines of chicken we’ve got on our shelves as of the past few weeks, and we’d love to share some of our process with you – because here at the Co-op, we let our values guide every decision we … Continued
