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Our vision is for all people in our region to live healthy lives and have access to local food and strong community-based connections. We see the upcoming Thanksgiving Market as helping to increase access to local food and helping make more community connections. Come support your local farmers and artisans next Saturday the 21st on the Walpole Common from 10-2 and shop local this holiday season!
Here is a list of the current vendors:
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Abenaki Springs Farm
Brookfield Farm
Great River Co-op
Hawk's Meadow Farm
Highland View Farms
Mirasol Farms
The Hooper Institute
Twin Spruce Farm
The Every Wrap
Snowflakes by L-Design
Jamaican Jewelz
East Alstead Roasting Company
Winter View Farm
Rowan Tree Crafts
North Wind Farm
Jillian Bishop
CFFI Cocoa Farming Future Initiative
We will be taking extra safety precautions as we did with this past summer's farmers market. We ask that vendors wear masks, especially while in close proximity to customers. We will also encourage customers to wear masks and will have disposable ones available for those who need them. We will also provide hand sanitizer and make sure that booths will be socially distanced as well.
For information about becoming a vendor, contact Karen West at karenwest916@gmail.com. The cost for a space will be $20.
Please share the Facebook Event, and invite friends and neighbors to attend!
We hope to see you there!
The Great River Co-op will be hosting this year's Thanksgiving Farmers' Market on the Common in Walpole to ensure safe social distancing. Join us on November 21st from 10am to 2pm.
We hope you'll come out and peruse the seasonal goodies available from your favorite local farms and producers while catching up with good friends and getting ready for the Thanksgiving Feast!
We will be taking extra safety precautions as we did with this past summer's farmers market. We ask that vendors wear masks, especially while in close proximity to customers. We will also encourage customers to wear masks and will have disposable ones available for those who need them. We will also provide hand sanitizer and make sure that booths will be socially distanced as well.
For information about becoming a vendor, contact Karen West at karenwest916@gmail.com. The cost for a space will be $20 - please reserve by October 31st!
Please share, and invite friends and neighbors to attend!
We hope to see you there!
This October, Great River Co-op is joining co-operatives and credit unions across the United States in celebrating Co-op Month, observed nationally since 1964. This year’s theme, “Co-ops Commit: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,” was chosen by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA CLUSA) to promote how co-ops and their members are working together to build more inclusive businesses and more resilient communities.
Over the summer, the Great River Co-op co-hosted the NH Greater Falls Farmers Market, and is beginning to plan for the holiday market in November - please reach out to info@greatriverfoodcoop.com if you'd like to be a vendor.
And, if you haven't joined the co-op yet, now is the time. Through October, when you join as a voting member - or upgrade your current membership by buying more shares to become a voting member, you'll get a Great River Tote Bag.
To learn more and join visit www.greatriverfoodcoop.com.
This month, we are reaching for our next milestone in member/owners - 900! And to make it extra enticing, we are rewarding everyone who signs up as a voting member ($100/4 shares) with a Great River Co-op tote!
The Great River Co-op is a cooperative grocery store in the development stages that will be coming to Walpole, New Hampshire.
As we excitedly sign people up for the Great River Co-Op memberships, we love seeing where all of the support and our future shoppers live and are coming from.
We are blown away by how many are committed to shopping local and supporting small business in our community here.
Let's start with some local love!
The Great River Co-op is co-hosting a summer Farmers Market in Walpole, now through September 30th. The market will be held in the future location of the Co-op store, between The Hungry Diner and Pinnacleview on Route 12. Stop by and support local vendors on Wednesdays from 4-7pm. (Closing at 6:30pm in September.)
The joint project, with Sustainable Valley Group, is organizing the Wednesday Walpole market plus the one in Bellows Falls on Fridays, 4-7, at the Waypoint Center near the train station.
Safety measures include signs posted at the entrance, limited capacity, one way traffic, 6 foot distancing, mask recommendations for customers and requirements for vendors, hand sanitizing stations at each vendor and at entrance and exits, and volunteers stationed to help with maintaining safety.