South Royalton Market

• March 9  2pm  How Does Your Garden Grow – Join Adam Smith, produce manager and market gardener, for a discussion about varieties, seed starting, transplanting, garden care, and any other topic you might have a question about.  Class is free and no reservations are necessary.
• March 18  6pm  Yogurt and Butter Making – Join Laura in the kitchen for an hour of learning how to make your own butter and yogurt.  Participants will leave with a sample of their own freshly crafted butter.  Class cost: $5
• April 8  5pm  Mozzarella – Making mozzarella at home is easy and impressive.  Go from milk to cheese in under an hour.  Participants take home their own hand-stretched mozzarella.  Ricki Carrol’s 30-minute Mozzarella kits (good for 30 batches of cheese) are being offered for sale.  Class cost with the kit: $25, no kit: $5.

To reserve your spot in the Butter and Yogurt or Mozzarella class, contact the market today!  Call 763.2400 or e-mail: outreach@soromarket.com

The Winter/Spring 2010 newsletter has gone out to all of our members and copies are available in the store.  Check out our class offerings, recent news, and current events at the South Royalton Market.

Stop by the Market today for Member Appreciation Day, January 15–  Great discounts, lots of sale items, and delicious samples all day long!

It is that time of year again!

The Annual Member meeting will be held at the Academy Building in Royalton, February 20, 2010 at 5:30pm.

All members are welcome to attend.  The meeting is a potluck, so bring a dish if you would like.

We hope to see you there!

If you notice the top of the website has changed to the a photo of the gingerbread house version of South Royalton.  This street scene was created by Dorothy Chap, and graced the front of the store during the holiday season.  Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Ferry.

Are you interested in helping get more local foods into the South Royalton School cafeteria?

Join a group of community members to help bring about this important change.  Groups of like-minded volunteers have created groups by interest (growing produce, processing, cooking, greenhouse construction, fund raising) and are coming together to make a game plan for 2010.

If you would like more information, contact Laura at the market: outreach@soromarket.com

Thanks to Rick for enabling me to join in the Market’s blogosphere! I will attempt, from time to time, to wax eloquent on new items, new ideas and general philosophy in the Home Brew Department. If you have not met me or been in to check out the Home Brew Department, I encourage you to do so. At present you will find me on call on Wednesdays and Saturdays (generally noon to closing time) but I am often there for an hour or two on other days as well. If you have general or specific questions about making your own beer, about products we do or do not carry, even about beer in general, please check out the Home Brew page on the Market’s website – you can email me directly from there with questions, comments, requests, etc. I will do my best to answer any and all…
The biggest news from October is the arrival of a new full-size cooler for yeast and hops – with this we will be carrying a wider selection of dry and liquid yeast, and finally a supply of whole hops. We are also in the process of replacing (one at a time) the leaky extract bins – less waste, fresher extract, less mess – a win/win situation.
Please let me know, either by email or in person, what you would like to see us carry, promote, change, etc. in the Home Brew Department – it is your store, and we want to make it work for you.
Cheers,
Scott the Home Brew Guru
(yes, that was me in the Herald two weeks ago…)

Here is our wonderful staff as they will appear in the Herald of Randolph in the Face to Face feature.  Come in and meet them in person!

New Art!

We have a new art display in the cafe area of the Market.  Stop in and take a gander.

New Signs!

Stop in and see the new signage.

In the news – WCAX feature today on Zero Waste.  Cheryl Eaton of Jericho has challenged herself to a “zero waste week”.  Follow her progress on her blog.  It would be interesting to see occasionally how close we could come, kind of like fasting for a day to start appreciating your daily bread again.

Welcome to your community-owned, not-for-profit grocery store.  Support our local economy and enjoy the wonderful benefits of whole foods!