As winter loosens its grip, sugar makers all around the state are hard at work preparing for sugaring season. They are clearing lines, setting taps and stockpiling fuel. They are watching thermometers and feeling the air for the telltale signs that the sap is about to flow. And on those days when …
With a new year, and new possibilities underway, the coming of spring feels even more powerful. Sugaring season brings longer days, milder temperatures, and the first stirrings of the natural world. What better way to celebrate than with the bounty of maple syrup! While the simple raw sweetness of syrup is a delight on its own, …
Click to fill out the Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Grant application. Since 2011, the Hunger Mountain Cooperative Community Fund has distributed a total of $58,502 through 52 community grants. These annual grants provide financial support to businesses, organizations, and initiatives that further the Co-op’s mission of building dynamic communities of …
So much has changed over the last week, it is challenging to keep up. Given the many needs and many unknowns, we do our best to prioritize. Going forward, our co-op is prioritizing the safety of our employees and our shoppers while maintaining a steady supply of high-quality food for …
While straight syrup is what most people think about when they’ve got maple on the mind, the Co-op carries a variety of products that use maple as the backbone flavor. Check out these iterations of Vermont’s signature sweet. Kents’ Corner Sugarhouse in Calais, VT. Sugarmaker Craig Line has been …
How did you get into chocolate making? After leaving a life of dairy farming, co-owner and head chocolatier Erlé LaBounty has been crafting delicately balanced, old-world chocolate confections–such as his hand-rolled truffles– out of his native Vermont since he was 16. In 2001, he graduated from the New England Culinary Institute and …
