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Hunger Mountain Co-op exists to create and sustain a vibrant community of healthy individuals, sustainable local food systems, and thriving cooperative commerce.
We host a variety of events, including product demos led by our demo coordinator and many of our local vendors, educational wine & cheese tastings, tabling with area nonprofits, Co-op council meetings, and more. Check out the calendar below for all the details.
Our Co-op also curates workshops as part of our mission to educate the community, offering diverse learning opportunities while holding presenters accountable for providing information that is informative and well-researched. Workshops are free unless otherwise noted and are typically held in our upstairs Community Room, with access to a freight elevator upon request. Space is limited and pre-registration is encouraged. To reserve a seat for any of our workshops, you can sign up on the bulletin board in our exit way, call us at 802-262-3202 or use the online registration form here.
If you have any questions or would like to suggest a topic/subject, a class or lecture, or an activity that you would be interested in or feel our community would like to attend, let us know here. If you are interested in possibly presenting or leading a workshop in the future, please review and submit the application found here.
Co-op members are invited to join the Council’s monthly meetings. The community meal begins at 5 pm, followed by the business meeting at 5:30 pm. The full agenda is available online. Please call 802.262.3202 or email to confirm your spot.
Tour Ananda Gardens at its beautiful new location just outside of Montpelier. Learn about the farm’s operations and how they partner with gleaners. Join a discussion led by Alison Levin, Director of Community Harvest of Central Vermont to learn about how gleaning fits into their work to feed the community and is part of a healthy food system.
This free workshop takes place at Anada Gardens. The Co-op will not provide transportation, although participants are encouraged to carpool on their own. Participants should plan to get themselves to the farm to meet up at 6pm for the start of the workshop. A Co-op Community Relations team member will be there to greet you. The farm is located at 2416 Horn of the Moon Rd. in Montpelier, directions from the Co-op the the farm are here.
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this workshop, sign up on the bulletin board in our exit way, call us at 802-262-3202 or use this online form.
Presented by Rachel Kennedy, Green Mountain Transit, Sr. Transit Planner
Green Mountain Transit is finishing up a two year comprehensive system redesign. Capital Region changes are slated for implementation with the opening of the Taylor One Transit Center on Taylor St. in Montpelier, in August/September of this year.
We’ve been working hard at refining our plan, based on public comments, through several public outreach periods. We are in the final phase and would love to bring the final plan out to the Hunger Mountain Co-op Community, as part of a larger public outreach initiative, during the first two weeks in July. We will be presenting on changes, doing an interactive activity, and gathering public comment that will inform the final service change recommendations. Please join us, and help shape the future of transit in your region!
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this free workshop, use this online form or call us at 802-262-3202
All workshops are held in the Hunger Mountain Co-op community room unless otherwise noted, with access to a freight elevator upon request.
We provide tabling opportunities as part of our mission to educate our community. Tabling is a forum for community groups (nonprofit, educational, families/children, and the arts) to share educational materials with our member-owners and shoppers. Access to our tabling request form is available on the “Community” website tab.
Presented by Theron Lay-Sleeper of CVSWMD and Eric Bachman of ORE
Eric Bachman (Onion River Exchange) and Theron Lay-Sleeper (ECO Americorps/Central Vermont Waste Management District) will share their experience organizing Repair Cafés. Originally conceived in the Netherlands, these community events are a place for people to share their knowledge and skills in repairing household items. Both the idea and practice are intended to foster re-skilling, community-building, and a stewardship of objects that reduces consumption and waste. Please join us to learn more and get involved in these events yourself.
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this free workshop, use this online form or call us at 802-262-3202.
All workshops are held in the Hunger Mountain Co-op community room unless otherwise noted, with access to a freight elevator upon request.
We provide tabling opportunities as part of our mission to educate our community. Tabling is a forum for community groups (nonprofit, educational, families/children, and the arts) to share educational materials with our member-owners and shoppers. Access to our tabling request form is available on the “Community” website tab.
Presented by Theron Lay-Sleeper of CVSWMD and Eric Bachman of ORE
Eric Bachman (Onion River Exchange) and Theron Lay-Sleeper (ECO Americorps/Central Vermont Waste Management District) will share their experience organizing Repair Cafés. Originally conceived in the Netherlands, these community events are a place for people to share their knowledge and skills in repairing household items. Both the idea and practice are intended to foster re-skilling, community-building, and a stewardship of objects that reduces consumption and waste. Please join us to learn more and get involved in these events yourself.
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this free workshop, use this online form or call us at 802-262-3202.
All workshops are held in the Hunger Mountain Co-op community room unless otherwise noted, with access to a freight elevator upon request.
We will be having a Member Appreciation Weekend Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14. All three days will include a case sale on select products, a 5% storewide shopping discount for members , raffles, in-store demos, and free samples. Check back for more details.
We will be having a Member Appreciation Weekend Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14. All three days will include a case sale on select products, a 5% storewide shopping discount for members , raffles, in-store demos, and free samples. Check back for more details.
We will be having a Member Appreciation Weekend from Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14. All three days will include a case sale on select products, a 5% storewide shopping discount for members , raffles, in-store demos, and free samples. Check back for more details.
We are having a member appreciation weekend from Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14. All three days will include a case sale on select products, a 5% storewide shopping discount for members , raffles, in-store demos, and free samples. Check back for more details.
Presented by Allison Levin, Director of Community Harvest of Central Vermont
Allison Levin (CHCV), takes you through the lens of gleaning to explore your relationship with food. This presentation will focus on gleaning in our area and will be followed by an open discussion of using/eating imperfect food, reducing wasted food, and knowing local farms better, among other topics.
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this workshop, use this online form or call us at 802-262-3202
All workshops are held in the Hunger Mountain Co-op community room unless otherwise noted, with access to a freight elevator upon request.
Presented by Amy Panetta, MA, NC, Nutrition and Weight Loss Consultant
School is out and the summer is in full swing! Through the long winter, have you felt restless, as well as overwhelmed with stress? And even though you would love to roll into the “lazy days of summer,” are you finding the calendar full of activities?
With Amy Panetta, MA, NC, Nutrition and Weight Loss Consultant, you will take a much-needed time-out and get inspired to take up some new self-care activities that will help you detox from stress, rebalance ourselves, and even help you shed excess weight! You will learn the biochemistry of stress on the body, how it can impact weight gain, and you will leave with a number of strategies you can use right away in your daily life! Through using these techniques consistently, you can feel well rested and begin autumn activities with a better sense of inner calm!
Minimum requirement of 4 people
$8 members/$10 nonmembers
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this workshop, use this online form or call us at 802-262-3202.
All workshops are held in the Hunger Mountain Co-op community room unless otherwise noted, with access to a freight elevator upon request.
We provide tabling opportunities as part of our mission to educate our community. Tabling is a forum for community groups (nonprofit, educational, families/children, and the arts) to share educational materials with our member-owners and shoppers. Access to our tabling request form is available on the “Community” website tab.
Presented by Robert Barossi, Co-op Community Relations
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf
Dining on exceptional food and reading an extraordinary book are two great pleasures, and we hope you’ll join us for a book club, co-presented by Kellogg-Hubbard Library, designed to bring those two joys together. Each month, we’ll read a work that is about or related to food, including both fiction and nonfiction books.
Titles for the rest of 2019 are:
August 22 – The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats by Daniel Stone
September 26 – The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
October 24 – Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discovery America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee
November 21 – Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
December 19 – American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields by Rowan Jacobsen
Kellogg-Hubbard Library can request copies of books through their Interlibrary Loan system, so if you cannot afford to buy the book or don’t want to buy it, you can get a copy at the library. You will need a library card in order to do that. Library cards are free for anyone who lives in Montpelier, East Montpelier, Berlin, Calais, Worcester or Middlesex. If you own a business in Montpelier, but live outside of the service area, you can get a free library card. If you don’t live in those towns, the annual fee for a library card is $40, $35 for people 65 and older.
If you would like to purchase a copy of the book through Bear Pond Books, please let us know. If five or more people order the book, Bear Pond will give you 20% off, but there have to be at least five ordered. If you’re interested, let us know as early as possible, so we can contact the bookstore and let them know how many books to order.
Space is limited and registration in advance is suggested. To attend this free workshop, sign up on the bulletin board in our exit way, call us at 802-262-3202 or use this online form.
All workshops are held in the Hunger Mountain Co-op community room unless otherwise noted, with access to a freight elevator upon request.
