The Beet
A Port Townsend Food Co-op Blog
Whether you're passionate about healthy recipes, sustainability initiatives, local giving programs, or supporting local farms, we’ve got something for you. Stay connected with the latest co-op news, learn how we’re making a difference in the community, and discover how you can get involved. Join us as we promote eco-friendly living and share the best in organic, local food."
Thanksgiving Wines – Simple Selections for the Holiday
Picking out a wine for get-togethers, Friendsgiving and dinner events can prove to be a challenging task. Hear from James, our resident wine sommelier, about all things holiday wine.
San Juan Island Sea Salt – Solar Powered!
Sunshine and Seawater. Solar Powered Sea Salt. San Juan Island Sea Salt is bringing flavor to the table!
Oregon Producer: Café Mam
Oregon roastery, Café Mam (say "mom") is grown by fair trade cooperatives of native Maya farmers living in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. It is 100% organic, fair trade certified, shade-grown, high altitude, arabica coffee.
November/December Beans For Bags Spotlight: Camp Beausite Northwest
Camp Beausite Northwest is located in beautiful Chimacum, WA and has been serving the special needs community for over 30 years. Come read what they are up to and watch their video.
Making Soup the Lazy Genius Way
I recently discovered “The Lazy Genius” podcast, hosted by Kendra Adachi, and am enjoying each episode. Her motto is — Embrace what matters, ditch what doesn’t and get stuff done. She’s also written “The Lazy Genius Way”, and “The Lazy Genius Kitchen”. I relate to her organizational approach, and am sharing her principles using soup making as our prompt.
Beet Bliss
If you’re so so about beets, or better yet, despise them, then I’m hoping to change your mind. I understand because beets were my ultimate yuk food as a kid, but I’ve grown to love them as I’ve discovered their incredible flavors and versatility.
Local Producer: Hopscotch Farm + Cannery
Welcome to Hopscotch Farm + Cannery, your quintessential "Farm to Jar" haven nestled in the heart of Port Townsend, WA.
September/October Beans For Bags Spotlight: Food Bank Growers
The Food Bank Growers network grows, gathers, and gives organically grown fruits and vegetables to build healthy, vibrant communities, improve food security, and decrease food waste for our Jefferson County neighbors.
Meet Laurae Hughes of Gray Fox Farm
In 2006, Laurae Hughes bought ten acres in Chimacum Valley that was so overgrown with reed canary grass she found a tractor and a creek hidden in the grass. She has turned this land into Gray Fox Farm.
Celebrating Co-op Month: Why Co-ops Are Cool
October is National Co-op Month, read why Co-ops are Cool!
Pears and Porridge
Porridges belong in the front line of breakfasts. We know about oatmeal, but we can make porridges from any starchy plant that’s cooked down into a comforting mush. Forget the lumpy glue of your childhood! I’m talking creamy grains, with sophisticated flavors and crunchy toppings. I’m talking YUM! Let’s explore pairing porridges with pears and see where it takes us?
From Sea to Table: Cape Cleare is Perfecting the Art of Sustainable Fishing
Experience sustainable salmon trolling with Captain Rick Oltman: From sea to table, click to learn how it's done.
Announcing the 2023 Grow Fund Selection
The Community Wellness edible and medicinal native plant garden project has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Food Co-op’s GROW fund.
"Lettuce Grow Together!" Community Wellness Project’s Harvest Dinner
Join the Community Wellness Project at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Tuesday, October 17th, 5:30 pm for the 7th annual "Lettuce Grow Together!" Harvest Dinner, a fundraiser to support nutritious, local food in Jefferson County schools.
September/October Beans For Bags Spotlight: Heartberries Playschool
Heartberries is an all outdoors program for children ages 2-5 based at Peace Hill and Shy Acre Farm in Port Townsend, Washington. We seek to provide affordable care that is nature immersive, multi-cultural, cultivates the imagination, and encourages children's natural inclinations towards love and kindness.
Port Townsend’s 9th Graders Product Innovation Market
What happens when you ask every 9th Grader to create a team of classmates with whom to develop an innovative product, having at least one local ingredient, and then prototype it, design a logo, create packaging, and table display, and then scale it to sell at a fair for 100 plus attendees? THEY DO IT! And they come up with amazing ideas while getting their first taste of true entrepreneurship.
SNAP–Match Changes at The Food Co-op
SNAP-Match will be ending, in its current form, at the end of this month……
Ocean Bottle 101
With the sale of each Ocean Bottle, 11.4kg of plastic (the equivalent of 1,000 ocean-bound plastic bottles) is collected globally, in coastal areas where plastic pollution is worst. They work with plastic collection partners Plastic Bank, Plastics for Change and Repurpose Global to actualize this collection.