Cabot Creamery is “all about community and cooperatives.” The creamery is a dairy cooperative owned by 1,200 family dairy farmers in New England and New York. The co-op turns the farmers’ fresh milk into Cabot butter, cheese, and other dairy products, which we carry at Weaver Street Market. Cabot’s cheddar has won every award for…
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Local Lilies from Durham
This Valentine’s Day, and throughout the year, we have fragrant bouquets of lilies grown at Sarah & Michael’s Farm in Durham. We visited the farm in 2011.
Continue ReadingHandmade Chocolates from Asheville
This Valentine’s Day, we have caramels and truffles from French Broad Chocolates in Asheville. Jael and Daniel Rattigan began the company in 2007 and have been making beautiful chocolates ever since, selecting ingredients with integrity and supporting small and local businesses, fair trade, and organic and sustainable products. The Rattigans chocolate-making adventures began in 2004,…
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Video Tour of French Broad Chocolate Factory
This Valentine’s Day, we have 6-packs of caramels and of truffles crafted by French Broad Chocolates in Asheville. We visited the company’s chocolate bar factory in 2013. Watch a video of our tour below.
Video Tour of Sarah & Michael’s Greenhouses
In 2011, we visited Sarah & Michael’s Farm in Durham to learn about their lily-growing operation. Watch our tour of the farm below. We’ll have their local lilies for Valentine’s Day, as well as local tulips from Wild Hare Farm and fair trade roses from Ecuador.
Mt. Alice Cheese Returns
This week’s Special Delivery cheese is the gorgeous Mt. Alice, a certified organic, Camembert-style cheese from Von Trapp Farmstead in the Green Mountains of Vermont, a third-generation family farm (and yes, related to those Von Trapps).
Continue ReadingValentine Bouquets
We’ll have several bouquets available this Valentine’s Day for your special someone. This year, in addition to local bouquets, we’ll have fair trade roses from Ecuador! We’ll also have wrapping materials available near the floral case; just ask our staff if you need assistance. Lily bouquets from Sarah & Michael’s Farm in Durham Michael Turner…
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Valentine’s Day Pastry Production
Our pastry bakers are getting ready for Valentine’s Day: making chocolate mousses, whipping cream, piping peanut butter filling, and more. Here’s a sneak peek into a morning in the bakery.
The Romance of Pastries
Eric works to fill the peanut butter cups with delicious, creamy peanut butter (video).
Continue ReadingLocal Tilapia is Here!
Our newest local producer is Taylor Fish Farm in Cedar Grove. They’re supplying our stores with fresh tilapia.
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