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A new banana basket!

Hi all,

We have a new hanging fruit basket put up just under the shelf for the bananas. This will make them accessible unless, of course, people want those specific bananas which are the hardest to reach!!

© Vibhasna 

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Holiday hours

Saturday, 12/24: closed
Sunday, 12/25: closed

Monday, 12/26: 12 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 12/27: 12 to 8 p.m.
Wendesday, 12/28: 4 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, 12/29: 12 to 8 p.m.
Friday, 12/30: 12 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, 12/31: closed
Sunday, 1/01: closed

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Let Us Know What You Think

Do you shop and/or work at the 4th Street Food Coop? Please fill out this short survey about your experience. It will help us identify goals and ideas to adjust, collectively, what we offer and promote (including, but not limited to, the products we carry). We really welcome your thoughts and specific suggestions, even if they may not result in immediate changes. The survey should take less than 10 minutes and will be open until mid-January.

Anyone who shops at the co-op (working members, non-working members, and non-members) is encouraged to answer. Feel free to circulate widely!

Thank you for taking the time to contribute to shaping the coop’s future,

If you have any question[s] related to the survey, please contact: survey AT 4thstreetfoodcoop.org.

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Join 4th Street Food Co-op

We’re looking for new working members to extend our open hours and staff shifts needing extra coverage, especially members who can work closing shifts, from 8pm to 10pm so that we can stay open later. New working members pay a $60 (individual) or $72 (household) membership fee and commit to a weekly 2.25 hour shift in exchange for a 20% discount on all purchases. Our working members keep our store open, shape our policies, and influence the products we sell.

Can’t work a weekly shift? Join a friend to alternate with in exchange for a 15% discount.

To join fill out a new member availability survey and we’ll follow up with you if your availability meets a shift we need to fill. Contact us if you have any questions.

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Wild blueberries from Maine

Well, the berries are in…the Maine wild blueberries from Continuous Harmony Farm came in Tuesday in all their just-picked glory. And make no mistake: wild blueberries are a bona-fide superfruit, packed with brain-healthy anthocyanins (antioxidants.) They are “lowbush” blueberries, and distinct from the commercially-cultivated “highbush” blueberries; wild blueberries have tiny, intense flavor-bombs—some call them berries!

So far I’ve made a few meals out of them—and added them to already-wonderful things. (To quote Mae West: “Too much of a good thing is wonderful!”) And—silly me—I sprang, as I did last year for a full flat of berries; life is too short to deny yourself amazing fruit such as this!

So that they last me throughout the year, I’m taking a half-cup or so of berries, portioning them out into Ziploc™ (or equivalent) bags, and putting most of the bags in the freezer. This is what I did this past year—and actually I have berries left from last year’s harvest! They’re still good; in fact, I was trying to finish them up before this year’s berries arrived.

It’s also worth it to get the freeze-dried berry powder: to add to a bowl of [vegan] yogurt, for instance. This is refreshing whirled as a smoothie, or I prefer it with a handful of the co-op’s MU MU Muesli—the world’s best cereal, in my not-so-humble opinion. Whatever your smoothie recipe, you can up your smoothie game by adding a few teaspoons of this magic powder!

I’m finding I like the frozen berries on top of a bowl of vegan ice cream, and dusted with a bit of cinnamon. (The blueberry pie recipe in The Joy of Cooking calls for seasoning their classic blueberry pie recipe with cinnamon.)

However you choose to enjoy them is up to you! Bon appétit!

—Beth, co-op member

Frozen wild blueberries are available from one of our vendors. If you’d like to place a special order, please email produce@4thstreetfoodcoop.org.