Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market

Month of June
Eat Local Challenge
Join the movement to support local producers and reduce your “fork-print” by eating more locally produced foods. Choose your level of challenge and Tidal Creek will provide support materials, online communities and local product give-aways to help you on the path to becoming a true “local-vore.”
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Eat Local Challenge
Tidal Creek Co-op will host its annual Eat Local Challenge throughout the month of June to raise awareness and encourage eating of locally grown foods. Participants in the challenge may pledge the percentage of locally grown foods that they will add to their plates, and Tidal Creek will provide resources and products to [...]

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As we move into the summer season and our gardens begin to bear the fruits of our labor, we are reminded of all the hard work that goes into making our Co-op successful. Tidal Creek Board of Directors wants to recognize the commitment of all our Co-op owners. We are here because of your [...]

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Sue Derstine
I began working at Tidal Creek as a volunteer soon after it opened as a small storefront near Bradley Creek in 1980. With little or no access to organic or natural foods locally, and having to acquire it through mail order, I was pleased to learn of the new store that had just [...]

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Support Jobs, Growth in Local Food – Protect the Tobacco Trust Fund
Since 2003, Tobacco Trust Fund grants have helped almost 600 farmers in 95 NC counties expand into local and organic agriculture. Eighty-five percent of those grants were for $10,000 or less. No other program in the state, and probably the country, has [...]

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Check out our June featured vendor – Stoney Mountain Farm, from Burlington, NC. Owners Olga and John Elder produce high-quality, hand-made wool dryer balls and cat toys. Their 60-acre farm is home to 110 sheep, and the Elders are environmental stewards in all of their actions, even in the breed of sheep they raise. [...]

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When Scott Granai of Cary, NC, first made the recipe that would become Outta the Park BBQ Sauce, his goal was simple – to use up produce in the refrigerator and make a tasty dinner. What happened with his rack of ribs that day was unexpected. His homemade sauce which used an unlikely [...]

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Q: Can you carry Naturally Fresh White Balsamic with Citrus Vinaigrette, 12 oz. size?
A: Unfortunately, this product contains high fructose corn syrup. Tidal Creek’s buying standard does not support products that contain this ingredient.
Q: I would love it if you could order Kettle Brand Baked Sea Salt & Vinegar Chips. I see [...]

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Susie Newberry and her family have been growing blueberries along the Cape Fear River in Burgaw, NC for thirteen years. Their land consists of close to one hundred acres, fifty of which is used for farming blueberries. Along with their magnificent blueberry patch they also own chickens, two donkeys, and a horse. [...]

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Look in July for featured artwork by Wilmington artist, Wendy Kowalski. Wendy’s paintings are inspired by nature, music and what she describes as, “this magical waking circus life.” Wendy’s current focus is, “the achievement of transcendence from mundane regularities and self-regulation to the spontaneous, fluid orbiting, often magical and spiritual free-flight of the mind and [...]

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