In May 2026 we rounded up at the register for Carpenter Nature Center and together we raised $1,397.83! We were honored to meet one of their newer animal ambassadors, an Eastern Screech Owl. despite only weighing 165 grams and being a little over a year old this little owl is fully grown. It was found with an injured eye and because of that cannot be returned to the wild. Despite it's name the Eastern Screech Owl does not actually screech but makes more or a whinny type nois

Part 1. It's the middle of February and it feels like spring outside. It even smells like spring. I can smell the dirt and leaf mold which makes me want to get my hands dirty. This mild weather won't last but it's been a treat. I couldn't help but look at photos from last summer's gardens and dream. I've been planning my garden layout and making a list of seeds to be purchased. My favorite seeds from High Mowing Seeds, they can be found at the Co-op. I still had to order a f

I wasn’t much of a tea drinker before I got cancer: I was a Starbucks Iced Mocha person (all the caffeine please!). One of the steps before chemotherapy is meeting with the Oncology nutritionist, and as it turns out tea, particularly green tea, is on the American Cancer Research Institute’s list of anti-cancer superfoods. Green tea has a specific antioxidant, epigallocatechtin gallate which is being researched for its cellular-level healing properties. It works like a little

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Spiral Fruit Cake - A Spiral Co-op Staple.

Why I think you should buy a Ferndale Turkey.

Skillet Kielbasa is a hearty, one pot meal that works for those cool autumn nights.

Two Ad Tuesday is the Tuesday that ends the co+op deals sales cycles. On that day you can shop both sales flyers for the month.

Orange - Pomegranate Salad to take advantage of fresh, seasonal flavors.

did you know that there is another way to get the most out of the co+op deals flyers?

Migrant workers play a vital role in our economy, particularly when it comes to producing our food supply.

Co+op deals is the blanket term used for all of the sales programs that NCG generates.

...here are some hard numbers, for those of you who like to see all of the dollars that you have already been saving.