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The
East Warren Community Market is the Mad River Valley's local food
co-op, serving residents and visitors alike. While membership brings
with it certain benefits, everyone is welcome to shop!
Our shelves are stocked with:
- Local, organic, and specialty items
- Everyday staples (eggs,
cereal, toilet paper)
- Artisan specialties (like
cheese, salami, olives)
- Local meats, cheeses, and seasonal
produce from nearby farms
- A selection of wine and cold beer
- Fresh coffee, baked goods, and lunch
items
Our Market occupies the historic East Warren Schoolhouse. In the
tradition of Vermont country stores, it is a neighborhood hub - a place
to catch the news while stopping for milk and bread, or the makings for
tonight's dinner. We are committed to supporting local farmers and
producers - by keeping dollars in Vermont, we contribute to the
economic viability of our communities.
We are launching a new service, particularly aimed at out-of-towners
who come over the Roxbury Gap on Friday night - often-times late, after all the stores in
the Valley are closed. Our Friday Night Grocery Service will allow people to call or email us
a grocery order, charge it to their credit card, and pick it up when they arrive - even of it's
after we closed at 9pm. (This could even inclide a Comfort Food Dinner!)
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What
is the East Warren Community Market All About?
The
East
Warren Community Market has been incorporated as a consumer Coop, to
serve the public interest of it’s members and the Warren
community by providing a convenient local outlet for basic groceries.
Operating out of the East Warren Schoolhouse with facilities leased
from the non–profit Rootswork, the Coop’s principal mission
is to serve it’s members by providing a convenient year round
market offering when possible, a broad selection of sustainably, grown,
local, and/or organic goods. We plan to be a full spectrum food
resource for the community, responding to requests, and making special
orders available. We anticipate establishing alliances with local
farmers and producers, combining their high quality products with a
selection of grocery staples available through local and regional
distributors.
We
believe that the time is right for the Coop. As gas and food prices
rise, as industrial food becomes less safe to eat, and as our own
sensibilities change to embrace sustainably and/or locally produced
food, having a local market in our immediate community makes sense. The
Warren Selectboard has recently expressed it’s support of the 1st
floor of the East Warren Schoolhouse being used as a community grocery
store.
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