With Earth Day just around the corner, you might be thinking about how you can help tackle climate change.

I’ve always loved this soup. The combination of the earthy beans, deep umami from the mushrooms or pork — or the Bac’n Bits we used to use when I was a vegetarian kid — cloves and sherry.

As I browsed through the snack shelves this week, I discovered something new and interesting: Norwegian Baked Knekkebrød, a vegan, wheat & nut-free crispbread produced in a small facility in Brooklyn.

Rae Ishee has been a Co-op member for six years. She’s a big fan of local agriculture and cooperatives and loves discovering new gems at the Co-op.

Thinking about getting a bike? Or need a tune up? Meet our neighbor just down Fulton Street. Recycle-a-Bicycle is a nonprofit bike shop in Clinton Hill working to make biking accessible to all New Yorkers.

Made with vegetables that are readily available at the Co-op—beets, turnips and cabbage—borscht is a rich, cozy winter stew. This dish is incredibly flexible, so you can easily adapt it to whatever’s in the fridge.

One thing that keeps me loyal to the Co-op is our extensive cheese section. We have a fridge dedicated solely to cheese and my adventurous taste buds are always down to explore its possibilities.

Shreema Mehta writes the Community articles in this newsletter, spotlighting different businesses and organizations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods the Co-op serves.

Cottage pie, a beef pie topped with mashed potatoes, is an ideal dish for the winter months.

Are you bored of eating the same type of carb every day? Well, the Co-op has a new product that’s perfect for you.

Our Store Improvement Campaign is still going strong! Help us get to the total $10,000 we need to make just two more improvements to the Co-op:

Member-owner Rikki McGinty works in criminal justice and considers herself a cat advocate. (That’s a cat shelter she built herself!) She’s also co-chair of the Co-op’s Governance Committee, which has a hefty mandate.

Did you know that Greene Hill is part of an ecosystem of cooperatives in New York City? Radix Media, also based in Brooklyn, is the city’s only worker-owned printer and publisher.

This apple pie recipe combines the contrasting tart and sweet flavors of Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples with a delicious date-walnut topping.

If you’ve been to the Co-op recently, you might have noticed beautiful jars from the Trade Street Jam Co. on a shelf across from the vegetable display, near the cashier.

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As we head into the end of 2020, we're working overtime to drum up more interest in our co-op! To get us to the 400-member mark, we've launched a Decemberlong campaign called Better Together. You'll find it on our social channels, and we encourage you to reshare from your personal account!

Chair of our Merchandising Committee, Sarah helps coordinate the folks who respond to product requests from member-owners and buy everything you see on the Co-op’s shelves. A long-time food cooperative supporter, she’s been with Greene Hill from the beginning.

Perhaps a bit late to the cauliflower party, I’ve been delving into the wonders of roasted cauliflower lately. Really, is there any more delectable method of preparing this versatile, nutrition-packed member of the cabbage family?

Located just a few blocks away from the Co-op (at the former Nassau Brewing Company site on Bergen and Franklin), Crown Finish Caves’ aging facility brings a local flair to cheese sourced from around the world. We offer three of their delicious cheeses in the Co-op: Smoke Signal, Tubby and Natural Bufarolo.