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Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 12:02 PM
By Kate Glenn, Honest Weight's Produce Department Assistant ManagerPhotos courtesy of Equal Exchange
This past June I had...
Posted on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 1:05 PM
You may have heard about electric vehicles lately, what with new models entering the market all the time. But...
Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 3:16 PM
On January 22, Honest Weight Food Co-op will present a check worth $20,000 to The Food Pantries for the Capital...
Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 7:41 PM
It’s time to think about seeds for your garden this spring!
It’s that glorious time again: time to think about...
Posted on Friday, December 13, 2019 at 6:50 AM
On January 13th, we will begin charging 15¢ for all paper shopping bags. While Honest Weight has...
Posted on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 2:40 PM
There are lots of reasons to switch to an electric car: they’re more fun to drive, cheaper to fuel, and...
Posted on Friday, November 1, 2019 at 8:45 AM
November 1, 2019
In 2017, we raised $10,302. In 2018, we raised $10,163. How much can we...
Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 7:30 PM
This Thanksgiving is coming up quick, isn't it?! This year, Thanksgiving falls on November 28th (it's always the 4th Thursday...
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 1:07 PM
The Bilinski’s story is one of a NY family business thriving for 90 years and counting. Originally crafters of Old...
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Tierra Farm as we know it began when Upstate NY organic veggie farmer, Gunther Fishgold, made the life-changing decision to...
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By Natalie Criscione
Do you know Mr. Mo?
What happens to a dog who, as they are nearing those twilight years of life, becomes homeless through no fault of their own? Perhaps...
By Natalie Criscione
Although you might run across creatures from the Dust Bunny’s Boutique throughout the year in a handful of local businesses, at the Honest Weight Food Co-op their “breeding...
by Michelle Polacinski
A Death Cafe is where a group of people, usually strangers, get together to eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death. The group has no agenda, objectives, or...
By Ben Goldberg
By now many of us have learned that mono-cultured turf grass lawns are a waste of resources, time, and—worst of all—chemically toxic to the environment (see “The Grass...