BriarPatch

Grass Valley – Are you a nonprofit located within the Sacramento River Watershed with a project or programming that contributes to the overall health of the watershed?   BriarPatch Food Co-op is issuing a limited number of grants in 2022 as part of a year-long focus on the sustainability and viability of the watershed.     Through the […]

Gracie Schatz founder of Heart of Willamette Cooking School returns with this special engaging and informative class, Peace Love Matzo 5 – 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14 exploring the stories, traditions and delicious dishes of the Passover season. Students will learn the fundamentals of preparing traditional Passover delicacies like Charoset, Matzo Ball Soup and Macaroons. […]

In a portable building next to Grass Valley Charter School, one woman is making a positive difference in the lives of the region’s Latino families. Maria (Rocio) Mojica-Bierwirth works with youth and adults in Nevada County to provide English Language Development and mental health awareness through the PARTNERS Family Resource Center. “I’m kind of the […]

BriarPatch Food Co-op and Hospitality House are teaming up this holiday season to raise awareness, financial support and items needed for basic comfort and survival by local folks living with homelessness. Beginning Dec. 1 and continuing through Dec. 12, the community is invited to give back and help their neighbors during a 12 Days of […]

Co-ops are community-minded. They contribute to the sustainable development of their communities by sourcing and investing locally. Concern for community is an important guiding light at BriarPatch Food Co-op and one of the Co-op’s 7 Principles.  Supporting local comes in many shades. This week, BriarPatch won national recognition with Progressive Grocer’s Award for Community Service/ […]

Beginning July 1, eligible nonprofit and cooperative organizations can apply for BriarPatch Food Co-op’s competitive 2022 Round up at the Register fundraising program known as CAUSE.  Since 2019, BriarPatch shoppers have raised more than $130,000 for nonprofit organizations through the program.   Each month in 2022, BriarPatch shoppers will have the choice to round up […]

Grass Valley – BriarPatch Food Co-op is participating in Plastic Free July, a global movement that empowers millions of people to be part of the solution to the plastic pollution problem. Worldwide single-use plastics create billions of tons of waste each year but learning to make slight changes can add up to big improvements. All month […]

This month, BriarPatch Food Co-op’s virtual cooking series continues with a class designed for home cooks who have always wanted to master Mediterranean cuisine.  Philly Chef Rebecca Foxman will share tips, shortcuts and traditional family techniques for making an assortment of meze plates with her online class,  “Hummus Where the Heart Is” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15.  By the end of the class, participants will have the skills for making traditional […]

Chef Shankari Arcot will teach an online cooking class for Briarpatch Food Co-op on Wednesday, May 5th from 6 – 7:30 p.m. During the class called, “So You Wanna Chana?” students will learn how to make their own naturally vegan chana masala and roti. A dish originating from the Indian subcontinent, chana masala is made […]

April 19, 2021 – Gracie Schatz, a former intern from Sierra Harvest’s Food Love Farm will teach the fundamentals of making delicious homemade pierogi during an online class with BriarPatch Food Co-op. Schatz, the founder of Heart of Willamette Cooking School will teach this virtual class, “Pierogi Party” on Wednesday, April 21, from 6 to […]

February 22, 2021 – It all started with an email.  BriarPatch Food Co-op Grocery Manager Shawn Bailey was looking for canned vegetables to donate to The Food Bank of Nevada County as part of an in-store canned food drive. So he reached out to distribution company Natural Value Inc. The company couldn’t supply the canned […]

Grass Valley, Calif. Feb. 3, 2021 – With hundreds of people experiencing homelessness in Nevada County, BriarPatch Food Co-op has pledged to double its support of Hospitality House, the leading nonprofit homeless services provider in Nevada County, to ensure at risk populations receive immediate food and other essential services. Hospitality House has been providing critical […]

NEVADA COUNTY – When BriarPatch Food Co-op’s Marketing Department read that The Food Bank of Nevada County was being forced to scale back food distribution, the team quickly rushed to action. Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27, BriarPatch will launch a canned food drive in the store to help feed the 1,000 families in need that The […]

Grass Valley January 7, 2021 – Beginning Jan 1, as part of BriarPatch Food Co-op’s ongoing commitment to creating an equitable, kind and respectful workplace for its employees, the natural foods grocery cooperative will raise its base rate of pay for employees by $1.50, from $13.50 to $15, above the 2021 California state minimum wage […]

November 5, 2020 – In November, BriarPatch Food Co-op is launching a campaign to help customers remember to bring their reusable bags when they shop. Shoppers will soon see signage with the slogan, “A bag in the hand is worth two in the trunk!” at the community-owned cooperative grocery store on Sierra College Drive. “We […]

October 13, 2020 – It’s been a tough year for bees. Untimely weather events and not enough ground moisture has led to the decline of this year’s local honey crop, as much as one-third of the 2019 harvest, say local beekeepers. “At this point I am still trying to figure out what to do with […]

September 2, 2020 – BriarPatch Food Coop and Grass Valley Brewing Co. (GVBC) are teaming up to raise money for local businesses. This week, BriarPatch and Grass Valley Brewing Co. are co-releasing a new Gluten-Free IPA called, “Unity in the Community” to raise money for the Nevada County Relief Fund. For every 4-pack sold, BriarPatch […]

Grass Valley August 4, 2020 – BriarPatch Food Co-op is raising money for local school gardens through a new community program called Apples for Gardens. The in-store program – a collaboration with 11 Nevada County schools and Sierra Harvest – launched August 1. Each month, BriarPatch will donate 10 cents for every pound of apples […]

Grass Valley, Calif. May 25, 2020 – Last Monday, Food Bank of Nevada County arrived at BriarPatch to pick up a donation of 39 cases of organic produce valued at $1,000 for food distribution in North San Juan, Grass Valley and to homebound seniors and people with disabilities. “The love is getting spread and shared,” […]