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As the end of the farmer’s market season draws near, booths and CSA boxes are packed with heaps of pumpkins and winter squash.  These vegetables are some of the easiest foods to buy in season and preserve for the winter, allowing you to continue to eat locally grown produce throughout the winter.  Here are someRead more

The Twin Cities marathon is this weekend and you may be one of the thousands of people gearing up for the big race.  Whether you are training for 26.2 milers or helping at the toddler trot, wholesome pre-race fuel is essential. Good pre-race fuel doesn’t mean a large plateful of spaghetti the night before theRead more

The last six weeks have been a very busy and exciting time for the Hudson Grocery Cooperative.  We have been awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Food Cooperative Initiative!  This money will help provide training and guidance for our start-up board of directors as we develop our mission, vision, and business plan. The first annualRead more

Now is the height of vegetable season in Wisconsin ,when tomatoes are at their peak and  the zucchini plants are the most prolific. After the hot humid days of July , the cool evenings of the past week have been a welcome relief and you don’t need to avoid turning on the oven!A layered vegetable bakeRead more

The new school year has started and children are returning to the classrooms with clean backpacks, new crayons, pencils that still have an eraser, and white sneakers. Many children are also carrying their lunch to school. Unfortunately for some children, more thought was put into the brand of crayons in their pencil box than intoRead more

As the bounty of the harvest rolls in, the question arises of what to do with all the produce. Here are some simple and fast ideas for putting food away for the winter. Green Beans: Green beans freeze remarkably well. On a day when you are boiling beans for dinner anyway, wash all of theRead more

The Little Village Celebration with a Big Italian Flavor! Living in a small town…is like living in a large family. Sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it’s perfectly awful, but it’s always good for you. People in the metropolis are like only-children. – Joyce Denny Life Hudson is on a more human scale than a larger city. The likelihoodRead more

I am a creature of excess; if one is good, six is better. Canning is no exception. I don’t believe I’ve ever canned a single batch of anything. Double or quadruple is more my speed. Spaghetti sauce is one where a quadruple batch barely lasts until the next season of tomatoes rolls around so it reallyRead more

Canning jars are great for food storage: reusable, durable, easy to clean, and beyond that, they have a certain nostalgic charm. But today we’re talking about using jars for something your grandma probably never thought of: fresh salad. The fundamental concept behind salad in a jar is a healthy grab-and-go option that you can prepareRead more

Our second month brought a flurry of activity as committee work began in earnest. The marketing committee volunteers are hard at work creating flyers and business cards for distribution around town. Members of the fundraising committee are preparing our co-op’s first grant application to defray the cost of our feasibility study/market analysis. The vendor relationsRead more