Category: Featured
May-June Board Blog
12th June
On a rainy Saturday in a roomy cabin on a hillside overlooking the Smokies, your Board of Directors gathered this May to envision the world we wish to live in. They call it a retreat, but don’t imagine us rocking away, musing peacefully on a sunlit southern porch. The retreat is a cross between a heavy-duty think tank and a highly evolved “Breakfast Club” designed to involve the nine Directors and General Manager in a productive, inspired huddle. Our goals are to hone our understanding and fluency on the advantages of cooperative business and become a cohesive force for positive, long-term change in Knoxville.
The setting of this retreat couldn’t be more appropriate—Highlander Resource and Education Center. For those unfamiliar with this East Tennessee gem, Highlander has been a heroic force for social and economic justice since 1932. In the spirit … Read More »
Tips for Eating Local
9th June
There are many benefits to shopping and eating local – getting fresher produce, supporting local, sustainable, agriculture, strengthening your local economy, and lessening your environmental impact – to name a few. Check out these tips from Co+op, stronger together about getting the best value when eating local. From CSA’s and Farmers Markets to seasonal produce and whole foods, Three Rivers Market is proud to support all of these great suggestions!
Breastfeeding Welcomed Here
22nd May
Three Rivers Marketing has signed the “Breastfeeding Welcomed Here” Pledge vowing that we will “provide a welcoming environment where breastfeeding mothers are able to sit anywhere and enjoy a friendly attitude from staff, management, and other customers while breastfeeding.” Learn more about the pledge here and here.
Local and Independent
24th November
Noted thinker and agrarian Wendell Berry is a prolific writer whose prescient essays get at the complexity and importance of growing a just and healthy economy. The quotation above, from his essay The Idea of a Local Economy (which you can read in its entirety here), gets at the heart of what separates Three Rivers Market (and our fellow locally-owned and independently-run businesses) from big box stores, chains, franchises, and the like. We are part of this community from top to bottom. Our commitment to providing local products to our customers is more than a mere preference; we actively seek out local producers and vendors and promote their items in a number of ways, including highlighting the local items on our shelves and serving as a drop-off site for area CSAs. Our work strengthens the local economy, supports local farmers and … Read More »
Award Winning!
17th November
We’ve been in our new building for over a year now, but we haven’t gotten over our enthusiasm for its great design. A panel of nationally renowned architects agreed and recently awarded Studio 4 Design, the firm responsible for the design of our building, both the Design Excellence Award and the People’s Choice Award (voted on by all the attendees at the event) at the The East Tennessee chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design Awards gala. The jury was held in Marfa, TX and included Laura Lesniewski AIA, BNIM, Kansas City; David Murray AIA, BohlinCywinski Jackson, Philadelphia; Hugh Hochberg, The Coxe Group, Seattle; and Dennis Cursack AIA, SRG Partnership, Porland. The jury considered Functional Innovation, Community Asset and Context, Craftsmanship, Sustainability, and Clarity of Design Idea as they evaluated submissions and asked questions like, “Does the design significantly contribute to its neighborhood and surrounding community?” and “Does … Read More »
