Every year, the TRM Board attends a full day of training sessions provided by CDS Consulting Co-op. One of the primary cooperative principles is cooperation among cooperatives[1], and CDS embodies this principle by helping food co-ops share their best practices with the larger network of cooperative organizations. This year’s session was held a short ways east over the Smoky Mountains in Asheville, NC. Some directors made a weekend of it and took the opportunity to eat at some of Asheville’s many veggie-friendly restaurants! I carpooled with directors Drew, Fiona, and John.

We met up in the TRM parking lot at 7am on Saturday morning. Knoxville was just recovering from a flurry of snow the prior evening and none of us had cars with snow tires or four-wheel drive, so we were a little bit anxious about driving. Fortunately, the road conditions … Read More »

When our selection of Flour Head bread and granola, and The Tomato Head hummus, tahnini, and pesto we carry have stoked your appetite for Southern cooked food, use our Rooster Roster to go directly to the source! Our Rooster Roster is an online tool that connects our customers to a member’s local business, service, or community-based organization. As a co-op member, Tomato Head and Flour Head owner Mahasti Vafaie promotes her businesses on the Rooster Roster and we encourage you to do the same! If you’re a co-op member with a small business, service or organization to promote, find our Rooster Roster form here, send it in, and let our dedicated co-op shoppers find you!

I’m coming up on a year as a Board Member of Three Rivers Market and several things have been reconfirmed during this time: 1. Knoxville is a great community, 2. Three Rivers is a great community resource, and 3. You get out of any organization what you put in.

Over the past year, it feels as if a week scarcely goes by without someone posting an article or link about Knoxville’s attractions or rankings in a national poll.  I don’t think most people are surprised.  It just reflects the pride many people have felt over the years for our community.  As Central Avenue & North Knoxville/Happy Holler transform before our eyes, we can see how this pocket of Knoxville will soon be on everyone’s radar.  Several years ago, Three Rivers Market made a thoughtful business and community decision to be an … Read More »

Member Discount Days, Thursday through Sunday, Oct 16th- 19th, are the ideal time to become a co-op member or re-new your co-op membership! Purchase your membership then take 10% off one entire purchase! Our co-op is open to all shoppers, but membership has so many benefits, including Member Discount Days four times a year, 10% discounts on volume orders and access to our Cock-A-Doodle deals! Your membership also makes you a part-owner, so join 6,112 of your friends, neighbors, and kinfolk and become an owner in your local co-op just in time for Member Discount Days!

I serve because I love being part of Knoxville’s growing local movement.

-Allyn Richardson

Only 10 days remain for prospective Board candidates to submit their applications.