While most weeks, I focus on the magical trip to the farmers' market to get our CSA share, I thought perhaps I should talk a bit about what happens after the farmers' market - namely, our trip to the co-op to pick up the non-vegetable items and the few things we need to finish out recipes. This post will be long, heavy on photos, and high on praise! First things first: what the heck is a co-op? A co-op, or a food cooperative, is a member-owned grocery store. You pay a certain amount to become a member of the co-op, in exchange for which you usually receive a discount from the advertised prices for things. (However, anyone can shop at a co-op: you don't have to be a member.) Our co-op includes a working membership option, where adults in the household can contribute 6 hours of work a year for an additional bit off your bill each week. The kinds of work vary from actually working at the co-op - say, helping people in the bulk section or packaging up p...