History
2009 |
OUR FIRST TEN YEARS! Vegetable share program started in Orange Innovation Center parking lot. First share distribution (pictured) was Aug 12, 2009. Left to right, Amy Borezo, Mary Hakkinen, Nina Wellen, Julie Davis, Zita Rasid |
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2010 | Fruit shares added | |
2011 | North Quabbin Community Co-operative formerly incorporated. First Annual Meeting (pictured) was held at OIC. Volunteer-run store opened inside OIC. | |
2013 | NQCC shared CISA "Local Hero" award with other western Mass. food co-ops | |
2014 | Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust purchased the former Workers Credit Union at 12 North Main St in Orange. Storefront opened in fall as Quabbin Harvest. |
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2017 | Quabbin Harvest was top enroller in the state's new Healthy Incentives Program. Kitchen opened for prepared food. | |
2018 | Kitchen rebranded as Nalini's Kitchen. | |
2019 | Tenth anniversary celebration, including installation of Susan Marshall's "Reaching for the Sky" mural. |