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Start Your Fresh Career.

As a team member, you’ll learn a lot – about the great products we carry, the community organizations we support and you’ll meet wonderful people along the way. BriarPatch has an open door to leadership with many pathways to grow a career at the Co-op. With a second store in Auburn scheduled to open in mid-2022, even more opportunities await!  

Become a Volunteer.

Want to make a difference in your community and get an awesome discount at your co-op, too? Become a volunteer! PatchWorks serves to create positive, meaningful and lasting impact in our community through participation and cooperation between BriarPatch, its owners and select nonprofit organizations.


Events

March 24
through31

holiday

Celebrating Women’s History Month

Celebrating women👷‍♀️👵👩🏽‍🦱👩‍🌾👩‍🍳👨‍⚖️👨‍🚀 This month, we make extra space to acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate those role models who lit the way before us and those who continue to shine towards a brighter, more equitable future.Save the date! Fat and the Moon will be stopping by The Patch on March […]

March 24
through31

community-announcement

Apples for Gardens

We’re helping gardens grow for local schools with every pound of apples sold. This month, we’re supporting Ready Springs Elementary School in Penn Valley. Learn more about the Apples for Gardens program and other ways you can Give Back to your community, here.

March 24
through31

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Staff Art Show

The BriarPatch crew is a creative bunch and in March we are excited to share our talents with the community during the 2023 Staff Art Show! Stop on by the Co-op Cafe turned art gallery all month long for photographs, paintings, macrame, sculptures, stained glass […]

March 24
throughApril30

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Pet Rocks Art Show

BriarPatch Presents “Pet Rocks” an Art Show featuring photography by Neal Preston, a benefit for Rational Animal, supporting at-risk animals and the Grass Valley Animal Shelter. Prints are available for sale online and notecards can be purchased at the Co-op throughout April. The show is part […]

March 28

community-announcement

Board Meeting

Last Tuesday of each month, 5:30 p.m. The upcoming meeting agenda is posted on the store bulletin board at least one week prior to the meeting. For more information, contact the Administrative Assistant at 272-5333 ext. 102.

We’re Growing To Auburn

Round up at the register & Apples for Gardens

March 2023

In March, round up at the register to support Community Beyond Violence. And… be sure to stop by the BriarPatch cafe and check out the Staff Art Show! Plus, we’re helping gardens grow for local schools with every pound of apples sold. This month, we’re supporting the new community garden at Ready Springs Elementary School.

All salmon is not created equal

BriarPatch sources Pacific King Chinook Salmon from the waters of Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island. We buy from Creative Salmon, the first salmon farming company in North America to achieve organic certification committed to sustainable practices from “egg to plate.” Try it tonight!