Park and Garden Winter Growing
Little Red Hen’s Park and Garden isn’t letting a little cold weather put our vegetable gardens to bed! While most gardeners hang up their gloves in September, we have stayed diligent and kept planting all the way into late October. Our vegetable garden is bursting with cool season crops. Now staff and instructors can enjoy fresh and organic vegetables all winter long. We have even extended our growing season and protected our vegetables from frost...
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LRH Online’s New Location
We received an early Christmas present... a new home to hang our hats! Excitement is in the air around here with the Online Team. With the success of our department we have been given the opportunity to move from an office inside the Vintage Hen Warehouse to a new, larger office space next to Chico's long time favorite deli, Spiterie’s. This new location doubles the square footage and gives our hard working staff more elbow room,...
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Global Giving is Going Viral
Giving Tuesday since 2012 Designed to bring attention to charities world wide, Giving Tuesday encourages us all to support non-profits, food banks, blood drives and especially encourages those random acts of kindness that bring us all together.Take a moment in your day today to gain that warm fuzzy feeling giving brings. #GivingTuesday Did you know Little Red Hen employs 125 adults with developmental disabilities in our community? Did you know we have children's programs...
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New Local Companies at the Kitchen Store
Little Red Hen's Kitchen Store has been bursting at the seams with new product and new companies! We’ve been focusing on expanding our “Locally Made” section and proudly sell the following Chico companies: Maisie Jane’s, Chico Honey, Chico Bag, Chico Chai, Klean Kanteen, Paradise Pepper Sauce, Corning Olive Oils, Salty Sisters Caramel Candies and Sauces and more to come soon! By providing locally made products at our Little Red Hen locations this means more jobs for...
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Retail With a Purpose!
You just might hear or see the phrase “Retail with a Purpose” when visiting one of the Little Red Hen shops here in Chico. Do you know why? LRH is more than a group of retail stores only selling goods and products to customers for a profit; we are actually a non-profit business with a goal of providing employment to adults with disabilities. So, when you spend your dollars with us you are shopping for...
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Creative Customers: A Cameo Creation Collection
We love it when customers tell us how happy they are to have found items in our shop. We often receive great stories and photos, and it's so wonderful to ship some one an item that is perfectly unique for them and that they absolutely must have. Since we have so many items and we ship anywhere, every once in awhile we will get a message letting us know our item is being featured in...
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Oh, The Places a Picker Will Go- Oregon Road Trip
We left sunny Chico at 8:00 A.M and began to head towards our final destination, Eugene Oregon. We made our first stop in Anderson, CA and tried our luck at an antique store called Marigold Antique and Collectibles. The manager’s name is Debbie. She was very nice and helpful with our questions. They had a big wall of Cuckoo clocks ad so much more to enjoy browsing through. The store was very organized and we...
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