ROCKLAND — The Good Tern Natural Foods Co-op’s slate of winter events begins Wednesday, January 16.

Good Tern Natural Foods Cooperative Market and Bagel Café announces a slate of early winter events, including classes, lectures, exhibitions and a wine-tasting. The market is located at 750-754 Main St., in Rockland’s North End.

The first event, Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m., is Fermenting Your Roots. Participants can learn methods and recipes for preserving root vegetables through the winter. The class is taught by the co-op’s Wellness Buyer, Jodi Cooper, who has many years’ experience preparing sauerkraut, yogurt and other ferments and who initially learned her craft from her father, according to a news release.

Beyond preserving, fermentation also provides healthful food and drink, according to Cooper.

Bring a pint canning jar to this class, which is free. A hat will be passed to cover other expenses.

FMI, or to sign up, call 594-8822.

Other events this month include:

-CBD Oil information session with The Medicine Farm, a Maine-based organic hemp oil farm, Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 5 p.m.;

-Gallery opening with photographer, Eve Hupper, Friday, Jan. 25, from 5 to 6 p.m., including a wine tasting;

-Class with Aromatherapist Nancy Lubin, Sunday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.

The series will end Sunday, Feb. 3, with a hands-on class for all ages on making Valentine’s Day chocolates, taught by Cassandra Rossiter.

All classes and events are free and open to the public.

For more information, inquire with Education and Outreach Coordinator, Gabriel Blodgett, at 594-8822.

Good Tern Natural Foods is a cooperative market specializing in locally grown products, whose further mission is to educate about food sources and health and nutrition, and to further cooperative principles and self-reliance, according to the release.

In the spring of 2018, the Co-op purchased its abutting business, Hole in the Wall Bagels.

Now also offering New York-style and gluten-free bagels, the Co-op is open to all and new members are always welcome.

FMI: www.goodtern.coop; 594-8822.