Food Co-ops and Other Co-op Resources

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(last update:01/15/2010) -- I started this site in January 1994 at Columbia University. If you find this site useful, please include a link on your site.
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• Food Co-ops

  

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  • All other Co-ops, by state:

  • Co-op Directory Service: Find A Natural Food Co-op Near You

    The Co-op Directory Service is an online source of information about natural food co-ops and is only part of the service it provides it also answer a lot of letters and phone requests for food co-op information. If you know of anyone that is interested in food Co-op information please feel free to pass on this addresses and phone numbers: Co-op Directory Service 1254 Etna Street, St. Paul, MN 55106 Phone and Fax: 651-774-9189 E-mail address: thegang@coopdirectory.org

  • Master List of Co-ops
  • Food Co-ops, Health Food stores, Natural Food Stores :listings alphabetically by US state (city), Canadian Province, other country
  • Please submit other co-op names to link here--If you know of a Co-op with a Web site and it's not listed here, please let me know

• National Cooperative Business Association --The Cooperative Web Site

• National Cooperative Bank

• On-Line Vendors of Interest to Food Co-ops

• General Resources

• Resources by State

• Rural Development Home Page

  --Rural Business Cooperative Service,. The Rural Development mission area was created in 1994 as a result of the reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rural Development consists of three new services: the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and Rural Housing Service (RHS). The mission of RBS is to enhance the quality of life for all rural Americans by providing leadership in building competitive businesses and cooperatives that can prosper in the global marketplace.

• Housing Co-ops and Info

  • NYC Council on Co-ops --Co-op Housing in NYC

Listing of Web Food Co-ops

ASIA

1. Mishref Cooperative Society: Kuwait

   AUSTRALIA
   

2. Alfalfa House Community Food Co-operative:Sydney, Australia
3. Maple Street Co-operative: Maleny, Queensland Australia

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   CANADA

4. Co-op Atlantic
5. CCRI (Campus Co-op Residence Incorporated)--Toronto,
6. Ebytown Food Co-op--Kitchner, Ontario
7. Karma Co-op -- Toront, Ontario
8. The Grainery Food Co-op--Halifax, Nova Scotia
9. Moose Jaw Co-operative Ltd.--Saskatchewan. Moose Jaw Co-op is a member owned retail co-operative that has been providing Moose Jaw and district with grocery, pharmacy, hardware, sporting goods, fashion, petroleum and agricultural requirements for over 50 years.
10. Peace Country Co-op--Peace River, Alberta
11. Stee Hill Food Co-op--Saskatoon, SK

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    EUROPE

12. A.N.C.C. Italy Co-op CONSUMO ITALIA:Italy

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    ENGLAND

13. Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op
    

  IRELAND

14. Dublin Food Co-op: Dublin
15. Quay co-op:Cork

US:

        ALASKA

1. Organic Alaska:Anchorage

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           ARIZONA

2. Food Conspiracy Co-op:Tucson
3. Gentle Strength Co-op:Tempe
4. Phoenix Earth Food Co-op:Phoenix
5. ShopNatural Cooperative:Tucson
6. South East Valley Fruit & Vegetable Co-op:South Gilbert and Queen Creek
   
7. Tucson Cooperative Warehouse:Tucson
   

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ARKANSAS

8. Ozark Co Operative Warehouse
9. Summercorn Foods: Fayetteville

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   CALIFORNIA

10. BriarPatch Community Market:Grass Valley
11. Community Market: Santa Rosa
12. COG --The Cooperative Grocery:Emeryville
13. Co-Opportunity: Santa Monica
14. Davis Food Co-op: Davis
15. Kresge Food Co-op:Santa Cruz
16. Palo Alto Co-op Market
17. Natural and Organic Buying Club:Vallejo
18. Neighbors United Food Co-op:San Diego
19. North Coast Co-op (Arcata & Eureka)
20. Other Avenues Food Store Cooperative:San Francisco
21. Ocean Beach People's Organic Foods Maket
22. Rainbow Grocery:San Francisco
23. Sacramento Natural Food Co-op
24. Ukiah Co-op
25. Venice Ocean Park Co-op

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    COLORADO

26. The Food Co-op: Fort Collins
27. Mountain People's Co-op: Nederland

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    CONNECTICUT

28. Earth Balance Suffield
29.  Willimantic Food Coop:Willimatic

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    DELAWARE

30. Newark Natural Foods Cooperative
    

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    FLORIDA

31. Brenda's Organics:Kissimmee  
32. Ever'man Natural Foods: Pensacola
33. Homegrown:Orlando
34. Kissimmee Organic Food Coop
35. Little River Co-op:Wimauma
36. New Leaf Market:Tallahasse
37. Organics of Dr. Phillips: We are an organic co-op in Orlando with Pick Up Sites in Dr. Phillips, Longwood, East Orlando, and Clermont. We offer fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy, and other healthy products.
38. West Orlando Healthy Families:Orlando

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    GEORGIA
    

39. Daily Groceries Co-op:Athens
40. Life Grocery:Marietta
41. Sevananda Natural Foods Cooperative:Atlanta

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    IDAHO

42. The Boise Consumer Co-op:Boise
43. Moscow Food Co-op:Moscow

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    ILLINOIS
    

44. Common Ground Food Cooperative:Champaign
45. Co-op Markets: Hyde Park (also MR G and 47th St):Chicago
46. Fruited Plain Cooperative Society:Champaign
47. Neighborhood Co-op:Carbondale
48. South Suburban Food Co-op:Matteson
49. Stone Soup Food Co-opAurora
50. West Central Illionis Food Cooperative:Galesburg

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    INDIANA

51. 3 Rivers Food Coop: Fort Waye
52. Bloomingfoods Market & Deli Co-op, Bloomington
53. Brighton Food Co-op:Brighton
54. Maple City MarketGoshen
55. Clear Creek Food Coopereative:West Ricmond
56. River City Food Co-op:Evansville

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IOWA
57. Frontier Natural Products Co-op
58. New Pioneer Bakehouse, Coralville
59. Oneota Community Food Co-op, Decorah
60. New Pioneer Co-op: Iowa City, Iowa

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KANSAS
61. Community Mercantile Co-op:Lawrence

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KENTUCKY
62. Bread for Life:Hopkinsville
63. Good Foods Market & Cafe:Lexington

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MAINE
64. Belfast Food Co-op:Belfast
65. Fair Share Maket: Norway
66. Stone Soup Co-op at Bowdoin College:Bowdoin

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    MARYLAND

67. 5 a day CSA:Delivery Locations in  Silver Spring- 8900 Georgia AveHyattsville- 6525 Belcrest Rd. Suite 414 Landover- 8615 A -McLain Ave (Sunday Delivery) Annapolis- 212 Victor Parkway
68. Bethesda Co-op:Cabin John
69. Common Market:Frederick
70. Glut Food Coop: Mt Rainer
71. Maryland Food Co-op:College Park
72. TPSS Food Cooperative:Takoma Park
73. The Village: A Natural Food Cooperative in Baltimore

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    MASSACHUSSETTS

74. Berkshire Co-op Market: Great Barrington
75. Cape Ann Co-op:Gloucester
76. Green Fields Market: Greenfield
77. Green Market Farm: New Salem
78. Harvest Co-operative Supermarkets:Cambridge and Jamaica Plain
79. River Valley Market: Northhampten

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    MICHIGAN

80. Brighton Food Co-Op: Brighton
81. Cass Corridor Food Co-op:Detroit
82. East Lansing Food Co-op: East Lansing
83. Grain Train:Petosky
84. Hillsdale Nature GroceryHillsdale
85. Oryana Natural Food Cooperative: Traverse City
86. People's Food Co-op:Ann Arbor
87. People's Food Coop :La Crosse
88. Ypsilanti Food Cooperative:Ypsilanti

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    MINNESOTA

89. Bluff Country Co-op: Winona
90. City Center Co-op:Cambridge
91. Crow Wing Food Co-op:Brainerd
92. Eastside Food Co-op:Minneapolis
93. Good Food Store:Rochester
94. Just Food Co-op:Northfield
95. HAMPDEN PARK CO-OP :St. Paul
96. Lakewinds Co-op:Minnetonka (also stores in Anoka and Chanhassen)
97. Linden Hills Food Co-op:Minneapolis
98. Menomonie Market:Menomonie
99. Mississippi Market:St. Paul
100. People's Food Co-op:La Crosse
101. River Market Community Co-op:Stillwater
102. Seward Co-op:Minneapolis
103. St. Peter Food Co-op:St. Peter
104. Valley Natural Foods Cooperative:Burnsville
105. The Wedge Co-op:Minneapolis
106. Whole Foods Community Co-op:Duluth

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     MISSISSIPPI

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     MONTANA

107. Community Food Co-op, Bozeman

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NEBRASKA

108. Open Harvest Natural Foods Grocery:Lincoln

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     NEW HAMPSHIRE

109. Great Bay Food Co-op :Durham, NH
110. Hanover Consumer Co-op:Hanover

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     NEW JERSEY

111. Sussex County Food Co-op, Inc.:Newton

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     NEVADA

112. www.greatbasinfood.coop:Reno

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     NEW MEXICO

113. Silver City Food Co-op: Silver City, NM
114. Wild Sage Natural Foods Co-op:Gallup
     

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     NEW YORK

115. 4th Street Food Co-op: Manhattan
116. Abundance Cooperative Market:Rochester
117. Flatbush Food Co-op: Brooklyn
118. Greenstar Cooperative: Ithaca
119. Honest Weight Food Co-op: Albany
120. Lexington Food Co-op: Buffalo
121. Park Slope Food Co-op: Brooklyn
122. Potsdam Food Cooperative:Potsdam
123. Sixth Street Coop: Manhattan
124. Syracuse Real Food Co-op: Syracuse
125. Troy Community Food Coop: Troy
     

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NORTH CAROLINA

126. Apairanuts Co-op of Northeastern North Carolina
127. Arcadia Buying Club, Duham
128. Durham CO-OP, Durham
129. French Broad Food Co-op, Asheville 
130. Haywood Road Market: Asheville
131. Hendersonville Community Co-op, Hendersonville
132. Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market:Wilmington
133. Weaver Street Market, Carrboro

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     NORTH DAKOTA
     
134. Amazing Grains Cooperative, Grand Forks, North Dakota

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OKLAHOMA
135. FAMILY GROCERY GROWERS BUYING CLUB:is a group of groups in NE Oklahoma who are living and learning about procuring healthy seasonal foods more locally. We DO order groceries thru United Natural Foods, Inc & Albert's Organics every 4 weeks; but we also do a lot of community teaching on what truly good nutrition means and what truly sustainable food choices are and we ALWAYS promote local food items over the UNFI/Albert's orders (esp fresh produce). Email farmschooler@gmail.com
136. Oklahoma Food Cooperative Organizing Commitee: Norman

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     OHIO
     

137. Calumet Natural Foods Co-op :Columbus
138. New Life Food Club:Dayton
139. Oberlin Food Co-op, Oberlin, Ohio

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     OREGON

140. Ashland Food Co-op: Ashland
141. Brookings Natural Food: Brookings
142. First Alternative Co-op: Corvallis

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     PENNSYLVANIA

143. East End Food Co-op: Pittsburgh
144. Mariposa Food Co-op:Philadelphia
145. Swarthmore Coop: Swarthmore
146. Weaver's Way:Philadelphia
147. Whole Foods Cooperative :Erie

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     SOUTH DAKOTA

148. Breadroot CooperativeRapid City

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     RHODE ISLAND

149. The Alternative Food Co-op:Wakefield

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SOUTH CAROLINA

150. Destiny Organics Store & Buying Club:Blythwood
151. Share Food Co-op:Six Mile

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TENNESSEE

152. MarketPlace Co-op: Nashville
153. Naturally Good Food
154. Three Rivers Market: Knoxville

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     TEXAS

155. Health Source Co-op:Fort Worth
156. Wheatsville Food Co-op: Austin

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VERMONT

157. Brattleboro Food Co-op :Brattleboro
158. Hunger Mountain Co-op:Montpilier
159. Northeast Cooperatives, Inc. :Brattleboro
160. Putney Food Co-op:Putney
161. St. J. Food Coop: St. Johnsbury

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VIRGINIA

162. Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op:Roanoke
163. Valley Market:Stauton
     

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     WASHINGTON

164. Community Food Co-op:Bellingham

165. Central Co-op Grocery: Seattle
166. Madison Market - Central Co-op Natural Foods:Seattle
167. Olympia Food Coop: Olympia
168. Puget Consumers Co-op/PCC Natural Markets
169. Skagit Valley Food Co-op :Mt. Vernon
170. Sno-Isle Natural Foods Co-op
171. The Vancouver Food Coop:Vancouver
     

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     WEST VIRGINIA

172. Mountain People's Market Co-op and Kitchen:Morgantown

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     WISCONSIN

173. just local food: Eau Claire
174. Mifflin Street Co-op:Madison
175. Outpost Natural Foods:Milwaukee
176. RiverWest Co-op: Milwaukee
177. Willy Street Co-op :Madison
178. Viroqua Food Co-op:Viroqua

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Resources

• MASTER LIST of Food Co-ops in the United States

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• Noise Air Traffic Park Slope
• Archive of Cooperative-bus mailing list
• Best Bed and Breakfast in New York City
• http://bed-and-breakfast-park-slope-brooklyn.com/
• Center for CooperativesUniversity of Wisconsin archive
• Co-ops and non-profits on the Internet 
• Discussion Forum
• Don Lubin's Meeting Place on Co-ops
• GreenPeople: Organic food, pet supplies, baby products, beauty products, home improvement, hemp, organic cotton, health products, recycled products. Directory of eco-friendly products
• International Cooperative Alliance
• Michael Yount's List
• North American Students of Co-operation (NASCO)
• Open Air Market Net
• Open Air Market Net--Rest of the World
• "Rural Cooperative Publications"(CIR 4) is the title of a new publiciation available from the USDA's Cooperative Service. It describes more than 150 research reports, educational publications, and videos about various cooperative topics. For a free copy of this catalog:
  telephone (202)690-1384
  FAX:(202) 720-4641
  or write Cooperative Services Program
  USDA/RBCDS
  Ag Box 3255
  Washington, DC 20250-3255
• United Natural Foods Buying Clubs
  
• World Guide to Vegetarianism--Find a food co-op anywhere in the world

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Resources by State

• COLORADO
  Nancy Larson:970-259-1086,project coordinator for The Shining Mountains
  Center for Cooperation. Shining Mountains is a newly
  formed non-profit corporation who's mission is to support cooperative
  businesses for low income people in Colorado.
  
• FLORIDA
  The Volunteer Way -- The Volunteer Way, Inc. is an all volunteer, non-profit organization with no paid salaries or expense accounts. Our mission is to help vulnerable people avoid slipping into poverty, to alleviate the suffering of people caught in poverty and to assist those who, with help, would be able to lift themselves out of poverty. As responsible and caring people we will aid in their struggle to overcome poverty.
  
  The Volunteer Way's goal is to eliminate poverty and help all people in poverty to be the most they can be and to have a piece of the American Dream. The United States is the richest country in the world and we produce enough food to feed most of the world, so it is our goal to have no American at risk of going hungry.
  
  We want to expand the idea of volunteerism throughout the United States and be a nation of "people helping people" the volunteer way.
  
  
• VERMONT
  Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont-- The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is a non-profit association of consumers, gardeners, and diversified farmers who share a vision of local, organic agriculture.
  Email webweaver@nofavt.org
  
  
  If you have any suggestions to improve this page or if you are a co-op member and want to participate, particularly if you have design skills, please let me know:

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