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1. THE SACRAMENT NATURAL FOODS CO-OP in Sacramento, California has a Co-op Learning Center and Cooking School that features not only a cooking class program (several of the classes are free each month), but also lectures, seminars and panel discussions to educate the community about important food, family, health and environmental issues. Here are a few of the classes for October: Healthy Mediterranean Soups, Composting Tutorial, Vegetarian Thanksgiving, Roasted Winter Vegetable Recipes, Breast Health for Women, Chair Yoga, Raising Chickens in Your Backyard, Festive Indian Appetizers and so much more. (About 29 classes are scheduled for October.) Click here to learn more about this co-op.
2. THE WEDGE NATURAL FOODS CO-OP in St. Paul, Minnesota, bought an established organic farm. They hired a farm manager and produce their own organic produce. They have outreach and education to the community on the farm. Click here to learn more about this co-op.
3. THE LA MONTANITA FOOD CO-OP in New Mexico built a distribution shed and bought refrigerated trucks in order to establish their own local foodshed supply system. The Coop has their own label for local sustainable farms – Beneficial Farms. Click here to learn more about this co-op.
4. THE OCEAN BEACH PEOPLE'S COOPERATIVE in California built a green building. Click here to read more about this co-op. Click here to read the green building specs for this co-op.
5. THE BLOOMINGFOODS COOPERATIVE in Bloomington, Indiana, which has four locations, has substantive relationships with several local nonprofits. These include a "plant a row for hunger" program with a food bank, wine tastings with local vineyards, and their own farmers' market.
Click here to read about this co-op.
6. THE OKLAHOMA FOOD COOPERATIVE in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a completely virtual cooperative with 1350 members, 101 of whom are farmers. They have an average of 2200 products for sale each month, and make $45,000 - 50,000 per month. It sells only Oklahoma-grown products. Click here to read about this co-op.
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