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The Co-op Holiday Gift Guide
The Co-op offers a wide variety of products that make excellent gifts for everyone on your shopping list.
Shop Local and Create a Better Future
Supporting businesses owned by our friends and neighbors helps keep dollars circulating in our local economy instead of sending profits out of state.
At the Cusp of ‘What’s Possible’
An interview with Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Story – The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants.
Eat, Buy, Love Local
You probably hear the word “local” a lot these days. What does it bring to mind for you? Maybe businesses owned by your neighbors? Or small family farms? Most of us have an idea of what local means – a personal definition.
Vendor Profile: By George Farm
Jonathan (Jonny) Steiger and Tyson Fehrman are the owners and operators of By George Farm. Their farmstead creamery is located on the banks of Yale Creek and Little Applegate River in Southern Oregon.
Vendor Profile: Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden
Cowhorn Vineyard and Garden is a certified Biodynamic farm and winery in the Applegate Valley.
Planning Meals as Amazing as Your Getaway
From car camping to backcountry backpacking, the Co-op can make your meal around the bonfire or camp stove an experience worth remembering (and repeating).
Five Years Old, Five Years Young
We celebrated our five year milestone on Saturday, October 8th with music, games, food, cake, and community.
When the Bell Peppers are Sweetly Ringing
Sweet, crunchy, and boldly colored, the bell pepper is a versatile summer vegetable.
Celebrate Rogue Valley Grown: Rogue Valley Food System Network at the Jackson County Fair
The Rogue Valley Food System Network has been invited to host an installation at the Jackson County Fair.
Asparagus Makes Spring Official
With an official announcement from asparagus, we rejoice in warmth of the spring sun and in the flavor of those gorgeous green stalks.
Getting in Touch with Carrots
Carrots emerged from the Middle East some 5,000 years ago, but they were not orange like you might expect. These first carrots were white, purple, red, or yellow and they were grown for their medicinal leaves and seeds, not the taproot that we are so familiar with today.
Our Local Food System
Do you know where your food comes from? How did the food on your plate find its way from the farmer's field to your dinner table?
Preserving the Harvest
Food preservation comes in many forms, and has the added benefit of allowing you to enjoy the harvest long after the growing season has ended.