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Co+op represents a network of community-owned grocery stores across the country. Unlike corporate chains, each co-op is totally independent and owned by the community members who shop. Co-ops are on a mission to make sure everyone has access to healthy, delicious food. Find us on Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest.
At Just Food Co-op in Northfield, MN, many of the local producers have become celebrities of sorts in their community.
At Putney Food Co-op (founded in 1941) in Putney, VT, chef Kevin Gillespie learns about the co-op’s trailblazing founder, dedication to reflect its community, and an educational outreach program. He also visits local cheese producer Vermont Shepard Farm.
Chef Kevin Gillespie takes a lesson if food biodiversity at Bellingham's Heritage Lane Farm.
Chef Kevin Gillespie stops by Community Food Co-op’s annual celebration and learns about BUGS.
Chef Kevin Gillespie learns about Sacramento and Davis co-ops' One Farm at a Time program.
Chef Kevin Gillespie learns about the National Cooperative Bank and how it helps foster co-op growth across the nation.
Passion and assistance by Sacramento Natural Foods and Davis Food Co-op help keep a small farm (Good Humus) going.Video premieres 4/30/12!
Kevin Gillespie travels to Albuquerque, NM to learn about La Montañita Co-op’s dedication to local products. He’s then learns about their involvement with MoGro, a mobile grocery store that brings fresh, healthy food to rural, native communities.
Kevin visits Albuquerque’s La Montañita Co-op to discover how its partnership with Los Poblanos—a historic hotel with an on-site organic farm and restaurant—is helping guests and locals connect to the land.
Join Kevin in Los Alamos, NM, as he visits the new Los Alamos Co-op, a store founded on its community’s desire for access to fresh, local food.
