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Listing of Web Food Coops
- AUSTRALIA
- Alfalfa House Community Food Co-operative:Sydney, Australia
- Good Foods Co-opQueensland Australia
CANADA - CCRI (Campus Co-op Residence Incorporated):Toronto, Ontario
- Karma Food Co-operative--Karma is a natural food co-op in the heart of Toronto
- Peace Country Co-opPeace River, Alberta
- Steep Hill Food Coop:Saskatoon, SK
- Vaillant FoodsWarburg, Alberta
- Worker's Coop of Thunder Bay:Ontario
EUROPE - A.N.C.C. Italy COOP CONSUMO ITALIA:Italy
- Consumer Co-operatives Eroski:Spain
UNITED KINGDOM - Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op
US:
ARIZONA - Food Conspiracy Cooperative:Tucson
- Gentle Strength Co-op:Tempe
- Tucson Cooperative Warehouse:Tucson
CALIFORNIA - Co-Opportunity:Santa Monica
- :Che CafeSan Diego
- Co-opportunity:Santa Monica
- :Davis Food Coop: Davis, CA
- Kresge Food Coop:Santa Cruz
- Palo Alto Co-op Market:Palo Alto
- Questa Food Coop:San Luis Obespo
- Neighbors United Food Coop:San Diego
- North Coast Co-op (Arcata & Eureka)
- The Food Co-op, San Diego, California
COLORADO - The Food Coop--Fort Collins, Colorado
- Mountain People's Co-op:Nederland, Colorado
DELAWARE - Newark Natural Foods Cooperative
FLORIDA - Ever'man Natural Foods
ILLINOIS - Common Ground Food Cooperative:Champaign, IL
- Co-op:Champaign-Urbana
- Hyde Park Co-op --A 65 year old food co-op on Chicago's South Side
- Mr. G Co-op, Chicago, Illinois
- South Suburban Food Co-op:Matteson
IDAHO - The Boise Consumer Co-op:Boise, Idaho
- Moscow Food Coop:Moscow, Idaho
IOWA - Frontier Natural Products Co-op
- New Pioneer Bakehouse, Coralville, Iowa
- Oneota Community Food Co-op, Decorah, Iowa
- New Pioneer Co-op: Iowa City, Iowa
INDIANA - Bloomingfoods Market & Deli Co-op, Bloomington, Indiana
- Centre-Inn Food Coop Goshen
KANSAS - People's Grocery Cooperative:Manhattan
LOUISIANA - Monroe Good Food Group:Monroe
MAINE - Belfast Food Coop:Belfast, Maine
MARYLAND - Bethesda Co-op:Cabin John
- The Common Market Food Store:Frederick, Maryland
- TPSS Food Cooperative:Takoma Park
MICHIGAN - Good-N-Plenty Food Co-op:Warren
- Hillsdale Nature GroceryHillsdale
- Oryana Food Cooperative :Traverse City
- People's Food Coop:Ann Arbor
MINNESOTA - HAMPDEN PARK CO-OP :St. Paul
- The Wedge Coop
- Lakewinds COOPMinnetonka
- Mississippi MarketSt. Paul
- North Country Co-op, Minneapolis
- Whole Foods Community Co-op:Duluth
MISSISSIPPI - Rainbow Whole Foods Cooperative GroceryJackson
MONTANA - Community Food Co-op, Bozeman, Montana
MASSACHUSSETS - Harvest Co-operative Supermarkets:Cambridge, MA and Jamaica Plain
NEBRASKA - Open Harvest Natural Foods Grocery:Lincoln
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Great Bay Food Co-op :Durham, NH
- Hanover Consumer Coop:Hanover
NEW JERSEY - George Street CoopNew Brunswick
NEW YORK - 4th Street Food Coop:Manhattan,NY
- Flatbush Food Coop:Brooklyn, NY
- Genesee Co-op Foodstore :Rochester
- Greenstar Cooperative:Ithaca, NY
- Lexington Food Coop:Buffalo, NY
- Park Slope Food Coop:Brooklyn
- Potsdam Consumer Co-opPotsdam, NY
- Syracuse Real Food Co-op, Syracuse , New York
North Carolina - French Broad Food Co-op, Asheville
- Durham CO-OP, Durham
- Weaver Street Market, Carrboro
North Dakota - Amazing Grains Cooperative, Grand Forks, North Dakota
OHIO - Calumet Natural Foods Co-op :Columbus
- Chagrin Valley Food Coop --Chagrin Falls:Meets every four weeks to distribute ordered items. Primary supplier is FORC. Organic meats and breads also available from other suppliers. No membership fee. Working at alternate distribution cycles is required
- Oberlin Food Co-op, Oberlin, Ohio
OREGON - Ashland Community Food Store, Ashland, Oregon
- People's Food Store, Portland, Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA - Mariposa Food Coop:West Philly, PA
- East End Food Co-op, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SOUTH DAKOTA - East Dakotah Natural Foods Cooperative, Inc.Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE - Knoxville Community Food Cooperative Inc.:Knoxville
- Morningside Buying Club :Liberty
- Under the Sun Natural Foods:Shady Valley
TEXAS - Cowtown Natural Food Store and Cooperative:Forth Worth
- Wheatsville Food Coop:Austin
VERMONT - Brattleboro Food Co-op :Brattleboro
- Hunger Mountain CoopMontpilier
- Northeast Cooperatives, Inc. :Brattleboro
- Onion River Co-op :Burlington
- Putney Food Co-op:Putney
VIRGINIA - The Arlington Cooperative Organization, Inc.:Arlington
- Crozet Natural FoodsCrozet
- The Uncommon MarketArlington
WASHINGTON - Central Co-op Grocery:Seattle
- Madison Market - Central Co-op Natural Foods:Seattle
- Puget Consumers Co-op
WISCONSIN - Mifflin Street Co-op:Madison
- North Farm Cooperative:Madison
- Outpost Natural Foods:Milwaukee
- Williamson Street Grocery Co-opMadison
Resources
| MASTER LIST of Food Coops in the United States
Archive of Cooperative-bus mailing list | Center for CooperativesUniversity of Wisconsin archive | Co-op Bibliography | Co-ops and non-profits on the Internet | Co-ops, finding one anywhere in the US. | Co-op Movement Resources--Maintained by Flatbush Food Coop | Co-op Network Promote the philosopy and practice of CO-OPERATION | Co-op News and Coop "Alliance" | Cooperatives information at the University of Wisconsin at Madison | Co-op Principles--The Statement on Co-operative Identity was adopted at the 1995 General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), held in Manchester on the occassion of the Alliance's Centenary. The Statement was the product of a lengthy process of consultation involving thousands of co-operatives around the world. | Dinner Co-op-- This is a page for lovers of food... folks who enjoy cooking and/or eating... We have nearly 1500 links to restaurants, shops, recipes and food information pages. Enjoy! | Discussion Forum | Don Lubin's Meeting Place on Co-ops | International Cooperative Alliance | Michael Yount's List | North American Students of Co-operation (NASCO) | Open Air Market Net | "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 Usenet News Groups devoted to co-ops--Great place to ask questions and interact with other food co-opers | World Guide to Vegetarianism--Find a food co-op anywhere in the world | Warehouses--One way to find a co-op near you. | World Wide Coop Information | |
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. Minnesota | Minnesota Food Coops 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 |
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