Happy Independence Day from First Alternative Co-op We are giving away this amazing assortment of organic groceries to celebrate good food and good times this summer! It has some of our favorite items including Organic Theo Chocolate bars, Organic Kettle Brand potato chips, Organic Prairie 100% grass-fed beef hotdogs, Raw Revolution organic live food bars, [...]
Donate your old eyeglasses and help bring the gift of sight to people in need! The eyeglasses will be collected for Alaffia and will be distributed to people in Togo by optometrists. In Togo, there are very few optometrists and a pair of eyeglasses can cost up to four months wages! Eye glasses, reading glasses [...]
Check out some of our favorite new products for April! Dogfish Head Brewing - LIMITED TIME ONLY American Beauty Imperial Pale Ale Brewed in celebration of the 50th anniversary of a band that begat a lifestyle. Dogfish Head asked customers what they wanted in a Grateful Dead beer. Of more than 1,500 suggestions, organic granola, [...]
Celebrate the coming of summer with Seed Matters and enter for a CHANCE TO WIN AN ORGANIC GARDENING KIT! We usually don’t think about seed when we sit down to eat our cereal in the morning or tuck the kids into their cotton sheets at night, but it all starts with seed. And the seed [...]
If you’d like to forgo the disco-era neon of conventional food colorings and their “generally recognized as safe” ingredients, making dye with food is a great option. The technique may be a little different but the results are beautiful and earthy and honor the wonders of the natural world. It’s amazing the variety of hues [...]
Whole grains are the only way to go. They are, well, good for you. Maybe, you have heard that processed grains are unhealthy and should be banned. That sounds right…or does it? Well, there is much more to the story, and I will tell that story here. At the risk of losing all credibility, I [...]
The perfect Northwest summer treat! [yumprint-recipe id='17']
Welcome to the Local Spotlight, where every month we will feature one of our favorite local providers. We’re going to try and keep it fresh by covering aspects of the local food system we may have previously overlooked, (any suggestions on the hows and who’s, dear readers, would be greatly appreciated.)Often we’ll concentrate on the [...]
We recently asked George Brown, the North Store's Grocery/Bulk Assistant Manager to give us a rundown of what the Co-op's Bulk department has in the way of products that will help encourage winter wellness. Here's the tip of the iceberg: Probiotics The World Health Organization defines probiotics as "live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate [...]
Owners: Jamie Kitzrow & Lisa Schwartz Crew: 30 people in the summer, 8 in the winter, and 20 to help at farmers' markets Location: North Albany Acreage: 45 acres Since: 1990 What do you grow? We’re strictly vegetables. We grow 18 items for Organically Grown Company's wholesale distribution network, with kale, cucumbers, chicories, and red [...]
