Category Archives: Community

A great article about your Co-op is up on the website ThurstonTalk.com Here’s an excerpt from the article: The New Vision The Co-op used to be a member-owned organic food store; however, the Board of Directors had a bigger vision: “to move toward food sovereignty,” said Bill Wyman, president of the board of directors. You see, they’ve been completely dependent upon corporate transportation to get the groceries to the store; they want to create food sustainability “by creating an internal web of locally harvested food and educational programs that will teach a new generation to be food smart and operate … Continue reading…

One of members nominated us for this annual award in the category of non-profits and described the great, innovative changes we have embarked upon. This is an initiative of the Thurston County Economic Development Council (EDC). We were not selected, the Faith Harvest Helpers here in Yelm were, and they certainly deserve it for the tremendous work they do providing food to homeless and needy people in our area. However, we did receive a letter from the Executive Director of the EDC, Michael Cade, in which he said, “Although your organization has not gone onto the finalist stage, we would … Continue reading…