First Alternative Co-op in Corvallis, Oregon, seeks an experienced General Manager to manage its recently expanded two-store operation. Candidates with proven leadership, managerial and planning capabilities, extensive financial background, experience in the grocery industry, and a positive record of people and personnel skills are encouraged to apply.
The General Manager will work with a cohesive and experienced board of directors and seasoned staff of 120 to build the business and ensure continued financial success and fiscal responsibility. We value experience in cooperatives, the natural foods industry, multi-store management, and policy governance.
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When you get chefs and bakers together to tour farms and see ingredients they aren’t used to getting locally, ideas flow like butter on hot corn on the cob. They discuss texture, pairings, and seasonings as they taste things like green garbanzos in the middle of a field, hummus under the shade of a tree or taste pastries made with freshly-ground local wheat.
On August 2nd, dozens of Willamette Valley bakers and chefs spent the afternoon touring Stalford Farm near Tangent, A2R Farms south of Corvallis and Hunton Farms south of …

On Monday, July 12th, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, Victor Vasquez, state director of USDA Rural Development for Oregon, Vicki Walker, and the director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Katy Coba, visited Corvallis to highlight links between local food production and the economy.

Looking to preserve your harvest, either from grocery store deals, farmers’ markets or your backyard garden?  From canning to freezing, classes held at the First United Methodist Church, are designed to make you feel you confident about safely preserving foods in your own home kitchen. Bring friends, bring questions!  We will prepare and share a meal together near the end of the class.
Where?  At the First United Methodist Church Kitchen, 1165 NW Monroe Ave.  Pre-registration recommended.  A suggested donation from $1-$7 per class.Don’t let lack of child care keep you away please let us know …

The Fresa Feliz (Happy Strawberry) non-profit buying club invites you to join them in purchasing fresh organic produce weekly from Deep Roots Farm at wholesale prices this summer.
The coop will run weekly for 12 weeks and members should commit to purchase at least 10 of the 12 weeks.  There is not a minimum order at this time but $10 or more is recommended as a weekly purchase.
To sign up, members need to sign a registration form and make an
initial deposit of $10.  This money is used to secure your order and
is put into …