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Thurston County Food Bank Spring Table 2026 An Inside Look and Plea for Assistance in These Difficult Times By Ruth Brownstein, Board member
On a rainy Friday I recently made my way over to the Thurston County Food Bank (TCFB)... More » Featured Newsletters
Thurston County Food Bank Spring Table 2026 An Inside Look and Plea for Assistance in These Difficult Times By Ruth Brownstein, Board member
On a rainy Friday I recently made my way over to the Thurston County Food Bank (TCFB)... More » Featured Newsletters
Fall Table 2025
City of Olympia Joins Year of Cooperatives by Maureen Tobin, Staff member Fall Table 2025 In another exciting step recognizing the importance of cooperatives in our local and global economy, the Olympia City Council unanimously proclaimed 2025 as the Year... More » Featured Newsletters
Table Summer 2025
JUNETEENTH: How to Support and Celebrate this Meaningful Holiday by Maggie Jay, Staff member
What is Juneteenth? New Year’s Eve, 1862, was spent waiting for life-changing
news for enslaved people of the United States. The next day, Black people in... More »Featured Newsletters
Table March 2025
Co-op Table March 2025 Eastside Expansion From the Expansion Committee of the Board (Jim, Ike, Dave, Redwood, Fern, and Kitty) Exciting things are happening at the Eastside Store. The Eastside has been enjoying strong growth in sales over the ... More »
Winter Table 2025
Winter Table 2025 Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchards By Maggie Jay, Staff member
About 10 of us meandered through Burnt RidgeNursery and Orchards, taking in the unique plantings and fruits while
hanging onto every word of the... More »
December Table 2024
Co-op Table December 2024 An Interview with Amier Ayoub of Olympita By Lucas Anderson, Staff member
Just a little way from the Eastside Co-op, over by St. Martin’s University in Lacey, sits an asphalt island in between a busy stretch... More » Fall Table 2024
Fall Table 2024 An Investment in Hope By Monica Peabody, Staff memberIn 2019, Olympia Food Co-op membership voted in favor of selling beer, wine and low alcohol
beverages in both stores. Based on conversations with members, collective staff and... More »
Summer Table 2024
Summer Table 2024 Farmworker Justice By Monica Peabody, Staff member
I attended Farmworker Justice Day at the Evergreen State College as a representative of theCo-op. We were one of the event sponsors. And, as someone who has spent... More »
Spring Table 2024
Spring Table 2024 Reflecting on a History of Confronting HungerBy Lucas Anderson, Staff member Sometimes when I look over at the Free Fruit for Kids basket the Co-op offers, or walk by
the Free Store when it’s busy, I... More »
Co-op Winter Table 2023
Winter Table 2023 Garden Department Update
We will be moving as much product as possible back into theWestside Co-op with EBT-eligible plants and seeds receiving top
priority. Our hope is that this move will help increase access to
garden... More »
Co-op Fall Table 2023
Co-op Table Fall 2023 Grace Cox Wins Cooperative Service Award
By Monica Peabody, Staff member October is National Co-op Month and it seems fitting that we get to brag
about one of our collective members who has dedicated decades to... More »
Co-op Table Summer 2023
Co-op Table Summer 2023 Reflections on Promoting Peace, and a New Food Co-op: An interview with Kwabi Amoah-Forson by Lucas Anderson
It was one of those chaotically magical spring days in Olympia when you can sense the season changing. A... More » Co-op Table Spring 2023
Co-op Table Spring 2023 Supporting Local Cooperatives
It’s an exciting time to watch cooperatives locally and around the state begin,grow and thrive! Thanks in part to the Northwest Cooperative Development Center,
cooperative businesses are popping up like mushrooms, all... More »
Co-op Table Winter 2022
Co-op Table Winter 2022 Sharing the Hot Pot TraditionBy Mie Olson, Staff member Hot pot is deeply rooted in many cultures around the globe. In Japan where I grew up, as we
feel the cold wind and step on... More »