Spice up the Food you Cook!

Bored with cooking and want to spice things up a bit? Or perhaps you’re trying to lose weight or your doctor has told you to stay away from salt. Either way, we’ve got an event coming up for all cooks. There are methods to make food taste flavorful while being healthy, according to a local spi

Holiday Giving Challenge

We met our goal to provide 15 local domestic violence survivors the gift of good food from the Co-op. With your generous donations, we supplied the Harbor (Clatsop County Women’s Resource Center) with $50 Co-op gift cards. Staff there picked a set of folks who especially needed some help and h

“Modern Farming Pioneers” to Speak at Co-op Lecture

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS IN THE FORECAST.  STARVATION ALLEY WILL SPEAK AT OUR APRIL 9 LECTURE AND HAVE SAMPLES OF THEIR JUICE FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 11-1. We’re excited to have the farmers of Washington state’s first and only certified organic cranberry farm at ou

Crooked Cow Cheese Tasting at the Co-op

Photo by Lynette McAdams Artisan Cheese-maker Cynthia Clark admits her business, Crooked Cow Cheese in Naselle, WA, is a way to pay for what she calls her cow habit. “Most little girls want horses and I always wanted soft b

Vision for Growing our Co-op

Astoria Co-op Grocery wants to hear from you.  Throughout the month of October 2014, the community is providing input into how the Co-op grows with a survey.  You can also provide written comments in the store and via email at store@astoria.coop.  In December, the Co-op board will compile all the in

Learn about Soup

Come meet Maggie Stuckey, author of Soup Night.  She will be our speaker at our monthly lecture, Beers to Your Health at Fort George Brewery’s Lovell Showroom (Corner of 14th and Duane in Astoria) on Thursday October 9 at 7 p.m. (Doors open at 7 p.m.)  Free cup of soup from a recipe in the boo

Free Fall Food Classes

Astoria Co-op offers food education for the community These monthly 30 minute class and store tours lead you through the aisles of Astoria Co-op Grocery to learn about the many options in organic, farm direct, bulk foods, sustainably-raised products, and more.  The classes are led by store managers,

Fall Farm to Fork Cooking Class

Fall is in the air and Chef Marco Davis is coming up with a menu using the freshest local ingredients around.  How to cook using fall foods from local farms is the focus of our fall farm to fork cooking class in Astoria.  We’ve been teaming up with Columbia Memorial Hospital to produce a serie

Celebrate Autumn and Co-op Month

Each October is celebrated around the world as “Co-op Month”—a great time to explore the ways co-ops are working together to bring their shoppers and owners great food, and support vibrant local communities and a more sustainable world. Your co-op has joined together with more than 140 other locally