The Beet
A Port Townsend Food Co-op Blog
Whether you're passionate about healthy recipes, sustainability initiatives, local giving programs, or supporting local farms, we’ve got something for you. Stay connected with the latest co-op news, learn how we’re making a difference in the community, and discover how you can get involved. Join us as we promote eco-friendly living and share the best in organic, local food."
March/April Bean for Bag Spotlight: PT Potential
PT Potential works to transform our community's waste plastic into community infrastructure while challenging PT to see its own prospects of moving beyond the plastic economy.
2023 Annual Plant-A-Thon! (…all those Satsuma’s you purchased)
Thanks to our customers and the NW Watershed the Food Coop has a long history of involvement with the Plant-A-Thon and this year’s Satsuma fundraiser raised $1,800 to purchase plants and other supplies.
Racial Redlining Fought By Postwar Interracial Co-ops
Blacks and whites had fought together in brotherhood all over the globe during World War II to defend democracy. However, a grateful government that welcomed home “the Greatest Generation” but fought that war with a segregated army had no desire to let returning Black soldiers live together with white ones.
Winter Welcoming Center
Introducing our second Beans For Bag recipient for January/February – Winter Welcoming Center
Foodbank Growers
At its heart, the Food Bank Growers is simply about volunteers sharing abundance. But that does not happen in a vacuum. Originally incorporated in 2013 as Foodbank Farm and Gardens, today it’s grown to include growers, gatherers, preservers, cooks, and food bank workers.
Local Producer Spotlight: Kodama Farm & Food Forest
Kodama Farm & Food Forest are building their dream—an organic, regenerative farm!
Announcing the 2023 Beans for Bags Recipients
Announcing our 2023 Beans 4 Bags recipients.
The Co-op Farmer Fund: Mystery Bay Farm
At Mystery Bay Farm, Rachael and Scott combine three things very important to them: farming, ecology, and education.
The Co-op Farmer Fund
This fall, our Farmer Funds benefit Dharma Ridge Farm, a family farm located in Quilcene.
The Co-op Farmer Fund - Spring Rain Farm
The Food Co-op Farmer Fund collects donations from shoppers and then divides those funds equally between three local farms each quarter (the farms rotate each quarter).
The Co-op Farmers Fund: One Straw Ranch
Change for Change benefits our local farmers who grow extra food for those who need it most…
Beans for Bags September-October: Sunfield Land for Learning
Currently all of Sunfield's farm produce is donated to local and regional food banks and food access programs…
We Are Growing—Thanks to the Grow Fund!
The community programming available at Shy Acre Farm would not be possible without the generous donations of our local businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Change For Change - New Co-op Farmer Fund
One direct action we can take—that supports both our farmers and our neighbors—is to donate directly to local farms so they provide food to families with limited access to fresh food.
Help Ukraine Cooperatives provide relief
A contribution to the Cooperative Development Foundation's Disaster Recovery Fund assists cooperatives, families and communities when they are most in need of help.
Farm to School Starts with the Apple
The Community Wellness project used donations from OGC and the Food Co-op to support the Farm to School program in the following ways…