Tri-Coop 2016 Farm Tour!

Farm Tour tickets on sale now! Saturday, August 27th *Purchase in person at the Coop* $35 Adults, $25 Limited Income, $25 Kiddos This year we are visiting:   The Farm Tour Itinerary: 8:00 – Check in at People’s Coop (3029 SE 21st Ave) & grab coffee and snacks 8:30 – Leave People’s Coop 9:05 – […]

Rescue Your Liver!

  Liver Rescue 5 by Rob Branch-Dash Sometimes, after providing a happy evening’s support for Portland’s artisan this and craft that, you need a superhero on your side. You need Aquaman to rehydrate you, you need Superman to sit outside the bathroom door and talk to you, and you need Wonder Woman to hold your […]

We’re Hiring!

ACG is a collectively managed organization. This means that every full-time employee contributes to helping run the business. Previous managerial experience is not necessary, but you will be expected to learn and participate in the operations of our store. Being a collective manager means being held to higher expectations than you would find at a […]

Some like it hot…

Secret Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce by Rob Branch-Dasch Keeping your cool must be hard when you’re so hot. There are eighteen subspecies of aardvark. Seventeen of them are well known in their sub-Saharan Africa home, but one is a secretive, mysterious creature that makes his home in Portland. Being so far away from friends and […]

Nutritional Yeast

Nutritional Yeast by Rob Branch-Dasch You, my dear friend, are part of an extraordinarily cool little band of radicals. You live in Portland (narrow portion of the population), you shop at a cooperative grocery (narrower), you even read its blog (narrower still), and you’re so unwaveringly devoted that you even clicked an article with the dubious […]

Keeping it FRESH with Double Up Bucks!

Alberta Coop has been supporting the awesome Fresh Exchange program since 2009 and 2016 brings some big, exciting changes! Fresh Exchange is now called Double Up Bucks and has expanded to serve 50 markets across Oregon. This program enables people who receive SNAP (food stamp/EBT) benefits to double their money at farmers markets which increases access […]

We Love BARK!

For the month of April we will be raising funds at the register for Mt. Hood National Forest’s greatest advocate, BARK. Since 1993, BARK has been monitoring, organizing and taking action against deforestation and other activities that disrupt and destroy the ecosystem of Mt. Hood. They have also been a driving force behind Keep Nestle Out […]