Gorge Farmer Collective Makes Buying Local Food Easy
The Gorge Farmer Collective - a farmer-owned cooperative - makes buying local food easy
The Gorge Farmer Collective (GFC) is an online marketplace with selections of produce, flowers, meats, eggs, teas, and more locally produced goods.
It doesn’t get any easier than this: place your order online each week from Thursday through Sunday at gorgefarmers.com, and then pick up your bounty the following Wednesday afternoon between 4-6 p.m. at six pickup locations conveniently located throughout the Gorge: The Dalles, Lyle, Mosier, White Salmon, Parkdale, or Hood River.
GFC is a farmer-owned Cooperative in its second year of operation, with 25 farmers and growing strong! Being a Cooperative means that each participating farm equally owns the business, and has an equal vote in its governance - a truly grassroots and autonomous approach to building our local food system. Its mission is rooted in promoting and fostering local family farmers while providing customers with a diverse selection of some of the finest and freshest foods sustainably grown in the Gorge. The Cooperative strengthens connections between producers and consumers, simplifying the process from farm to table. The Cooperative recognizes that the Columbia Gorge food system is unique and dynamic, and aims to build its richness, health, equity, and resilience through broad collaboration.
Some of the Cooperative’s notable endeavors:
Supplying fresh produce to our neighbors in need through partnering with Gorge Grown Food Network’s Veggie Rx program
They’ll soon be able to accept SNAP/EBT (formerly known as food stamps)
Partnering with local food banks to regularly donate local products
Exploring the creation of a wholesale program, to supply restaurants and institutions (hospitals, schools, etc.) with the convenience and efficiency of a one-stop shopping hub
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