Food co-op evangelist and author, Jon Steinman shared tidbits of wisdom and encouragement to a packed audience of students and community members at Pacific University on October 19, 2022. Hillsboro Food Co-op organized the event to spark encouragement among current and prospective owners as the co-op builds momentum towards opening day. Steinman’s presentation reinforced that […]
Recently, we caught up with HFC owner and Nutshell Forest Farm owner, Rose Potter. We wanted to know what it’s like to own and operate a small farm business in our region and how that relates to a food co-op. Rose was kind enough to help shed some light by sharing her perspectives and experience […]
An inspirational look at the dedicated and passionate members of the HFC community who are driving us to opening day. Meet Brandon Iwasaki When and why did you become an owner of HFC? I became an owner of HFC in 2016 after moving to Hillsboro for a few months. Previous to moving, I was an […]
Food for thought while chewing on a tasty read HFC owner, Elise Fast, recently wrote a post in the HFC Slack workspace regarding an article from the publication “Civil Eats” titled, “Co-Op Grocery Stores Expand Their Mission to Equity and Food Justice.” We think the piece is share-worthy so we’re posting it in the […]
Young children can spend hours imagining worlds that are exactly the way they want them to be. They create entire realities in their minds and play them out in real life with toys, sticks, or whatever they can find. But somehow, we start losing that ability to imagine so vividly and wildly as we age. […]
An inspirational look at the dedicated and passionate members of the HFC community who are driving us to opening day. Meet Jane Murphy When and why did you become an owner of HFC? I became a member-owner in December 2020 because I had recently retired and wanted to give back to our community. Tell us […]
An inspirational look at the dedicated and passionate members of the HFC community who are driving us to opening day. Meet Lily Todd When and why did you become an owner of HFC? I joined in March of 2020. I wanted to join years earlier than that but didn’t have the financial ability to […]
An inspirational look at the dedicated and passionate members of the HFC community who are driving us to opening day Meet Dale! When and why did you become an owner of HFC? I joined HFC in November of 2015. I met Heather Robinson at the HFC booth at the downtown Hillsboro Farmers Market. As soon […]
Would it surprise you to learn that nearly 54 million US residents live in a desert? That number sounds too high if we’re discussing geographic deserts. But unfortunately, that number is accurate when we talk about “food deserts.” Food deserts are areas where residents lack the income, access, or both to have nutritious and affordable […]
Just because our doors aren’t yet open doesn’t mean that the Hillsboro Food Co-op isn’t busy in our community. While we are working to find a home for HFC, we are also growing our relationships with other businesses and with our Hillsboro friends and neighbors. By investing in our hometown, we get to enjoy the […]