An Inspirational Visit from Jon Steinman, Author of Grocery Story

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…

Let’s Hear it from a Local Grower and HFC Owner

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…

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT – BRANDON IWASAKI

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…

Food For Thought

  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…

Imagine a World of Plenty

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…

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT – JANE MURPHY

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…

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT – LILY TODD

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…

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT – DALE CASE

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…