Page 2 - Mark Tarasawa News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Fifty years ago, an experiment in grocery marketing began in 1970 in a house on Fourth Street in Corvallis.
The First Alternative Co-op moved shortly thereafter to South Third Street and added a store on Northwest Grant Avenue in 2003.
Fast-forward to 2020 and the co-op is thriving, with 159 staff members and 12,000 owners.
On a rainy recent Wednesday, the Gazette-Times visited the south store. The parking lot was close to full, the produce was shiny as always and a steady stream of masked customers were filling their carts.
“First Alternative has always been more than a grocery store to its owners and shoppers,” said General Manager Cindee Lolik. “A key factor to the growth of the co-op has been the ongoing change in the way people view what they put into their bodies and the bodies of their families. Not only for personal health reasons, but for the health of the local farms and farm workers, the health of the planet, and the health of our communit ....

Jim Mitchell , Emily Daniel , Mark Tarasawa , George Brown , Trish Daniels , Corvallis Sustainability Coalition , Fourth Street , First Alternative Co Op , South Third Street , Northwest Grant Avenue , General Manager Cindee , First Alternative , Imagine Corvallis , Bill Genn , Central Park , ஜிம் மிட்செல் , எமிலி டேனியல் , குறி தரசாவா , ஜார்ஜ் பழுப்பு , ட்ரிஷ் டேனியல்ஸ் , கொர்வாலிஸ் நிலைத்தன்மை கூட்டணி , நான்காவது தெரு , முதல் மாற்று இணை ஓப் , தெற்கு மூன்றாவது தெரு , வடமேற்கு மானியம் அவென்யூ , முதல் மாற்று ,