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Community Food Co-op Community owned. Everyone is welcome to shop at the Co-op. Hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily Whatcom County's only community-owned grocery store. Everyone welcome.
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Natural foods, espresso/smoothie bar, deli, bakery.

10/23/2026

How do you elevate simple overnight oats into something you’d want to buy off the shelf? Our kitchen staff, led by Kurt, has the answer to that question. 
 
They’ve created two new overnight oat recipes: 
• Golden Milk Overnight Oats 
• Ube Protein Overnight Oats 
 
And two new chia pudding recipes: 
• Butterfly Chia Pudding 
• Chocolate Chia Pudding 
 
We think they’re really, really good. Kurt and the gang are making them fresh three times a week, and they’re now available in both our Downtown and Cordata stores. 
 
P.S. If you’re looking for something savory instead, don’t miss our new Half Lox Bagel.

We’ve introduced a tasty assortment of new foods to our grab-and-go case! Our deli team makes each item by hand in our k...
10/22/2026

We’ve introduced a tasty assortment of new foods to our grab-and-go case! Our deli team makes each item by hand in our kitchens, using ingredients like organic chia seeds, fairly traded cocoa, and Greek yogurt from Springfield Creamery in Oregon.

• Golden Milk Overnight Oats
We mix gluten-free oats with organic coconut milk, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, black pepper, and cardamom — the warm spices of a golden milk latte. Organic chia seeds, h**p seeds, and certified organic Truvani Vanilla Plant Based Protein Powder provide a boost of protein, and blueberries and mangoes sit atop this satisfying treat. Vegan, gluten-free, and soy-free.

• Ube Protein Overnight Oats
We pair gluten-free oats with organic whole milk from Organic Valley — a cooperative of small family farms — and Nancy's Organic Probiotic Greek Yogurt from Springfield Creamery in Oregon, where they use milk from pasture-raised cows. Ube, a naturally sweet purple yam grown in the Philippines, adds the signature color, which is complemented by fresh blueberries on top. Gluten-free and soy-free.

• Butterfly Chia Pudding
This pudding gets its soft blue color from butterfly pea powder — a natural coloring made from flowers that's also a source of antioxidants. We make a creamy base with organic chia seeds, coconut cream, and dates, then add our housemade vanilla syrup and a knafeh topping of coconut and pistachios. Vegan, gluten-free, and soy-free.

• Chocolate Chia Pudding
Here we use organic cocoa from Equal Exchange, which is fairly traded and grown by small farmer co-ops, plus maple syrup, and coffee from Bellingham’s Hammerhead Coffee Roasters. Organic chia seeds add omega-3s, fiber, and protein, and raspberries on top give a sweet-tart tang. Vegan, gluten-free, and soy-free.

• Half Lox Bagel
We start with a bagel from Bellingham's Bagelry, top it with a heaping pile of Tillamook cream cheese and wild-caught smoked sockeye salmon, then add red onion and capers.

10/15/2026
Washington grows great fruit, and these two c***ries put it to good use. This Saturday, Oct. 17, try award-winning c***r...
10/14/2026

Washington grows great fruit, and these two c***ries put it to good use. This Saturday, Oct. 17, try award-winning c***rs from Offset Ciderworks and Finnriver Farm & Cidery. Tastings will be held at our Cordata store from 1 to 3 p.m., and our Downtown store from 4 to 6 p.m.

Offset Ciderworks in Mountlake Terrace blends apples and pears into off-dry c***rs with no added sugar, including their Cranberry + Spice that we’ll be pouring.

Finnriver Farm & Cidery is located in Chimacum, on the Olympic Peninsula, and makes its c***rs with 100% organic fruit. Sample Bloom — a semi-dry c***r with organic blueberries that won gold at GLINTCAP in 2025. Then try Blush — a crisp, dry c***r infused with black currants.

Save this post and come sample these c***rs!

*Must be 21 or older with valid ID to participate.

I’m excited to share some big news: We bought the Downtown store building!  One of the things I love most about the coop...
10/12/2026

I’m excited to share some big news: We bought the Downtown store building!

One of the things I love most about the cooperative business model is that we make decisions for the long-term benefit of our members and community, not to maximize profits for outside investors. Purchasing our Downtown building is a great example of that philosophy in action. We're investing in our financial health, our staff, our shoppers, and the future of a grocery store that has been part of Bellingham's community for generations.

I'm also especially happy to share that WECU, our local community credit union, is financing the purchase. Rather than sending our financing dollars to a giant, faraway, corporate bank, we're keeping our dollars right here in our community. Building a sustainable and resilient community is a cooperative principle, so supporting local institutions that invest in this area is a natural fit.

For now, I hope you'll join me in celebrating this exciting new chapter. There's much more to come, and I look forward to sharing the journey with you.

Thank you for being a Co-op shopper and helping make investments like this possible. This is what cooperative ownership is all about!

With gratitude,

Lisa Sedlar
General Manager/CEO
Community Food Co-op

Are our bakers really big, or is the new Co-op tote … mini? We're handing out mini totes to every new member! Also, thro...
10/09/2026

Are our bakers really big, or is the new Co-op tote … mini?

We're handing out mini totes to every new member! Also, through Oct. 15, new members get a $10 gift card to start your Co-op journey. That's in addition to our member-exclusive 10% discount on one visit of your choice, good through the same date.

Membership has a $5 yearly fee, and you can split the $90 equity investment — that’s your “share” of the Co-op — into monthly payments of as little as $3. Your $90 investment can be refunded at any time. Members enjoy special sales throughout the year and vote for the Board of Directors, who guide how the Co-op best serves our community.

Want to join? Click the link below or talk to your cashier on your next visit!

https://communityfood.coop/membership/ -plans

10/06/2026

Our housemade Caramel Sauce is back, just in time for Washington apple season!

Made with just five ingredients, it’s the perfect finishing touch for your fall baked goods, or as a delicious drizzle on ice cream. For a classic Halloween treat, use it to make caramel-dipped apples with one of our many varieties of organic heirlooms. Pick up a jar — and try a new-to-you apple — in the Produce Department!

Doctober has begun! The largest documentary film festival in the Northwest is hosted by Bellingham nonprofit Pickford Fi...
10/02/2026

Doctober has begun! The largest documentary film festival in the Northwest is hosted by Bellingham nonprofit Pickford Film Center, and this year, Community Food Co-op and Sustainable Connections are presenting the film “Green Valley.”

This film was created by Morgan Tams — a longtime resident of a small, off-the-grid farming community in the remote wilderness of Cortes Island, in British Columbia. He follows five of its members as they negotiate the complex intersections of lifestyle, landscape, and the relentless passage of time.

Fellow filmmaker Lisa Jackson has this to say:
"A thoughtful, tender ode to the beauty and the reality of ‘going back to the land’ that makes you think about our impact on the earth and our relationship to all that sustains us … a very strong film with peace and ethics and an underlying hopefulness about our ability to adapt our way of life to something else — which is deeply needed at this time.”

There are two showings: One on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 2:45 p.m., which will also feature a virtual Q&A with the director, Morgan Tams. The second will be on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m., at which the Co-op will be tabling — stop by and say hi!

Tickets available here:
https://www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/movie/green-valley

Have you ever heard of a Spitzenburg apple? How about a Spartan, or Golden Russet? If you haven’t, don’t be dismayed — w...
09/30/2026

Have you ever heard of a Spitzenburg apple? How about a Spartan, or Golden Russet?

If you haven’t, don’t be dismayed — we’ll be sharing free samples this Sunday, October 4! They’re all heirloom apples: older varieties that are often more challenging to grow than common cultivars like Gala and Fuji, but have distinctive traits apple lovers may appreciate. The smaller orchards we buy from can be more selective about the varieties they plant, and we’re so happy to share these apples with you.

We’ll also be sampling King David and Roxbury Russet apples — all of which you can try with delicious Australian cheddar — at both stores from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. And through October 6, all heirlooms are on sale for $2.99 lb, providing a great opportunity to stock up!

The following folks help us bring in varieties you aren’t likely to find elsewhere: Okanogan Producers Marketing Association, Brownfield Orchard in Chelan, and Bellewood Farms in Lynden.

09/25/2026

Reefnetting is a selective fishing method that allows for endangered fish, like Chinook salmon that our resident orcas feed on, to be safely released. It has been practiced by the Coast Salish People for 1,800 years, and even today takes a minimal toll on the environment. The net and boats that support it are anchored in place, and the winches that reel in the net are entirely solar powered.

Salish Center for Sustainable Fishing Methods — located just off Legoe Bay on Lummi Island — maintains this practice. Fishers stand on towers to keep an eye on the net below, and when a school of salmon moves through the waterway, they pull in the net. The fishers manually move the fish into an open-water holding tank, returning any bycatch to the sea. The salmon are then bled — a low-stress way of killing them that also makes the fish taste better.

Reefnet fishing has all but disappeared, falling by the wayside in favor of gill-net fishing and purse seining, which ensnare and kill much of what is caught. There were once hundreds of tribal reefnet setups functioning off Lummi Island. Now there is only one, along with 11 nontribal setups.

Riley Starks and his Salish Center crew are some of the folks keeping this way of fishing alive, in hopes of expanding it. With hundreds of potential reefnet fishing sites in the Salish Sea, reefnetting is massively underutilized, and could help alleviate stress on the Lummi fishery. The Salish Center pursues this goal through education and by organizing restoration work throughout the area.

Our Downtown store just received a delivery of fresh coho salmon from Salish Center. Stop by soon to get this local, sustainably caught fish before it’s gone — but if it is, rest assured that Tim, and Shawn (our Cordata Meat and Seafood Manager), take pains to source responsibly!

*Note: Footage of seine and dragger/trawler nets is stock footage, intended to illustrate examples of these other fishing methods, and is not representative of every instance of such. The referenced "ball of fish" is footage of a trawler net, not of a seine net.

Address

315 Westerly Road (Cordata)/1220 N Forest St (Downtown)
Bellingham, WA
98225

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 9pm
Tuesday 7am - 9pm
Wednesday 7am - 9pm
Thursday 7am - 9pm
Friday 7am - 9pm
Saturday 7am - 9pm
Sunday 7am - 9pm

Telephone

+13607348158

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