Welcome to the Co-op

The Tonasket Natural Foods Co-op supports local, organic, sustainable agriculture, with a commitment to social and environmentally responsible products. We are a hub for local products and services, and a source of information for healthy living.

Special Information for Current Events

21 W. 4th Street Tonasket, WA

(509) 486-4188

All Welcome, Membership Encouraged

All are welcome to shop here; you don't have to be a member. However, members enjoy monthly sale prices and other benefits. Store prices are marked for all shoppers. Co-op members, show your card to receive member sale prices.

Travelers: If you are a member of another co-op visiting the area, please show your card to receive the sale price. If you become a resident of our community, please join our co-op to continue to receive member discounts and benefits.

The membership fee is $50, payable all at once or at the rate of $10 per year. Ask a co-op cashier for details. This individual lifetime membership is partially refundable ($40) with a 90-day notice. Seniors 65 and over pay half price.

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Lunch Options

Hot soup and entrees Monday-Friday.	Fresh Food from the Deli
See Facebook for Daily options. Available all day until soup is gone.

	Check out our Deli Lunch Menu Deli window open Every Day from 11am to 2pm. Call ahead for fast service.
	Sandwiches made to order or grab & go from the deli case.

Large Selection of Natural Foods & Gifts

Large Selection of Coffee, Tea and Spices

Featured Products Organic and local produce Frozen Meat & Seafood Craft Beers and Wines Herbs and Spices Coffee and Tea Unique Gifts & Clothing Housewares Nutritional Supplements Health & Beauty Aids Local Eggs Vegan Selections Hot entrees, soups, salads, & sandwiches Bulk Foods

Bulk Foods We encourage recycling by stocking many items in bulk. You can purchase containers or bring your own bottles and bags from home. We will reuse your clean, extra shopping bags. Serve yourself with scoops provided. Mark the price per pound on your bag with marking pens located throughout the store. Feel free to ask our staff or other shoppers if you have any questions. You can also order bulk amounts of some products from our suppliers. Bulk Order Policies

Local and Regional Producers

Local and regional producers provide a large selection of products that we feature at the co-op. New items added as they become available.

• Fruits and Vegetables

  • 
    Applecart Fruit - Tonasket
    
  • Grandpa's Home Place
  • Iris Rock Farm - Omak
  • High Mountain Farm - Oroville
  • Art Heineman - Tonasket
  • Riversong Farm - Tonasket
  • Scott and Julie's Organic Fruits - Tonasket
  • Growing Resilience - Tonasket
  • Okanogan Producers Marketing Association - OPMA - Okanogan

• Eggs

  Raintree Farm - Tonasket

• Honey

  Cougar Canyon Apiary - Malott

• Fish

  Misty Fjord Salmon - Alaskan caught - Winthrop based

• Meat

  • Oberg Beef - Tonasket
  • Anderson Ranch Lamb - Brownsville, Oregon
  • Knee Deep Cattle Ranch - Eugene, Oregon

• Salsa and other products

  • Clover's Marketplace Apple Salsa - Okanogan Grown/Wenatchee Produced
  • Portland Mustard and Ketchup - Portland, Oregon
  • Lesley Stowe Crisps - British Columbia - Canada

• Wine and Beer from Washington and Oregon

• Consignment & Local Products

  	Check out the Consignment shelves for locally made soaps and salves.
  	We also have books from local authors and CD's by local recording artists.

The C0-op in Our Community

The Co-op participates in the local comunity including the Tonasket Founder's Day Parade. (Seen above on our 20th anniversary in 1997)

• We donate $50.00 monthly to the Food Bank
• We donate salad monthly to CCC community meal
• $500.00 scholarship to child of a member each year
• Numerous donations over the year to numerous events, charities, and hardship fundraising situations.

Co-op members gathered in the garden area for a picnic celebrating the 40th anniversary of our co-op.

The Tonasket Natural Foods Co-op

Owned By The Members

Operated By Paid Staff

Oversight & Guidance From The Board Of Directors

Board of Directors

• Aaron Kester
• Deborah Vester
• Charlene Rich
• Ron Jones-Edwards
• Peggy Tofte
• Patti House

Co-op By-Laws and other Documents

• View a pdf of bylaws and other board documents.

Co-op History

The Tonasket Natural Foods Co-op was formerly named the Okanogan River Natural Foods Co-op and has been operating in its present location, 21 West 4th Street in Tonasket, since 1980.

• 1975 - Started selling bulk foods in a small house west of the Okanogan River - called Coniunctio.
• 1977 - Incorporated as a Washington State non-profit organization run by volunteers called the Turning Point Co-op.
• 1978 - Store moved to the old laundromat in Ellisforde. The name changed to Okanogan River Natural Foods Co-op.
• 1980 - Moved to old Teed's Pop Shoppe on 4th in Tonasket.
• 1988 - Received a loan from a community member to purchase the building. Repayment of the loan was the source of the Okanogan Community Consciousness Fund.
• 2007 - Name changed to Tonasket Natural Foods Co-op.
• 2008 - Garden Room opened, built by volunteers.

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