Welcome
Foothills Co-op
Welcome to the Foothills Co-op online site. We encourage you to take some time and browse through the site. We hope to answer most, if not all, of your questions about a co-op, as well as more specific information concerning the Foothills Co-op.
The website has detailed information about how the Foothills Co-op works, becoming a member and a great FAQ’s section.
We welcome one and all . . . come on in, put your feet up and learn more about the great benefits of member-ran co-ops!
ORDER PICK-UP
Order pick-up takes place at the St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Richmond, KY.
Unless otherwise stated, all pickups are at St Thomas Lutheran Church, located at 1285 Barnes Mill Rd, Richmond, KY. To get there from US-75, take exit 87 (Rt 876) west (away from Richmond); St Thomas Church will be about 0.9 miles on the left.
You can see a map by going to Google Maps (maps.google.com) and searching for the above address.
Pick-up will typically take place on a Thursday for a one-hour period sometime between 8:30 – 11 a.m. depending on the arrival of the UNFI delivery truck. We will usually know the 1-hour pick-up time period after 2 p.m. on the Monday before the Thursday pick-up. If you place an order, you will receive an e-mail sometime Monday after 2 p.m. notifying you of the pick-up time.
Please remember that the Foothills Co-op is NOT a store. We are simply a group of individuals and anyone working for the co-op is doing so out of kindness as we all volunteer our time to keep it running. There are no other options for pick-up. Please do not order unless you know that you can either pick-up your order or have a friend/relative pick-up your order. We do not have storage to keep your order.
ORGANIC LIVING
Kentucky has fantastic resources to help with organic and sustainable living but one must know where to look to find all of the great local resources Kentucky has to offer. Look no further! We’ve put together a great page of Kentucky resources along with links to local events. Come and explore them at:
Local Resources and Events
Would you like to learn more about organic and natural-foods? What about sustainability? There is a lot of great information available concerning all of these issues online. The trick is finding information that is reliable. Here are a few good places to begin learning more about various sustainability, eco-friendly living, organics and much more:
http://www.grinningplanet.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organichomesteadinggardening
http://www.berea.edu/anr/
http://www.thegreenguide.com/
NEWS
UNFI has informed us that we will now be on a “scheduled” delivery. This means that our monthly schedule is pushed ahead by one week. Our delivery day will be on a Thursday some time between 8:30 – 11:00 am. This change is not optional but in some ways will make pick-up better because now we will know the day and time range for pick-up.
EVENTS
Hopefully, the future may bring some member gatherings. If and when those are planned the dates and details will be listed here.
