{"id":473,"date":"2013-11-22T02:09:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T07:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2023-09-14T13:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:21:22","slug":"area-bulk-buying-co-ops-or-buying-clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/area-bulk-buying-co-ops-or-buying-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Bulk Buying Clubs or Co-Ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We asked for suggestions for this page and this is what we found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/AzureStandard.com\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">AzureStandard.com<\/a> has drop spots in Grand Rapids.<\/li>\n<li>Sue: \u00a0&#8220;<em>This is not in Grand Rapids but I LOVE Country Life Natural Foods, an awesome\u00a0food\u00a0coop in Pullman, about an hour&#8217;s drive from Grand Rapids. \u00a0I buy 25 pound bags of organic wheat berries there plus lots of other things. \u00a0They are run by the Seventh Day Adventists. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clnf.org\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here is their web site<\/a>.\u00a0 You do not have to be a member; anyone can shop there. \u00a0They are vegetarians, so no meat products, but a huge variety of other, mostly organic items at a very good price. \u00a0A huge variety of grains, seeds, nuts, coconut oil, etc.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Delton Food Co-op &#8211; Contact Person:\u00a0 Christyl Burnett\u00a0 <a href=\"tel:269-795-3133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">269-795-3133<\/a>.\u00a0 Orders every 4 weeks from UNFI, orders every 4 to 6 months from Frontier, orders every 3 to 6 months from Farm Country Cheese in Lakeview, MI.\u00a0 Pick up in Delton (Barry County).<\/li>\n<li>Raw Honey Group Order &#8211; Contact Person:\u00a0 Lucinda Moody\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:moodylk@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moodylk@yahoo.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Order every few months throughout the year.\u00a0 Also organizes other group buys throughout the year for things like olive oil, raw almonds, Country Life, Green Pasture, coconut oil, etc.\u00a0 Pick up at home in NW Barry County or per arrangements.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westmichigancoop.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit this link for the West Michigan Co-op<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Be sure to check our <a href=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/local-food-sources\/\">local food sources page<\/a> as many of our local farmers have drops around town!<\/li>\n<li><strong>There may be other co-ops or buying clubs around town but they could be full if you don&#8217;t see them listed here.\u00a0 If you know of more we could add to this list or if some of these are no longer in business, please let us know by emailing: <a href=\"mailto:Kelly@KellytheKitchenKop.com\">Kelly@KellytheKitchenKop.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked for suggestions for this page and this is what we found: AzureStandard.com has drop spots in Grand Rapids. Sue: \u00a0&#8220;This is not in Grand Rapids but I LOVE Country Life Natural Foods, an awesome\u00a0food\u00a0coop in Pullman, about an hour&#8217;s drive from Grand Rapids. \u00a0I buy 25 pound bags of organic wheat berries there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/area-bulk-buying-co-ops-or-buying-clubs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-473","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/grandrapidsmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}