May 5th, 2025

May Change for Good: Food & Friends

Each May, Ashland Food Co-op highlights a local nonprofit doing vital work in our community—and this month, we're proud to feature Food & Friends, the only Meals on Wheels program serving Jackson and Josephine Counties.

Food & Friends goes far beyond delivering hot meals. Their mission is to improve the health, well-being, and independence of older adults and adults with disabilities by offering:

  • Nutritious meals delivered to homes

  • Congregate dining at 10 senior centers

  • Meaningful social connection through daily contact with caring volunteers

  • Regular safety net checks for those living alone

Each year, Food & Friends provides more than 235,000 meals to approximately 3,000 individuals in our region—many of whom would otherwise face food insecurity and isolation.

Their work is powered by dedicated volunteers who deliver more than 16,000 meals each month to people who are homebound due to illness, injury, or disability.

Your spare change makes a big difference. When you round up at the register this month, you're helping ensure that our neighbors can continue living independently, with dignity and care.

💛 Round up this May to support Food & Friends—and help nourish our community in every sense of the word.

More Co-op News

April 12th, 2022

Open House Hiring Event

The Ashland Food Co-op is excited to provide employees with a fun, professional workplace with potential for growth and advancement. We see every day as an opportunity to better our community, our planet, and ourselves! Eligible employees will receive a 15% employee discount on all store purchases, affordable healthcare, 3.5 weeks of paid time off in your first year for vacation and sick days, matching 401K plan after 1 year, productivity and profit sharing bonus opportunities, free organic produce every day... and so much more!

March 18th, 2022

Standing with Democracy

Our Community Food Co-op has joined, along with other co-ops across the nation, to donate to a Disaster Recovery Fund organized by National Co+op Grocers (NCG) Cooperation, Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) and National Co-op Business Association of the United States (NCBA CLUSA) to Co-op Ukraine to support cooperatives impacted by the war in Ukraine.