Co-op History

Celebrating 2025 National Co-op Month!

October is Co-op Month, and co-ops are getting major international attention this year: The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year...

Owner Appreciation Sept. 13 – 21

https://greenstar.coop/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/September-2025-Owner-Appreciation-805x1024.jpg GreenStar Members - Save 15% on one shopping trip of your choice between September 13 and 21. Become a...

2024 Patronage Refund

PATRONAGE REFUND REDEMPTION EXPIRATION DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2026 Congratulations GreenStar Members! Thank you for making 2024 a great year for...

GreenStar Workers United Ratifies First Agreement with Co-op Management

July 15, 2025 -  Members of GreenStar Workers United, representing over 140 workers at GreenStar Food Co-op voted 90% in...

Cooperators in the Community Marks 2 Years

A Discount Program that Embodies the Cooperative Spirit GreenStar’s Cooperators in the Community program, an opportunity for GreenStar members to...

Co-ops Across US Shine Brightly at CCMA 2025 “Lighting the Way”

from Kristen Moore, Council Member Incredible warmth and strength was the feeling generated during the Consumer Cooperative Management Association’s 2025...

Frederick Douglass and Co-ops in 1846

By David J Thompson. 2021 https://www.ncb.coop/blog/ncb-frederick-douglass-and-co-ops-in-1846 Frederick Douglass drew himself up to his height of just over 6 feet, looked...

You’re Invited to our 50ish Anniversary Celebration

This June marks GreenStar’s 52nd year, and we are celebrating our longevity with a 50-ish celebration on Sunday, June 25th,...

Reusable Food Containers Now Available to Rent

Published in Spring 2023 GreenLeaf Quarterly Newsletter GreenStar Food Co+op is partnering with Dish Truck, the locally-owned business known for...

50th Anniversary Design Contest

GreenStar Members - Vote for Your Favorite Design by May 23! In commemoration of our 50th Anniversary,  we’re holding a...

Voted Finger Lakes Favorite Grocery Store – 2022

GreenStar Food Co+op has been named both Finger Lakes Favorite Grocery Store and Favorite Place to Buy Meat for the...

National Co+op Grocers Condemns White Supremacy and Racially Motivated Violence

GreenStar Food Co+op stands in support of black communities locally, regionally, and across the country and with those directly impacted...