Bloomingfoods is a community-owned cooperative grocery store with two locations and was founded in 1976. Since then, Bloomingfoods has continued to promote healthy, high quality, sustainable, and environmentally-sound products at a fair price. Bloomingfoods is dedicated and committed to providing the people of Bloomington and throughout South Central Indiana a market for local, fair and healthful products, produced with care for the land, animals, and future generations; a democratic cooperative-ownership model that provides meaningful employment and strengthens the community; a robust and sustainable local food economy with fair prices for producers and all owner-members; access to education on food systems, cooperative values, and the interconnectedness of food, health, and the environment. As a co-op, Bloomingfoods will always operate on a cooperative basis for the mutual benefit of its owners