Echollective Farm
Mechanicsville, Iowa
Echollective Farm feels more like a family than a business. Members of this collective garden and CSA make their decisions gathered around the kitchen table.
Locally Grown
Locally Grown
As a Co-op, we buy from over 20 local farms, nearly all within a couple hours drive of our stores. We also partner with another 100+ local producers to bring you Iowa’s best and freshest products (Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois too).
Year round, you can find hundreds of local products at your Co-op and literally thousands during our summer and fall seasons. Yes, even in our prepared foods.
So if you missed the farmers’ market, you’re in luck! You can find products from the growers and local businesses you love right here at the Co-op.
Just look for the local marker!
It's Iowa grown or within 250 miles of our store.
So why do we stock local products?
- They just taste better.
- Product is fresh, in season and harvested when ripe (not before). Some of our local growers even deliver produce the day it is picked. Doesn't get fresher than that!
- Meats are fresh and from the same small herd or flock.
- We support our neighbors and our community.
- Less drive time = smaller carbon footprint.
If you like the farmers market, you’ll like the Co-op too.
That’s because many of the local growers and producers you see at the farmer’s market, also sell to the Co-op.
Year-round, you’ll find hundreds of local products on our shelves and even more during our summer and fall seasons.
Are you a SNAP participant?
Enjoy local produce at a discounted price through our partnership with Iowa Healthiest State Initiative’s Double Up Food Bucks Program.
SNAP & WIC participants can save 10% everyday on every purchase with a co-op membership.
Meet Our Local Growers
We think you’ll like our partners as much as we do!
Beeler's Pure Pork
Their Heluka® breed and method of farming focuses on keeping their hogs stress-free: raising them with compassion, plenty of access to spacious bedded areas and sunshine, vegetarian feed, and no antibiotics or hormones.
Le Mars, Iowa
O's Grill
From a humble hot dog cart to a food truck and now a brick-and-mortar restaurant, O’s Grill has been serving fresh, flavorful Mediterranean cuisine to Cedar Rapids for over 15 years.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Buffalo Ridge Orchard
The best thing about being an apple farmer is that, unlike a ripe tomato, [an apple] doesn’t have to be picked right now. It can wait until tomorrow. It is a nice pace.”
Central City, IA
Tiny But Mighty Popcorn
This is the most flavorful popcorn we’ve tasted – and its hulls explode so they don’t get stuck in your teeth.
Shellsburg, IA