On Sunday, March 8, Lost River Co-op & Cafe help its 2026 Annual Meeting to share the state of the co-op, plans for the year and to hear from co-op members. Here is a recap of the meeting. Recap of 2025 2025 was a great year for produce. Last year marked the start of the mobile farm stand, which traveled to multiple counties with fresh produce. The co-op had 52 CSA participants. This year, the goal is to increase that number to 75. And we collaborated with many community part

This is a “state of the Co-op” newsletter as we look at the finish of 2025 and start of 2026. What is the status of Lost River Co-op & Cafe? The Co-op has run at a deficit all but two years of its 18 years in operation. It is only by the financial support of members, the community, and various grants that the Co-op continues to operate and fulfill its mission of “serving the needs of local growers, producers, and consumers by providing goods, services and healthy food choic

Lost River Co-op & Cafe hosted our 2025 Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 27. It was a great time with lunch boxes and important...

The building Lost River Market currently occupies was originally built in 1949 as a Jay-C grocery store. Through the decades the building...

A group of 16 people from the first meetings formed the first steering committee. The first step was becoming a legal entity. In June...

Lost River Market began as an idea. Together, as a community, we have the power to affect positive change within our communities and the...

“While Andrew Gerber claims no expertise or authority when it comes to Indian food, he has wandered through Raghaven Iyer’s cookbook for...

Lawrence county resident Jon Hoffman has been a salt of the earth, farming Hoosier all his life. Raised on a farm in Anderson, Indiana...