Tom’s Natural Foods Cooperative, Inc.

Tom’s Natural Foods Cooperative, Inc. is a community-owned grocery in Clinton, the Oneida County village that is home to Hamilton College. The store is the same Tom’s that locals know and love, now owned cooperatively by the people who shop there. Clinton is known for its village green.

A food co-op is a grocery store owned by its community rather than by investors, and it focuses on natural, organic, fresh, locally sourced and bulk foods. The co-op is looking for a new home in or near the village, with room to grow and be more accessible.

What to Know

• It is a cooperative, which means shoppers can become members and co-owners.
• The focus is natural, organic, fresh and locally sourced food, plus bulk items.
• Co-ops like this get to know local farmers and food makers by name.
• The co-op is searching for a new location in or near the village of Clinton.