About Us
The Local Grocer is owned and operated by Heather Chase and Russell Van Deursen. Both are avid gardeners and passionate about issues of local food, the environment, permaculture and natural living. Heather’s background as a Clinical Herbalist and Holistic Nutritional Consultant combined with her extensive work experience in the food service industry in the Valley has prepared her for the multi-faceted role as business owner of The Local Grocer. When Russ isn’t making the best cookies in town or creating delicious raw chocolate desserts he is using his skills as a permaculture designer at their home, Mountain Flower Farm. Vegetables, herbs, and grass-fed meat from the farm are sold in the market and a four season greenhouse is in the works.
Their vision is a marriage of the two locations to provide the community with local and organically raised food and farm fresh products.
Our mission is to provide our community with delicious healthy food and natural living products; organic and local when possible, but always all-natural. Our health food market offers a wide variety of products to meet your weekly grocery needs. We have a large gluten-free section and strive to offer products that meet special dietary needs. We have a comprehensive herb and supplement section and a clinical herbalist on staff to help with your buying choices. We put time and effort into researching everything in the store, making sure we provide you with quality, healthy, ethical products.
Our breakfast and lunch café offers original, delicious and healthy menu options, meeting diverse dietary needs and choices. We use 100% organic produce, and our meats and cheeses are truly all-natural – no antibiotics, growth hormones or preservatives. Our eggs are organic, free-range, and locally-raised when possible. We offer many gluten-free items on our menu as well as in our deli. Our grab-and-go deli selection is quite extensive for those days when you are on the run but still want to eat healthily, and our coffee is organic and locally roasted. We believe in using local products whenever possible. This not only helps support our local economy, but also to cut down on our use of natural resources.
The Community and our Visitors
We feel good about being a green business; using petroleum-free, recycled and compostable to-go containers, cups, napkins, and cutlery, and minimizing our waste stream through comprehensive recycling and composting.
We also offer workshops and classes on issues pertaining to holistic health and natural living. We are striving to be a resource for our community; providing information, education, wholesome food and a place to be that feels good
