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Our Story

The idea for Hudson Grocery Cooperative began on the playground of Willow River Elementary School. As a group of neighbors watched our children play, we shared stories about our community and places we’d lived before. Of course, people have a common interest in food, and our discussion turned toward local grocery stores. We felt the void left in downtown Hudson when Econofoods closed. Some of us had enjoyed local grocery co-ops in our previous communities, and had appreciated the access those co-ops provided to local, sustainable food and the support given to local farms and independent producers.

This became the seed for a survey to gauge community interest in a neighborhood grocery store. Within two weeks of publishing our survey, we had over 200 positive responses!

After six months of further research, the Hudson Grocery Cooperative filed Articles of Incorporation and became a legal entity. Now we are taking the next big steps to build our founding member ownerships and lay the groundwork to open the doors to Hudson’s own local grocery co-op.

Learn More

View the Hudson Grocery Co-op Brochure to learn more about the co-op and how you can become an owner.

View the Hudson Grocery Co-op Board Meeting Minutes.

View the Hudson Grocery Co-op Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.

Meet Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors and our Committees are dedicated to making the Hudson Grocery Cooperative a reality.

Joe Rouleau

Joe Rouleau

President
HGC Owner #64 - Joe grew up in Northern MN, where he also volunteered, from 1995-2005, at Natural Harvest Food Co-op, which is now in its third building. The co-op is where he met his wife Maggie. The...

Erik Bjoraker

Vice President
HGC Owner #49 - Erik, his wife Susan and their three young children have lived in Hudson since 2007. Erik is a business operations leader with a wide range of experience in healthcare, computer system...

Sarah Atkins

Treasurer
HGC Owner #22 - As an entrepreneur, Sarah Atkins launched Archovations, Inc. in 1996. This national company is a manufacturer of building products for moisture management in building exteriors and the...
Hannah Baias

Hannah Baias

Secretary
HGC owner #625 - Hannah is a filmmaker with her husband Tim. Since launching their business in 2012 she has worked with various organic farm and humanitarian organizations to help them tell their stor...
Tavia Trulson

Tavia Trulson

Director
HGC owner #733 - As a world traveler, Tavia is an environmentalist, a sustainability enthusiast and food activist. She has supported the Sustainable Farming Movement since she was a young girl, sellin...
Clarence "Buck" Malick

Clarence “Buck” Malick

Director
HGC owner #231 - Buck has returned to the board to serve for the purpose of opening the store. He sees the opportunity to be the only community owned grocery in Hudson. Buck also sees the challenges ...
Emma Nelson

Emma Nelson

Director
HGC Owner  #663 - Emma has grown up and lived in the Hudson and River Falls area for the past 32 years. She has an extensive background in food and a passion for local agriculture and providing the c...
Paul Burke

Paul Burke

Director
HGC owner #679 - Paul has over 30 years of sales and marketing leadership within the Consumer Package Goods Industry; managing local, corporate, and global sales teams. He has also been an entreprene...

Erica Walgenbach

Director
HGC owner #672 - Erica moved to Hudson with her husband and two children two years ago. Growing up, Erica's family always had a small vegetable garden, a practice she maintains with her own children t...

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