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WHO WE ARE

Anchorage’s first “unpackaged” mom-and-mom old-world refillery market. We provide convenient eco-friendly grocery, household and personal care choices for conscious consumers who wish to minimize waste, shop locally, give back and eliminate single-use plastics. A community-centered social enterprise, we give 1% back every day and feature locally made products.

TRANSPARENT

We do the research so you don’t have to! We are transparent about who our vendors are and how our products are made. We vet and label all of our products, and rate them based on our Blue Market Standard of sustainable, humanitarian, community-minded practices.
We are also honest about the waste that we can’t avoid.

SUSTAINABLE

We offer creative sustainable options for purchasing items with re-usable, repurposed, and recycled containers (new, from our "containers lending library," or from your kitchen).
Our Refillery Supports:
Refuse
Reduce
Reuse
Repurpose
Recycle

CONNECTED

Our store is more than just a shopping experience - it is inviting and creative, a conscious community of local vendors, shoppers and concerned citizens who want to change their habits to ensure a healthy planet.
Some ways we contribute:
1% Giving Back Program
Local Makers Pop-ups
Talk & Tinker Tuesdays
Partnerships

our 2023 2nd Quarter
1% Giving Back Recipient

Fresh International Gardens (FIG) is a refugee-run farming co-op, made possible by Catholic Social Services Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services (RAIS).

The FIG co-op has been building healthy refugee communities since 2007 by helping new Alaskans develop English-language and small business skills, access fresh vegetables, and earn supplemental income. 100% of FIG earnings are paid out directly to FIG gardeners. FIG promotes a healthy working and learning environment where everyone has a role to play and can bring their gifts to the co-op. The core focus of FIG is to promote wellbeing in refugee communities.
FIG works on several farming plots around Anchorage, including the Global Garden plot at Grow North Farm, where RAIS clients learn how to be part of a small food-based business. Some FIG gardeners go on to launch their own businesses on other Grow North Farm plots, combining FIG’s agricultural expertise with Grow North Farm’s business development and infrastructure, made possible by a partnership between CSS/RAIS and Anchorage Community Land Trust.

How Can You Support FIG? Do you enjoy fresh summer produce and supporting the Alaskan refugee community? If so, you should consider registering for our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)!
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a sales model in which neighbors (that’s you!) enter a partnership with a farm by purchasing a share of the season’s produce at the beginning of the summer which supports our work of providing income-generating opportunities for refugees while they build job skills, English skills, and community in their new home. The CSA subscription gives consumers access to a curated selection of herbs, vegetables, and flowers every week during the CSA season.

Our CSA is kept intentionally small to ensure we have enough vegetables to sell to other outlets. If our CSA is sold out and you are interested in being on the outreach list for 2024, please email figsales@cssalaska.org.

Otherwise, you can still support farmers by visiting the Grow North Farm farmstand! Learn more about CSA!

1% Giving Back recipients

Fresh International Gardens (FIG)
(current until June 30, 2023)

Past Recipients (since August 2019):
Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management
Children's Lunchbox / Beans Cafe
Bike Anchorage
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Alaska Wildlife Alliance
Alaska Common Ground
Cook Inletkeeper
Anchorage Waterways Council
Alaska Food Policy Council
Alaska Sealife Center
Alaska Seeds of Change
AYEA (Alaska Youth for Environmental Action)
Alaska Marine Conservation Council
Friends of Fish Creek

2022 Statistics:
WITH just a sampling of our more popular products, we (and our customers) saved over 24,000 pieces of garbage from entering the Landfill in 2022!

Most of our amazing Blue Market AK family. OUR STAFF ROCK!!!

You can sign up yourself on the Events tab of the website!

WHAT we do

Re-use/ Repurpose / Recycle
Vet vendors for sustainability
Essential grocery, home, health
Refill your containers (or ours)
Support Local Vendors (currently 54% of our vendors are local)
Giving Back - 1% every day
No single-use-plastics
Minimize waste
Build Community

our little blue market cart had a sampling of the products we now carry in our store

why we do it

To ensure that our blue planet's oceans and earth are healthy, sustainable, and endure for generations to come.
To be Anchorage's first neighborhood "unpackaged" refill store.
To foster a shift from quick, disposable shopping to mindful eco-friendly purchasing habits.
To join the global “zero-waste” movement.
To eliminate single-use plastics.
To emphasize sustainable local production.
To be a community-minded social enterprise

HOW we do it

Provide a shopping experience free from one-time-use-plastic-packaging
Alaska made/grown products (~40% currently)
Offer ethically-sourced products: fair trade, repurposed/recycled materials; unpackaged; from companies that give back to their communities
Reduce our carbon footprint
Build a conscious community of environmentally-aware consumers
Give back to earth-friendly causes every day as 1% of our revenue goes to a nonprofit chosen for the quarter.