FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Dissinger Todd 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2018 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. [NGVC] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE, 12612 WEST ALAMEDA PARKWAY 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) LAKEWOOD, CO 80228 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 4,484 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units (1)	  (2)	  (2)	Common Stock	5,406	$ (1)	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units (1)	  (3)	  (3)	Common Stock	8,100	$ (1)	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units (1)	  (4)	  (4)	Common Stock	60,066	$ (1)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dissinger Todd C/O NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE 12612 WEST ALAMEDA PARKWAY LAKEWOOD, CO 80228	Â	Â	  Chief Financial Officer	Â

Signatures

/s/ Todd Dissinger		01/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of NGVC common stock.
(2)	1,802 of these restricted stock units will vest on each of August 17, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
(3)	1,620 of these restricted stock units will vest on each of November 1, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
(4)	12,013 of these restricted stock units will vest on each of January 2, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and 12,014 of these restricted stock units will vest on January 2, 2023; provided, however, that all such restricted stock units that are unvested will become fully vested upon the occurrence of a change in control affecting the Company.

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