On a blustery, early spring day in March, an attentive, excited multi-generational group gathered in the community seating area at the Franklin store to celebrate the recent sale of the “Creamery” building to North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS). Darren Thompson, an Ojibwe flute player from the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Indian Reservation in…
Connecting in Community Thank you to all who joined us for the 2024 Annual Owner Meeting and Social Hour on Oct. 28, 2024. On a windy but beautiful Monday evening, we gathered to share the results of the board of directors’ election and for the announcement of all grant recipients for 2025, including SEED, the…
It may have been another year of cloudy weather for the 2024 Seward Co-op CSA Fair, but the atmosphere under the tent was bright, warm, and full of excitement to support a thriving local food system. Well over a dozen farms and producers attended the 23rd annual fair, where they chatted with community members about…
Thank you to all who visited the Franklin store during our remodel celebration on Dec. 9! We had a great time showing off the store updates and hosting Community Foods demos with Sweet Science ice cream, Quebracho empanadas, Baba’s hummus, and Homestead Honey. Members from the board of directors stopped by to offer hot cider,…
After many months of extensive renovation work, the Franklin store remodel is wrapping up. We want to extend our biggest thanks to all the staff and contractors who made it happen. Seward Co-op staff have been diligent, patient, and adaptable through the entire process, and we’re both grateful and excited to have a new and…
52nd Annual Owner Meeting: Reconnecting in Community Thank you to all who joined us for the return of the in-person Annual Owner Meeting on Oct. 24, 2023. For the first time in three years, we gathered to share the results of the board of directors’ election and for the announcement of all grant recipients for…
This Father’s Day, I’m reflecting in gratitude about one of my favorite people: my dad. The man can build or fix anything and throughout my life, I’ve watched him expertly dive headfirst into countless hobbies like hunting, gardening, bowling, riding motorcycles, and more. He taught me some of my favorite recipes, introduced me to some…
The Franklin store is now nearly 15 years old, and it needs significant upgrades and repairs. Because of this, we are planning a major renovation of the sales floor in the summer of 2023. One of the primary goals of the renovation is to provide a completely new and improved experience for co-op customers and…
The forecast may have been cloudy, but the 22nd Annual Seward Co-op CSA Fair was a clear success. Representatives from more than twenty local farms set up under the tent to meet and talk with community members about their available CSA shares, offer samples, and demonstrate the value of a robust local food system. From…
“The Franklin Co-operative Creamery Association is the climax of an ideal which has for its goal the attainment of the highest degree of perfection in the production and distribution of Milk and its kindred products. In the pursuit of this ideal the Franklin elected to be founded on the Co-operative principle where service to the…
