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…
Learn About Blooming Prairie Founded in 2016, Blooming Prairie Natural Beef is located in Blooming Prairie, Minn. A year into their operations, they began offering 100% grass-fed beef, which Seward Co-op has been carrying since. Blooming Prairie keeps sustainability top of mind. Owning their own processing facility in Geneva, Minn., they are able to more…
October is National Co-op Month, when we recognize the values and principles upheld by cooperatives that demonstrate alternatives to capitalist business structures. All year, we celebrate and support the cooperative model, including collaborating with other cooperative businesses, whose products you can find on our shelves. Learn about some of the cooperatives you can support year-round…
Learn About Beeler’s In 1846, Fred Beeler immigrated to the United States from Germany and settled in Madison County, Iowa. He established a farm and began to raise pigs. Six generations later, his descendants are still raising pigs the traditional way he did—with a vegetarian diet, without antibiotics or bioengineered products. Support Small-Scale, Local Pork…
Husband and wife duo share their mission of encouraging others to treat themselves and spread defiant optimism with their cookies.
No matter whether you’re cooking with gas or over coals for Memorial Day, Juneteenth, the summer solstice, or just for dinner on a Tuesday night, Seward Co-op has meat and veggie options to get your sizzle on this summer.
About Milton Creamery The Musser Family has solely owned and operated Milton Creamery since 2006. Rufus and Jane moved from Pennsylvania to Milton, IA in 1992 for a change of pace from growing and selling produce to dairy farming. They milked cows and farmed 170 acres and eventually discovered cheesemaking. The Mussers, their neighbors and…
Buttermilk Falls CSA & Folk School Retreat Osceola, WI CSA Type: Vegetables, Meat, Maple Syrup, Flowers, Mutual Aid/Solidarity Share Drop Locations: Powderhorn, Kingfield Buttermilk Falls is a 60-member CSA farm nestled among the forests and prairie lands of the St. Croix River Valley. Named after the pristine waterfall, Buttermilk Falls CSA offers members organic produce…
Featherstone Farm Rushford, MN CSA Type: Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit, Eggs, Honey, Flour/grains, Garlic, Mutual aid option Drop Locations: Franklin & Friendship stores and more Featherstone Farm is a certified organic (MOSA) CSA farm. Their CSA shares are customized for each member and include fruit, vegetables and the option of an egg share add-on. It is…
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