Seward Community Co-op

DIY Soap Making for Holiday Gifts
2024-12-04 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Make your own customizable soap as holiday gifts! Join Longfellow Soap owner John Hanson to learn soap making techniques. Students will receive a free silicone mold and class manual at the class.

John Hanson, Longfellow Soap
$40/$35 for Seward Co-op owners
This is an in-person class at our Franklin location. Please RSVP in advance. Registration closes the day before class.

Seward Frolic- Hot Cocoa Social and Staff Art Fair
2024-12-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Stop by the Franklin store during the annual Seward Frolic! Enjoy hot cocoa, live music, and giveaways at this festive event.

Free non-dairy hot cocoa (with vegan marshmallows!)
Live music with Charmin Michelle & Joel Shapira
Seward Co-op staff art fair
Giveaways of tons of Seward Co-op swag
Shop the store to browse gifts, treats, and more.
More information about the Seward Frolic can be found here.

Free! Registration not required but if you register via Eventbrite you will recieve a reminder email the day before the event.

Wellness Wednesday
2024-12-18, 2025-05-28 | Both Stores, MN, United States
Wellness Wednesday is here! Receive 10% off all supplements and personal care products, including regular and sale-priced items. Discounted items include thoughtfully-sourced skin and hair care, supplements, vitamins, protein powder, deodorant, toothpaste, menstruation products, and more. Wellness Wednesday discounts are available to owners and non-owners alike and can be combined with owners’ quarterly 10% discount.

Microgreens! Kids Cooking Class - Dumplings
2024-12-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Kids ages 8-12 and their parent/guardian are invited to learn how to prepare simple, tasty meals using new and familiar ingredients found at Seward Co-op. We’ll learn basics of kitchen safety and give hands-on demonstrations with recipes you can make with your whole family!
Jess Toliver, Jess Delicious Living
$5 / free for kids
This is an in-person class at our Friendship store location. Please RSVP in advance. Registration closes the day before class.

About Microgreens!
Microgreens is a Seward Co-op program designed to start getting young people to think about sustainability, engage with their communities, and build healthy relationships with local food systems, all while making food fun!
Microgreens makes the world of cooperatives, sustainably sourced food, and sustainable communities accessible and enjoyable to the youngest Seward Co-op shoppers.
You can learn more and find kid-friendly recipes & projects here!

Seward Co-op Sausage Tasting
2025-01-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Did you know that Seward Co-op makes our own sausages in-house? Join Seward Co-op staff Jack (he/they) and Moriah (she/they) to taste your way through a variety of sausages. Along with a demonstration of how the sausage is stuffed and linked, you’ll walk away knowing more about the flavors and cooking methods for both our seasonal and year-round varieties.
$5 / free for Seward Co-op owners
Jack and Moriah, Seward Co-op Friendship Store Meat Department Staff
This is an in-person class at our Friendship store location. Please RSVP in advance. Registration closes the day before class.

Microgreens! Kids Cooking Class - Onigiri
2025-01-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States

Wellness Wednesday
2025-01-22, 2025-02-26, 2025-03-26, 2025-04-23

Board of Directors January Meeting
2025-01-28 18:15 - 20:30
Meetings of Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors are open to any co-op owner. This board meeting is virtual and will be held Tuesday, January 28. To indicate your intention to attend, please email board@seward.coop prior to January 28. This will allow us to provide you the virtual meeting link. Captions are available upon request, and if you have a need for other accommodations, please include them in your email and we will do our best to meet them.
Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is comprised of nine elected co-op owners who serve the co-op for three-year terms. The board typically meets 9-10 times a year on the last Tuesday of the month, at 6:15 p.m. The co-op’s board of directors appreciates hearing from you! They are available to answer questions and provide information about cooperative governance.

DIY Soap Making Date Night!
2025-02-12 18:00 - 20:30 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Sign up solo, with a partner, or with a friend for a fun and casual soap making workshop this Valentine’s Day! Join Longfellow Soap owner John Hanson for an in-person class at the Friendship store to learn how to make your own soap. Sparkling juice and chocolate will be provided! Students will also receive a free silicone mold and class manual at the class.
In-person class at our Friendship location. Please RSVP in advance. Registration closes the day before class.
$40/$35 for Seward Co-op owners
Instructor: John Hanson, Longfellow Soap

Championing Black Voices in MN - Honoring the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
2025-02-20 16:30 - 17:30 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Join us in welcoming James L. Stroud Jr., historian and author, for a conversation about the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper. Enjoy refreshments and explore the history of the MSR and the activists who founded it. James will share some remarks on the legacy of Black journalism and impact of MSR’s 90 years of being a cultural resource in the Twin Cities, and specifically within the historic corridor of Black culture right here on 38th street.
Friendship store classroom
Free! Registration not required but if you register via Eventbrite you will receive a reminder email the day before the event.
James “Jimmy” L. Stroud, Jr.is a writer and photographer as well as an self-described “house historian” of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Newspaper. He currently teaches students K-6 in the St. Paul school district and is working on 2 book projects.

Board of Directors February Meeting
2025-02-25 18:15 - 20:30
Meetings of Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors are open to any co-op owner. This board meeting is virtual and will be held Tuesday, February 25. To indicate your intention to attend, please email board@seward.coop prior to February 25. This will allow us to provide you the virtual meeting link. Captions are available upon request, and if you have a need for other accommodations, please include them in your email and we will do our best to meet them.
Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is comprised of nine elected co-op owners who serve the co-op for three-year terms. The board typically meets 9-10 times a year on the last Tuesday of the month, at 6:15 p.m. The co-op’s board of directors appreciates hearing from you! They are available to answer questions and provide information about cooperative governance.

Pi(e) Day Sale
2025-03-14 | Both Stores, MN, United States
On March 14 (3.14) celebrate Pi(e) Day with us by saving 15% on all Seward-made whole and half pies and slices. Offer is valid at both stores, while supplies last.

Meet & Greet with NATIFS and Sean Sherman
2025-03-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
We are celebrating the recent sale of the “Creamery building” to North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS), the nonprofit founded by James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Sherman. The new facility, named NATIFS Wóyute Thipi, will serve as a central hub for the organization’s expanding work in Indigenous food systems and community development.
Join us in the Franklin store community seating area for a meet and greet with Sean Sherman, Founder and Executive Director of NATIFS. We have had the pleasure and honor of partnering with Sean Sherman over the years to uplift native cultural and culinary traditions.
Live music will be provided by Darren Thompson, an Ojibwe flute player from the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Indian Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Darren has served communities and movements in cultural, creative, and resourceful ways that address American Indian cultural revitalization, history, and partnership. https://darrenthompson.net/
Enjoy tea and sun cookies from NATIFS’ Indigenous Food Lab Market and learn how you can help support NATIFS in expanding their mission in the community and continuing their work to decolonize cuisine and revitalize Native foodways in the Twin Cities and beyond.
Free! Registration not required but if you register via Eventbrite you will receive a reminder email the day before the event.

Board of Directors March Meeting
2025-03-25 18:15 - 20:15
Meetings of Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors are open to any co-op owner. This board meeting is virtual and will be held Tuesday, March 25. To indicate your intention to attend, please email board@seward.coop prior to March 25. This will allow us to provide you the virtual meeting link. Captions are available upon request, and if you have a need for other accommodations, please include them in your email and we will do our best to meet them.
Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is comprised of nine elected co-op owners who serve the co-op for three-year terms. The board typically meets 9-10 times a year on the last Tuesday of the month, at 6:15 p.m. The co-op’s board of directors appreciates hearing from you! They are available to answer questions and provide information about cooperative governance.

All About Mushroom Supplements- Immune Support & More with Host Defense
2025-03-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Host Defense specializes in mushroom mycelium-based supplements to support natural immunity and whole body wellness. Come learn about all of the benefits of beneficial mushrooms and enjoy 10% off your purchase for Wellness Wednesday. All attendees will receive free samples and will be entered in a raffle to win a Host Defense gift basket!
$10/$5 for Seward co-op owners
Renee Pinello, Host Defense Educator

East African Cooking
2025-04-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Sold out, join the waitlist at the Eventbrite link below!
‘Join chef Shegitu Kebede to learn how to make delicious and healthy Eritrean, Ethiopian, and Somali dishes.
$15 / $10 for Seward Co-op owners
Instructor: Shegitu Kebede

April SEED recipient tabling - Daryeel Youth Services
2025-04-05 11:00 - 14:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Come meet this month’s SEED recipient! Learn about their work and ask questions, and say “yes!” to rounding up for them at the registers when you check out!
Daryeel Youth Services provides weekly street outreach, education, basic needs resources, and resource and program referrals to East African young people ages 12-25 who are experiencing challenges of homelessness, substance use disorder, and interactions with the criminal justice system. They also educate and engage the families of these young people, as well as elders and other concerned community members.

April SEED recipient tabling – Daryeel Youth Services
2025-04-06 11:00 - 14:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States

Microgreens Kids Class: Cascarones - A Smashing Mexican Easter Tradition!
2025-04-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Learn about the Mexican tradition of making and enjoying cascarones- decorated, confetti-filled eggs used for Easter celebrations. Seward Co-op staff member Natalia Mendez will share stories from their family about the history of the eggs, as well as instruct how to make, decorate, and enjoy them – with a crack over the heads of friends! This is a family-friendly, hands-on event.

Microgreens makes the world of cooperatives, sustainably sourced food, and sustainable communities accessible and enjoyable to the youngest Seward Co-op shoppers.
Learn more about Microgreens here!

CANCELLED All About Edibles
2025-04-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
This class has been cancelled.
Whether you’re curious or are a seasoned edibles user, come learn about the importance of balancing use to keep your nervous system working optimally. We’ll explore heritage strains and learn how to choose products that work with your body’s needs. Enjoy 10% off your purchase of CV Sciences products for Wellness Wednesday.
$10 / $5 for Seward Co-op owners
Maggie Frank, CV Sciences National Educator
Note- This is a 21+ class – instructors will be checking IDs at the start of class.

Board of Directors April Meeting
2025-04-29 18:15 - 20:30
Meetings of Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors are open to any co-op owner. This board meeting is virtual and will be held Tuesday, April 29. To indicate your intention to attend, please email board@seward.coop prior to April 29. This will allow us to provide you the virtual meeting link. Captions are available upon request, and if you have a need for other accommodations, please include them in your email and we will do our best to meet them.
Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is comprised of nine elected co-op owners who serve the co-op for three-year terms. The board typically meets 9-10 times a year on the last Tuesday of the month, at 6:15 p.m. The co-op’s board of directors appreciates hearing from you! They are available to answer questions and provide information about cooperative governance.

Seward Co-op Board of Directors Tabling
2025-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Franklin Store, 2823 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55406, United States
Stop by to meet with a member of Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors! They will be tabling at the stores throughout the summer to chat and answer any questions you may have about their role in guiding the work of Seward Co-op.

Find out what the Board is currently working on and what’s coming up at Seward Co-op
Learn about running for the Seward Co-op board in this year’s Board elections
Get information on the Seward Co-op Ownership Stock Increase Ballot Proposal
And more!

No need to register or RSVP, you can find the Board table with the bright green tablecloth during your shopping trip.

Information Session for Board Candidates
2025-05-27 17:15 - 18:00
Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors invites potential candidates to learn about cooperative governance and the 2025 board election. Candidates must be current owners of Seward Co-op and be committed to the long-term sustainability of our co-op.
All candidates are required to attend an online information session + a board meeting to be eligible to run in the election. Upcoming meeting dates are May 27 and June 24. A standalone info session will be scheduled in July based on potential candidate’s need. Learn more about becoming a board member here.
At the Candidate Information Session beginning at 5:15 p.m., you’ll hear from current directors and receive documents detailing the expectations of candidates. All interested candidates will need to submit a form and essay by Aug. 1. Please email board@seward.coop to receive Zoom meeting information.

Board of Directors May Meeting
2025-05-27 18:15 - 21:00
Meetings of Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors are open to any co-op owner. This board meeting is virtual and will be held Tuesday, May 27. To indicate your intention to attend, please email board@seward.coop prior to May 27. This will allow us to provide you the virtual meeting link. Captions are available upon request, and if you have a need for other accommodations, please include them in your email and we will do our best to meet them.
Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is comprised of nine elected co-op owners who serve the co-op for three-year terms. The board typically meets 9-10 times a year on the last Tuesday of the month, at 6:15 p.m. The co-op’s board of directors appreciates hearing from you! They are available to answer questions and provide information about cooperative governance.
This meeting is preceded by an Information Session for owners interested in running for the board. To learn more click here.

June SEED recipient tabling – RECLAIM
2025-06-08 11:00 - 14:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
Come meet this month’s SEED recipient! Learn about their work and ask questions, and say “yes!” to rounding up for them at the registers when you check out!
RECLAIM provides financially accessible, specialized mental health care to queer and trans youth ages 12-25. SEED funds will offset therapy fees clients are unable to pay to help cover therapists’ salaries and ensure that RECLAIM’s work continues to remain financially accessible for all who need it.

Seward Co-op Board of Directors Tabling
2025-06-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Seward Community Co-op – Friendship Store, 317 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55409, United States
