Bring home our highly requested, housemade dressing for salads and fresh-cut produce. Use as a marinade or to season vegetables before roasting in the oven. Seward-made salad dressing is cooperatively handcrafted in small batches with ingredients that meet our product commitment. We prioritize small-scale, local vendors when sourcing ingredients. Find all four flavors now in… Read More →
As co-op shoppers, we are presented with a multitude of choices in the grocery store—we have choices around fresh or frozen, we have dietary choices, sourcing choices and choices around ready-made or raw ingredients. What I learned participating in Hennepin County’s Zero Waste Challenge is that as we choose which products are best for our… Read More →
Introducing a two-part story from Jim VanDerPol, who owns Pastures A Plenty together with his wife, LeeAnn, and children, Josh and Cindy VanDerPol. Seward Co-op has purchased pork from Jim and his family for 18 years, and our staff is grateful to build our knowledge of soil health thanks to him! Look for part two… Read More →
Seward Co-op Creamery Café may be a pit stop on your way to work or a go-to lunch or happy hour choice for your family. To many of us, it’s more than that. We’re happy to offer the Creamery Café as a space to learn about food by sharing experiences with those who bring it… Read More →
Spring is the time to cleanse and detox the body. It’s no accident that fresh, young herbal greens arrive in spring, just when we need their healing nutrients most. As owners and shoppers of the co-op, we have access to some of the highest quality ingredients, especially when it comes to wildcrafted produce. However, foraging… Read More →
Many of us have so much on our plates these days that we tend to forget to stop and appreciate the little things around us that make life worthwhile. So many people are either anxious about the future or depressed because they are living in the past; not enough of us live in the present.… Read More →
Chestnut trees once made up a significant portion of North America’s hardwood forests. The nuts were widely eaten by Native Americans and later by European immigrants, until the chestnut blight of the 1930s, which nearly eliminated the American chestnut tree. There has been a recent revival with the planting of blight resistant breeds from Europe… Read More →
Chestnut trees once made up a significant portion of North America’s hardwood forests. The nuts were widely eaten by Native Americans and later by European immigrants, until the chestnut blight of the 1930s, which nearly eliminated the American chestnut tree. There has been a recent revival with the planting of blight resistant breeds from Europe… Read More →
Construction season is upon us in Minnesota, and this year the Seward neighborhood is no exception. In May, the Franklin Avenue Bridge closed and is scheduled to reopen this September. We’ve provided detour routes for bicycles and cars on our website here. We aren’t letting a little construction get us down, and neither should you… Read More →
After living in my house for over five years, I will finally plant a garden this year. Last night my best friend and I prepared a small plot of land in my backyard for the addition of organic topsoil and compost. After adding the topsoil and compost, we will select starter plants from Riverbend Farm,… Read More →
