The co-op welcomes Makeda Toure and Dave Harris. Both will be working with Diversity & Community Engagement Manager LaDonna Sanders-Redmond to help Seward Co-op in its outreach efforts over the summer and beyond. Makeda is from Minneapolis and is a recent graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee. Makeda is also a vegetarian, and she and…  Read More →

Dear Seward Co-op Owners, Just months from now is the scheduled opening of the Friendship store, which is a realization of the co-op’s long-term vision of expanding our community-owned business. In October 2015, nearly 2,000 households that are current owners of Seward Co-op will have a store less than 1½ miles from their home. We…  Read More →

Seward Co-op is planning on the creation and installation of original pieces of artwork for the Friendship store. The building design designates two wall locations for local art work, one on an exterior wall, and one on an interior wall that will be visible from the outside. Our goal is to honor the history of…  Read More →

Seward Co-op is planning on the creation and installation of original pieces of artwork for the Friendship store. The building design designates two wall locations for local art work, one on an exterior wall, and one on an interior wall that will be visible from the outside. Our goal is to honor the history of…  Read More →

Seward Co-op’s December SEED recipient Isuroon is the recipient of $18,558.25, collected from 39,702 individual donors at Seward Co-op registers. A check was presented to Isuroon Executive Director Fartun Weli in a small ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 15. This represents the largest single award in the history of Seward Co-op’s monthly at-the-register donation program. “We’re…  Read More →

In September, CoMinnesota and Nexus hosted an event to address the issues of economic development and cooperatives in African American communities. The event featured author Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, author of “Collective Courage: A history of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice.” During her talk, Dr. Gordon-Nembhard discussed the history of cooperative economics and co-op…  Read More →

The movement to change the way Americans eat is many decades old in Minneapolis, and Pillsbury United Communities’ Waite House is one of the oldest forces of them all. For nearly fifty years, Waite House has been targeting “both the immediate needs and the root causes of inequalities in health and nutrition” in the Phillips…  Read More →

On Saturday, July 12, 2014, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Seward Community Co-operative will celebrate the groundbreaking of its new South Minneapolis store, to be located at the corner of 38th Street and 3rd Avenue. The special event will include notable guest speakers, live music, and, of course, delicious food for attendees. “We’re excited…  Read More →

June 5, 2014 –Reps from Sabathani Community Center Food Shelf received their record-breaking SEED check from Seward Co-op in a small but very moving ceremony today. Seward owners and shoppers gave more money in the monthly register donation program’s history at $18,470. Sandra Richardson described Sabathani’s various programs for aiding low income people in the…  Read More →