Dervish Mazza has been working to correct some issues with premature mold formation on their “Silk Road” and “Feta Mint” dip products. There have been no associated illnesses or injuries reported. Seward Co-op may have sold this product in the past 90 days. These products were removed from shelves and back stock. If you purchased…
After another cold, dark winter, so many of us are eager to get back outdoors. What better way to do that than with a delicious picnic featuring Community Foods producers? Together we create the food systems we want, and when you choose Community Foods products—signified by the purple tags in our stores—you’re choosing to support…
It’s May, and that means starter plants are making their way to Seward Co-op stores! We are excited to share that we are once again partnering with Community Foods producers this year to bring you a wide selection of starter plants: vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers for sale. All starter plants are priced at $4.99…
Learn About Botanical Lucidity A lifelong lover of tea, herbal medicines, and holistic supplements, Kayla Emmons started Botanical Lucidity in 2019 by making tea concentrates in her own kitchen in the Twin Cities. Though the initial results of her elixir experimentation were bitter and sour, Kayla eventually found a method to produce highly drinkable supplements…
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…
This May, we’re celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. First proposed by Jeanie Jew, whose great grandfather was a Chinese immigrant and helped to build the transcontinental railroad, AANHPI month was introduced as legislation by Representative Frank Horton and first honored in May 1979. May marks the arrival of the first…
“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…
Seeds to Stars Flower Farm Amery, WI CSA Type: Flowers Drop Locations: Friendship store Frances from Seeds to Stars started saving seeds to bypass purchasing seeds for their cut flowers and to exchange seeds with other growers. They grow specifically to build up their seed stock and focused on open pollinated varieties with the goal…
Turnip Rock Farm Clear Lake, WI CSA Type: Vegetables, Meat, Cheese, Eggs, Mushrooms, Coffee Drop Locations: Franklin store, Butter Bakery Everything on Turnip Rock Farm farm has purpose. Every animal, insect, fungi, bacteria and human is linked in a web of interdependence. Turnip Rock tries to make each aspect of their farm compliment and support…
Learn About Blakesville Creamery Blakesville Creamery, which began producing cheeses in Port Washington, Wisc. in the summer of 2020, is a farmstead creamery, meaning that their cheeses are handmade on the same farm where their animals–goats–are raised and milked. Less than a decade prior, the farm that was to become Blakesville was home to cows,…
