In the spring, the well-being of honey bees is at the forefront of our minds. After all, we all benefit from a thriving bee population. Learn more below about how to get involved in supporting a healthy bee population!

Beekeeping 101 with the Beez Kneez
Monday, April 4, 6:30–8 p.m.
Kristy Lynn Allen, the Beez Kneez
$12/$10 co-op owners
Franklin store

Learn about the basics of starting your own hive, bee biology and bee advocacy from the Beez Kneez, a social enterprise working to “revive the hive for healthy bees, healthy lives.”

Click here to register!

Healthy Bees, Healthy Lives
Saturday, April 9, noon–3 p.m.
Both stores

Join our friends from The Beez Kneez bicycle-delivered honey to celebrate “Healthy Bees, Healthy Lives”, a campaign created by The Beez Kneez to protect pollinators from harmful pesticides and other chemicals. On Saturday, April 9 they will be in the stores promoting the annual Dandelion Honey Pastry Chef Challenge coming up on Wednesday, April 13th. We’ll be sampling their different honey varieties in store as well as the return of Honeybee Cream Puffs made by our bakery using Beez Knees honey.

Meet the local producers who bring us fruits, veggies, flowers, and meat throughout the local season by visiting their farms on the 2015 Eat Local Farm Tour!

Take the kids, meet friends along the way, or bike to local urban farms near you on Saturday, July 18. The 2015 Farm Guide booklets are available here or at the Seward Co-op Customer Service Desk.

Twenty-one local farms are opening their doors to the Eat Local Tour this year:

10th Street Farm & Market

Big River Farms/Minnesota Food Association

Buttermilk Falls CSA & Folk School Retreat

East Henderson Farm

Garden Farme –

Gardens of Eagan

Growing Lots Urban Farm

Humble Pie Farm

Shepherd’s Way Farm

Simple Harvest Farm Organics

Singing Hills Goat Dairy Farm

Star Prairie Trout Farm

Stone’s Throw Urban Farm

The Beez Kneez

Thousand Hills Cattle Company

Whistling Well Farm

Women’s Environmental Institute

The tour is free and there’s no need to register! Just decide which farms you’d like to visit, note when they’re open for visitors, and drive there or “caravan” with family and friends. (The co-op is not providing transportation.)

To find when farms are open, get a copy of the 2015 Farm Guide and check the farms’ listings. Visitors are welcome to show up during these times.

Your Twin Cities-area food co-ops support the annual Farm Tour. For more information:
2015 Eat Local Farm Tour Facebook Page

And follow the hashtag:
#‎EatLocalFarmTour

During a temperature check of one of our coolers on Friday, November 21, the Seward Grocery team found product at unsafe temperatures due to a non-functioning cooler fan. If you purchased any of the products below between 12:00 p.m. Thursday, November 20th and 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 21st, do not consume this product and return it to Seward Customer Service for a full refund. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

The full list of products affected by the cooler-fan failure is below. Please check the PLU code number on the product to see if it is affected by this recall.

64731600002 ANGELICA BEETS, PICKLED (16 OZ) $11.99
64731600003 ANGELICA KIM CHI (16 OZ) $11.99
64731600018 ANGELICA RAW KRAUT, CORTIDO (16 OZ) $11.99
64731600006 ANGELICA RED CABBAGE & GINGER (16 OZ) $10.99
64731600011 ANGELICA SAUERKRAUT (32 OZ) $15.99
64731600001 ANGELICA SAUERKRAUT (16 OZ) $8.99

3826185766 BUBBIES HORSERADISH (5 OZ) $3.29
3826185750 BUBBIES PICKLES, BREAD & BUTTER (33 OZ) $7.29
3826185735 BUBBIES PICKLES, KOSHER DILLS (16 OZ) $4.39
3826185736 BUBBIES PICKLES, KOSHER DILLS (33 OZ) $7.29
3826185747 BUBBIES SAUERKRAUT (25 OZ) $6.99

85027300500 FARMHOUSE SAUERKRAUT, CARAWAY (22 OZ) $9.99
85027300502 FARMHOUSE SAUERKRAUT, HORSERADISH LEEK (16 OZ) $8.99

4956872012 FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGENAISE, CHIPOTLE (12 OZ) $5.29
4956802016 FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGENAISE, GRAPESEED OIL (16 OZ) $6.49
4956801016 FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGENAISE, ORIGINAL (16 OZ) $5.19
4956801032 FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGENAISE, ORIGINAL (32 OZ) $7.99
4956873012 FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGENAISE, PESTO (12 OZ) $5.29
4956820016 FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGENAISE, REDUCED FAT (16 OZ) $5.29

82309252257 FRANCISCOS SALSA, REG PICO DE GALLO (16.2 OZ) $7.99
82309252259 FRANCISCOS SALSA, XRATED PICO DE GALLO (16.2 OZ) $7.99

85966000451 JUST MAYO VEGAN MAYO, CHIPOTLE (8 OZ) $3.59
85966000452 JUST MAYO VEGAN MAYO, GARLIC (8 OZ) $3.59
85966000411 JUST MAYO VEGAN MAYO, ORIGINAL (16 OZ) $4.49
85966000453 JUST MAYO VEGAN MAYO, SRIRACHA (8 OZ) $3.59

2354740021 MISO MASTER MISO, MELLOW WHITE OG (16 OZ) $9.59
2354740055 MISO MASTER MISO, MELLOW WHITE (8 OZ) $5.99
2354740011 MISO MASTER MISO, RED OG (16 OZ) $10.59

60302809951 RPS PASTA COMPANY PASTA, FETTUCCINE SPINACH GF (9 OZ) $4.29
60302809913 RPS PASTA COMPANY PASTA, FRESH FUSILLI GF (9 OZ) $4.29
60302809914 RPS PASTA COMPANY PASTA, LASAGNA SHEETS GF (12 OZ) $5.29
60302809912 RPS PASTA COMPANY PASTA, LINGUINI GF (9 OZ) $4.29

78202962304 SALSA LISA SALSA, HOT (32 OZ) $6.99
78202932601 SALSA LISA SALSA, CHIPOTLE (15 OZ) $4.79
78202962303 SALSA LISA SALSA, HOT (15 OZ) $4.79

78202962301 MISO MASTER MISO, MELLOW WHITE (15 OZ) $4.79
78202962302 MISO MASTER MISO, MELLOW WHITE (32 OZ) $6.99

4144500400 SCHORRS PICKLES, HALF SOURS (32 OZ) $5.99

70223001013 SOUTH RIVER MISO, 1 YR AZUKI OG (16 OZ) $10.99
70223001012 SOUTH RIVER MISO, CHICKPEA OG (16 OZ) $10.99
70223001010 SOUTH RIVER MISO, SWEET WHITE OG (16 OZ) $9.99

85544600212 SPIRIT CREEK CURTIDO, FERMENTED (16 OZ) $8.99
85544600206 SPIRIT CREEK DILLY BEANS, FERMENTED (16 OZ) $9.99
85544600200 SPIRIT CREEK KIM CHI (16 OZ) $9.99
85544600201 SPIRIT CREEK SAUERKRAUT, GREEN (16 OZ) $8.99
85544600202 SPIRIT CREEK SAUERKRAUT, PURPLE (16 OZ) $8.99

79151721601 SUNJA KIM CHI, CABBAGE (16 OZ) $6.69

85039400400 TRRRIFIC ASPARAGUS (16 OZ) $7.99
85039400401 TRRRIFIC ASPARAGUS, SPICY (16 OZ) $7.99

7487309080 WESTBRAE MISO, MELLOW BR RICE OG (13 OZ) $6.49
7487309086 WESTBRAE MISO, MELLOW RED OG (13 OZ) $6.49
7487309083 WESTBRAE MISO, MELLOW WHITE OG (13 OZ) $6.49

3087130150 WILDWOOD AIOLI, GARLIC (16 OZ) $5.99

89893200100 YONS FOODS KIM CHI (16 OZ) $5.79

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