Meet Yia Vang of Union Hmong Kitchen In our most recent issue of Sprout!, we featured local chefs and their tips to enhance your summer grilling experiences. We’re back again with another feature of talented Chef Yia Vang, who some may recall as a speaker at Seward Co-op’s 2019 Annual Owner Meeting. Yia worked at…
On Thursday, June 24, community members gathered at our Franklin and Friendship stores for Art + Abolition: Memorialize the Movement, Deepen Our Commitment. As part of this community event, Leesa Kelly (she/her) and volunteers from Memorialize the Movement removed the remaining boards of protest art that were installed on our buildings in June of 2020…
It’s summer at Seward Co-op, and we’re thinking about positive environmental impacts and our mission to sustain a healthy community. Single-use plastic has a negative impact on our environment, and some communities – particularly Black and brown and low-income – disproportionately experience the impacts of pollution and environmental degradation. In recent years, plastic packaging waste…
About Kadejan Chicken Kadejan chicken was founded in 1989 and is a family-owned, multi-generational chicken producer from Glenwood, Minnesota. The name is an acronym for the owner’s children. They began by raising pheasants and eventually were able to expand production to include chickens. Their relationship with restaurants and local co-ops inspired Kadejan’s decision to begin…
Learn how #CommunityFoods producers contribute to Seward Co-op salad and hot bars!
Wishing our community a very happy Pride month! On the outside of Seward Co-op buildings, we proudly say “Everyone Welcome.” Throughout our nearly 50 year history and into the present, our goal has been to create space that is comfortable and safe for everyone to gather, work, and shop. We at Seward Co-op welcome opportunities…
About Nixta Nixta Minneapolis is a local, inclusively owned takeout restaurant and tortilleria. They are also a new Community Foods producer at Seward Co-op. We recently highlighted them in our summer Sprout! grilling feature. We circled back with Gustavo Romero (he/him) of Nixta, to learn more about what Nixta is cooking up this summer. Gustavo…
About Wisconsin Growers Cooperative Wisconsin Growers Co-op was founded in 2006 to help 20 families maintain ownership of their farms. Its members are dedicated to the idea that if farmers take “good care of the soil, the soil will pay back with high-quality produce.” Since then, they have grown to include 36 family farms tending…
What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. June 19, 1865, is significant because it was the date Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the U.S. Civil War had ended and the enslaved were free. This event occurred almost two…
Last month, Seward Co-op announced the return of the self-serve salad and hot bars. Our deli prepared foods are an important part of how we invest in our communities. As a co-op, we strive to keep resources in our communities, and that means we source local, organic ingredients from Community Foods producers whenever possible. We…
