Warren King Consultant / Adjunct Professor In the face of climate change and a host of social and economic challenges, ensuring the resilience and well-being of our communities is more important than ever. I am motivated to be a candidate for re-election, so that I might contribute to determining what Seward Co-op’s role will be…
August is here, and along with welcoming the thick of summer, we’re celebrating National Goat Cheese Month! Why August? According to the American Goat Federation, August can be an especially notable month for goat cheese due to the wide variety of food choices available to goats this time of year. Access to summer’s bounty can…
Learn About Jinx Tea Minneapolis-based Jinx Tea began as a beverage truck business and by 2019 had opened a permanent tea bar in Linden Hills. They combine cooperatively and family-grown Chinese teas imported through local vendor Verdant Tea with flavors from spices, herbs, flowers, and more. Jinx Tea co-founder Jennifer Wills was inspired to develop…
After what seemed like an endless winter and a blip of spring, we’re already into the heat of summer. Cool off with items from Community Foods producers.
The Twin Cities area is finally on the cusp of summer, and as the weather heats up, so do our grills. Though International Burger Day has come and gone (May 28), there’s every reason to keep grilling up patties to celebrate the season! Try the below burger recipes using meats and more from local Community…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
For many, browsing through the Bulk aisles is a typical part of a Seward Co-op visit. All the possibilities of what can be made come to mind when walking among the dispensers and jars full of pasta, popcorn, breadcrumbs, vanilla, nutritional yeast, and so much more. For others, however, shopping bulk is less familiar. Where…
