Learn About Football Pizza In 2000, Meerwais and Nicole Azizi opened Crescent Moon Bakery, an eatery serving Afghan foods off Central Ave in Northeast Minneapolis. It wouldn’t be long before a second location opened, and as their food developed, so did their name. A unique pizza—in the shape of a football—grew to be their main…
Learn About Lowry Hill Provisions Lowry Hill Provisions produces a variety of salumi and sausage made from locally sourced heritage breed pork. In early 2023, Lowry Hill Provisions opened in the northeast Minneapolis Food Building, taking over the spot from the previous tenants, Red Table Meat Company. Lowry Hill continues Red Table’s tradition of whole…
Here at Seward Co-op, we look forward to gathering to celebrate another year of cooperation, community building, and successes at our Annual Owner Meeting. While the COVID-19 pandemic and an uprising stirred the community, we rose together–virtually—for the last three years, and held each other up through change and upheaval. We emerge now, stronger than…
Learn About Jacob Daniel Farms Jacob Daniel has always been an outdoorsy person, and working as a mechanical engineer full-time didn’t come with as much nature as he prefers. So in 2017, he joined the farm incubator program at Big River Farms at Maine on St. Croix, Minn. “I didn’t know anything about farming [back…
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…
Sprinkle some fun into your summer with all things ice cream! National Ice Cream Day is July 16, and at Seward Co-op, we’re getting ready by taking a deep dive into the delectable, creamy treat. Learn about the history of ice cream–including when it was made at the Franklin Cooperative Creamery–,explore delicious options available at…
Learn About CannonBelles In 2011, Jackie Ohmann and Deeann Lufkin tried making cheese at home. Their first batch was a quick mozzarella, and although they thought it was tasty at first, they soon decided it was “a flavorless cross between mozzarella and ‘The Blob.’” So they tried again. And again. Until one day, they realized…
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…
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,…
March is Women’s History Month, and at Seward Co-op, we’re honoring the women who have played a significant role in the development of the co-op through their leadership, innovation, and spirit. Read about Annie Young, Gail Graham, and Rose Williams here and here. We would also like to take time to recognize the many women-led…
