On an icy visit to Len Busch Roses (LBR) in Plymouth recently, there was a fizz and spark in the greenhouses. “Everything builds up to this,” said Jason Lenz, LBR’s director of business development. “It doesn’t get any bigger than Valentine’s Day.” Here at Seward Co-op, you’ve see Len Busch Roses’s flowers all year long—though…  Read More →

Many owners and shoppers have seen the P6 label around Seward Co-op for years, now, and have grown accustomed to using it in order to find the products that are either local, produced by co-ops, or produced by small farmers (companies must meet two of the three criteria to carry the P6 label). But did…  Read More →

Anyone who visited The Craftsman restaurant inMinneapolis, or Chet’s Taverna in St. Paul back inthe day, knows that chef Mike Phillips is a wizardat creating delicious, ingenious meat dishes.But with Red Table Meat Co., his latest venture,Phillips brings a whole new level of inventivenessand food awareness to the Twin Cities. “The IQ of our local…  Read More →

The movement to change the way Americans eat is many decades old in Minneapolis, and Pillsbury United Communities’ Waite House is one of the oldest forces of them all. For nearly fifty years, Waite House has been targeting “both the immediate needs and the root causes of inequalities in health and nutrition” in the Phillips…  Read More →

As an important source of protein, an alternative to peanuts for those with allergies, and a unique ingredient for many traditional dishes, cashews are a key staple sold at Seward Co-op. Cashews are so popular with Seward customers, in fact, that we’ve sold over $56,000 worth since the beginning of 2014. So when our long-time…  Read More →

Love GMOs? Then Label ‘Em! A coalition called Right to Know Minnesota (RTK-MN) has organized a campaign supporting passage of a labeling bill to require foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled as such. This joins with over two dozen other state initiatives for GMO labeling and 64 countries that currently label. RTK-MN…  Read More →

Sunflowers, Wild Yeasts, and Red Turkey Wheat Flour Bread baking is said to be a winter activity, but actually, you may find that loaves turn out better in warmer weather. I once had a fellow bread-baking buddy who swore by baking bread in summer and early autumn. I wasn’t convinced, but he’d wave his hand…  Read More →

Questions and Answers with Gardens of Eagan Farm Overnight, in 2008, Wedge Community Co-op‘s 10,000 members became farmers by proxy when the founding farmers at Gardens of Eagan sold their business and fleet of tractors to the Wedge. Since that date, there have been many changes at Gardens of Eagan, including purchasing and transitioning to…  Read More →

Update on the Eden Foods issue from Seward Community Co-op Background Eden Foods produces 70+ packaged organic products and has been an exemplary member of the natural foods community for over four decades. Last year, Eden Foods’ CEO Michael Potter filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration, challenging its ability to compel Eden Foods and…  Read More →

Keewaydin Farms, founded in 1976 by Richard and Mary Haucke, is now run by their son, Rufus Haucke with help from his children Karma and Aurora. Previously a dairy farm run with sustainable practices, the farm is now a MOSA certified organic vegetable operation. Rufus and his family raise 15 acres of produce for wholesale…  Read More →