Community Foods is a new Seward Co-op labeling program featuring producers that best align with our cooperative values and mission to sustain a healthy community. With Community Foods, we’re focusing on the real stories of our producers that support Seward Co-op’s Ends. Community Foods purchases are important, everyday investments in a sustainable and equitable food…  Read More →

The Sioux Chef works to educate and make indigenous foods more accessible. Attend this year’s Annual Owner Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m., at the University of Minnesota’s student union, to enjoy a meal designed by founder and CEO chef Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota) and executed by Seward Co-op Creamery Café. The results of the…  Read More →

The Seward neighborhood will come alive with festivities this weekend. Join neighbors and friends for a celebration of local arts and businesses Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1-2. There will be artists showing their work throughout Seward, businesses will have specials all day and live arts events will be going on all over the neighborhood. All…  Read More →

Seward Community Co-op will be a co-sponsor for a special event Aug. 16, 4-8 p.m., to celebrate the reopening of the 38th Street Bridge near the Friendship Store. The hope is that family, friends and neighbors will gather and celebrate the reopening of this cornerstone bridge and to reconnect the neighborhoods and rebuild community divided…  Read More →

Come explore local businesses, sample food and enjoy live music during Open Streets Franklin Aug. 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Seward Community Co-op will be celebrating good food and community at Seward Co-op Creamery Café. Join us! We’ll have our usual brat stand and a beer garden featuring brews from Fair State Co-op . We’re working…  Read More →

Bruce Bacon is the only hero I ever got to meet. The rest come from books and history. What’s more, he knew me before I knew him; a testament to the Seward Co-op’s commitment to the local food economy and the sanctity of sustainable soil. He knew what we were up to… We met on…  Read More →

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2017 Annual Owner Meeting. This year’s meeting was held at the University of Minnesota in the Great Hall of the Coffman Memorial Union. Seward Co-op owners enjoyed live music by Kenn Wanaku and David Stenshoel, a performance by Appetite for Change, and an engaging conversation led by Diversity…  Read More →

Thank you to everyone who donated to Hurricane Maria Relief.From Oct. 6–Oct. 8, 6,748 customers donated $3,695 Through SEED. Seward Co-op will contribute a $1,000 match, as well. Funds raised will go to Cooperativa Madre Tierra, a cooperative comprised of 100+ farmers—owners of the cooperative—who have lost everything. A message of thanks from la Cooperativa…  Read More →

Thanks to all who joined us at the Seward Co-op Creamery Café on Sunday, Oct. 9, for the ice cream social with Sonny’s Ice Cream. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with this family-owned business that continues to churn small batches of ice cream made with fresh, whole ingredients the way it has been…  Read More →

On Saturday, Feb. 13, P6 vendors, local artists, and Seward staff came together to make the Friendship Grand Opening Celebration a success. Local musician, Chrys Carroll performed with Ayanna Muata for eventgoers in the classroom, while Seward staff painted kids’ faces and handed out free cookies from Seward’s Bakery. Just Coffee Cooperative, a P6 coffee…  Read More →