The Lone Grazer Creamery is a new cheese producer in Minneapolis, and Seward Co-op is proud and eager to carry their cheeses. “We got them in last Friday (February 27). That was the first delivery,” said Scott Heard, Seward Cheese Department Manager, “and we’re very excited to have them in the store.” Located in Northeast…  Read More →

Seward Co-op has hired Chad Snelson as director of operations at Seward Co-op’s Creamery Kitchen and Co-op Creamery Neighborhood Café. At this point, with the café still under construction, it’s been a lot of planning and forecasting for Chad. “Planning is fun,” says Chad, “but actually doing it is way more fun.” Chad is familiar…  Read More →

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 →

Seward Co-op Project Updates Friendship Store Progress on constructing the new Friendship store was delayed in November and December due to rerouting and reconnecting existing power and communication cables, but the remaining demo of the old church building and the removal of the north-south section of the vacated alley was completed in late December. In…  Read More →

(Photo courtesy Isuroon Ethnic Food Shelf) We’re pleased to announce the recipients of Seward Community Fund (SCF) grants for 2014. Grants funded by SCF are awarded annually to organizations whose work aligns with our Ends Statement: Seward Community Co-op Ends Statement: Seward Co-op will sustain a healthy community that has equitable economic relationships; positive environmental…  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 →

Have you ever tried goat before? Right now, the Seward Meat Department has goat cuts from a new P6-producer Peters Family Farm in Fountain, MN, and we’re very excited for you to give them a try. “We began raising goats in 2008. We have a 40-acre place,” Travis Peters of Peters Family Farm tells us,…  Read More →

On March 18, 2014 from 6–8 p.m., Seward Co-op convened a community meeting to discuss the new Friendship Store. The meeting, held at Sabathani Community Center, was designed and facilitated by Yvonne Cheek of Millennium Consulting Group. The community had the opportunity to submit questions to Seward Co-op covering a range of topics. Seward Co-op…  Read More →

Landscape plantings at the Friendship store will be designed in the same style as the Franklin store.

Internationally, there are an estimated 750,000 cooperatives that serve 730 million members. And throughout this year, we have an extraordinary opportunity to inform people around the world of the robust, human-scale, cooperative business model. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has proclaimed 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives. Yearlong observances such as this have been…  Read More →