The application deadline for the 2021 grant cycle is June 30, 2020. One way Seward Co-op lives its Ends Statement to “sustain a healthy community” is through robust community grants. The SEED program is a simple yet powerful community giving opportunity that allows customers to “round-up” their grocery bill for recipient organizations that share our…
2019 SEED Recipients January: Mental Health Resources (Community Choice) Mental Health Resources’ Seward Community Support Program (“CSP”) drop-in center on Minnehaha Avenue provides healthy snacks, meals, and health mentoring for 400 neighbors who are recovering from serious mental illness so they can thrive physically and mentally. February: Cultural Wellness Center The Dreamland Co-Café, a project of… Read More →
2024 April Cempazúchitl Collective 22,864 customers donated $10,366.83 March Isuroon 23,859 customers donated $10,912.93 February Cultural Wellness Center 24,187 customers donated $10,980.88 January East Phillips Neighborhood Institute 22,983 customers donated $10,543.25 2023 December The Aliveness Project 23,302 customers donated $10,712.79 November Division of Indian Work 23,980 customers donated $11,150.31 October Little Earth Residents Association 22,293…
Seward Co-op often welcomes Community Foods vendors into our stores. Come sample products and meet the people behind some of the best food on our shelves! Thursday, September 26 Kickapoo Coffee, Franklin store 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, September 27 Kickapoo Coffee, Friendship store 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, September 28 Red Barn Cheese, Friendship store 11… Read More →
One way that Seward Co-op lives its Ends statement to “sustain a healthy community” is through robust community grant programs. The SEED program is a simple yet powerful community giving program that allows customers to round up their grocery bill for recipient organizations that share our commitment to a healthy community. All funds donated at… Read More →
Nourish // East African Cooking from Seward Co-op on Vimeo. Shegitu Kebede filled her house with the smells of Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. She hoped her children would fall in love with cooking. “You’re passing a tradition,” said Shegitu, a former community activist, restaurant owner, and longtime Seward Co-op shopper and class instructor. She moved… Read More →
Seward Co-op’s sausage makers are partnering with Fair State Brewing Cooperative on a seasonal bierbrat. Brat recipes are rotating with the seasons, as are the beers we bring in. Starting in April, the Seward-made Bierbrat features pilsner from the Northeast Minneapolis co-op, as well as pork from Peterson Craftsman Meats and sauerkraut from Fizzeology—all Community… Read More →
Seward Co-op is a community owned, consumer co-op. Everyone is welcome to shop at Seward Co-op. Cooperatives are very different from privately owned discount clubs, which charge annual fees in exchange for a discount on purchases. Discount clubs are owned and governed by the shareholders. Profits of the business go to the investors. In a…
Where you live shouldn’t determine whether or not you have access to healthy, affordable foods. Unfortunately, that’s the reality for hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans who currently live in communities without sufficient access to a grocery store. The MN legislature is currently in final budget negotiations. It, along with Governor Walz, will decide whether to… Read More →
When you join Seward Co-op, you join a community of more than 20,000 other Minneapolis households that own three businesses. The Friendship store, Franklin store and Seward Co-op Creamery Café serve a community need for wholesome, ethically sourced food, and enable us to connect with neighbors. One of the benefits of co-owning the co-op is… Read More →
