Food Waste Prevention April is Earth Month, and in honor of our commitment to environmental responsibility, we’ll be exploring a new topic related to environmental sustainability every week this month. To begin, we’re digging into Food Waste Prevention Week! Wedge Co-ops is demonstrating our commitment to working toward changing the culture on food waste as an…
January is a great time to try new things. Food and wellness trends might be on your mind, but how to navigate what’s in, what’s out, and what’s tasty takes some investigation. We have details on some of the hottest food trends for 2023, and many are local, organic, and delicious! Watch the Fox9 Good…
In the Twin Cities, our local food scene can’t be beat. Locally-grown food nourishes our bodies and our lives. It’s the inspiration behind these three youth organizations doing incredible work in our communities. From farming, to teaching, to tasting, to advocacy work, these organizations are growing young leaders with a love of healthy, local food.
SIX QUESTIONS FOR CO-OP PARTNERS WAREHOUSE LOCAL FOODS BUYER AMBER WESTLEY Co-op Partners Warehouse (CPW) is a distributor of organic produce, dairy and grocery, servicing retail co-ops, natural food stores and restaurants across seven states. Q: What brought you to CPW and how long have you been there? A: I’ve been with Co-op Partners for nine months,… Read More →
How Twin Cities’ Co-ops & Co-op Partners Warehouse Are More Important than Ever BY JACK HEDIN Founder and Owner of Featherstone Farm There have been extraordinary changes in the regional farm and food scene since Featherstone Farm and I got started in Southeast Minnesota over 25 years ago. And this is as it should be;… Read More →
2014 Wedgeshare Grants Available Call for Applications The Wedge is soliciting grant applications from organizations that work for sustainable development through environment, health, wellness, food agriculture, or cooperative-related activities. If you work for or know of any organizations that fit one or more of these criteria, we encourage you to let them know that the… Read More →
By Megan Molteni Communications Coordinator With Elizabeth Archerd retiring after such a long and impressive tenure, the size of the metaphorical shoes she has left behind to be filled is nothing short of considerable. In fact, it will take several people to fill them. As a part of this new team assembled to carry on… Read More →
Composting & Recycling As stewards of this planet, we owe the Earth and future generations mindful consumption and careful usage of our resources. While a low-waste lifestyle is always a work in progress, and we do our best to limit food waste and reduce consumption of plastics, we aren’t perfect. This is where composting and…
Made-from-scratch sandwiches, wraps, sides, desserts and more are made fresh in our co-op kitchen every day. Everything that comes out of our kitchen is made with local and organic ingredients, inspired by our partnerships with local growers and the changing Minnesota seasons. Even better, everything is packaged in recyclable or compostable packaging and always… Read More →
This year, we’re celebrating the Power of We. The Power of We runs through the seeds planted by local farmers to the produce they drop off at Co-op Partners Warehouse, to the hands of the staff person who stocks the co-op shelves, to your kitchen table. It’s the understanding that by collectively building a local… Read More →
