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Good to Go Cups

During the final week of Earth Month, we’re addressing single-use coffee cup waste. We are proud to announce our new partnership with the local cup exchange program- Good to Go Cups! founded by reuse advocates and minnesota natives Founded in 2022 by Minnesota natives and sustainability advocates Michelle and Melissa, Good to Go Cups (GtGC)…

The Power of Reuse for a Sustainable World

The 55th Anniversary of Earth Day is being celebrated globally on April 22 with the theme, “Our Power, Our Planet.” Sustainability is a legacy tenet of our co-op, and a guiding value in the decision-making of our growing co-op community. Our recent conversation with Reuse Minnesota (our April 2025 Change Matters Partner) inspires us to…

Eat Upcycled

Seven Sundays approaches food differently. Owners Hannah and Brady launched Seven Sundays starting with their signature muesli at a Minneapolis farmers market in 2011, and have since expanded nationwide with several new products. As a Certified B Corporation, Seven Sundays is committed to using business as a force for good. To them, that means building…

Top Ten Tips to Prevent Food Waste

Food Waste Prevention Week is an international effort to reduce wasted food in our homes, workplaces, and communities. Did you know reducing food waste is the most impactful personal action you can take to combat the climate crisis? Every small step matters. We’ve outlined our top 10 tips below. We can inspire action and create…

Food Waste Prevention Week 2025

Wedge is thrilled to announce our partnership with Food Waste Prevention Week taking place April 7- 13 this year. An international movement of more than 600 nonprofits, agencies, businesses and student groups, Food Waste Prevention Week supports the mission of reducing wasted food in our homes, workplaces, and communities. We can inspire action and create meaningful…

Transgender Day of Visibility

Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated globally each year on March 31st. Since 2009, people have come together to celebrate and honor the contributions of transgender people in our society, and raise awareness of the discrimination they continue to face. We spoke with our Wedge Lyndale neighbors, and upcoming June Change Matters partner, QUEERSPACE collective,…

Farmworker Awareness Week

National Farmworker Awareness Week is March 25-31, 2025. This week draws attention to the incredible, and often invisible contributions farmers make to our daily way of life. We spoke with our colleagues at Co-op Partners Warehouse to further illuminate Farmworker Awareness Week, farms that go above and beyond, and what we can do as consumers…

Regenerative Farming with Thousand Hills

Laying the Groundwork: Regenerative Farming with Thousand Hills  According to Paul Hawken, author of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever to Reverse Global Warming, practicing regenerative farming is “… the single greatest solution to the climate crisis.” Hawken explains, “The relationship between regenerative agriculture and the climate is… a path to walking back the carbon…

Northern Waters Smokehaus

Located in the heart of Duluth, this famed fish house and sandwich shop is a must-stop when visiting Duluth or passing through on the way to or from the North Shore. Smoked fish is their signature item, but they offer a wide variety of salumi, sausages and bacon, kimchi and kraut, and all the accoutrements…

April Sustainable Events

Reuse Minnesota is Wedge Community Co-op’s Change Matters partner for April 2025. Throughout the month, they will be the recipient of round up funds, as well as partnering with us on two exciting events—one at each of our locations. BOOK SWAP: April 12 | 2-5pm  Wedge Lyndale Join us for a book swap on April 12…