In October 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly announced our nation’s first food-waste-reduction goal: a 50 percent decrease in food waste sent to landfills by 2030. This will be no easy feat. Based on the EPA’s numbers, nearly 18 million tons of food waste will need to… Read More →
There’s something about winter that makes you crave comfort. And in the comfort category, few meals can top the combination of melted cheese and perfectly toasted bread. Not to mention that the grilled cheese is one of the easiest (and cheapest!) sandwiches to make at home. It’s the perfect lunch on a chilly day; or… Read More →
Whole Grain Milling Co. Welcome, Minnesota Doug and Lin Hilgendorf live on 480 acres just north of Welcome, Minn., a 20-minute drive from the Iowa border. Their fertile land and unique devotion to sustainable farming practices have allowed them to remain small but viable, even as their neighbors turned to fertilizers and pesticides and their… Read More →
All of us here at the Wedge feel fortunate to be a part of such an outstanding community. Our staff has vast knowledge about our store, the products we carry and the people who created them. Our owners are the reason we exist and they are vital to building our local food system. Together, we… Read More →
Catherine Eckert can remember the exact moment she “crossed over.” She and her partner Stephen Trojahn were living on an island off the coast of South Carolina, near a resort where they both worked. Catherine was cooking one of her mother’s recipes for a dinner party that night, and she realized she was short a… Read More →
Cool off your tastebuds with our biggest selection of locally made ice cream ever! Find these sweet treats and more in the freezer section: Sweet Science Ice Cream Making all-natural ice cream takes skill. Perfecting it takes science. Izzy’s Ice Cream Family-owned, super-premium ice cream handmade from Midwest cream. Castle Rock Organic Farms Using an… Read More →
Whether you wear it as a badge of pride on the sleeve of your down jacket, or spend all year dreading its icy clutches, the Minnesota winter is polarizing, even when it’s not polar vortexing. Some embrace every opportunity to ski, skate, and snowshoe their way to frozen eyelashes, and others seize a cozy sofa… Read More →
Ebb and Flow at CPW (Or, why things get busy in the winter in the warehouse business) We already know that Cooperative Partners Warehouse (CPW) plays a singularly pivotal role in helping create a local food system here in the Twin Cities. They are instrumental in helping many farmers get to market and keeping co-ops… Read More →
After 19 years with the Produce department, Dean is now the store manager. What’s your favorite season for produce?July. All the greens come in hot and heavy; it’s real bounty time. What’s your first childhood food memory?I grew up in St. Paul, and I remember the first time we hit the farmers’ market for strawberries… Read More →
Hoch Orchard La Crescent, Minn. Growing up, Jackie Hoch never imagined the life of a farmer for herself. From a small town, her dreams were of high-rising glowing skylines, not the intermittent flicker of firefly backsides. She went to school to study biology and chemistry, became a medical technician, and worked her way up to… Read More →
