Vincent and Christine Maefsky grew up in the Brooklyn, New York of the 1940s; amid a jungle of fire escapes and corner delis, department stores and high-rise housing projects, Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza, and the U.S. Navy Yard. It was a world away from the green rolling hills where they would eventually settle, 45… Read More →
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 →
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 →
The mid-May sun beats down on Josh Belanger’s 7th-graders as they match up kale and broccoli plants with a map of the new raised beds on Beth El Synagogue’s south lawn in St. Louis Park. They coax lettuces and tomato starts out of their pots, gently separating the roots and tucking them upright into the… Read More →
Wedge Co-op Catering with Online Ordering Tashi at the Wedge Table How did you get into the catering business? What did you do before you started working at the Wedge? My family has always been very into cooking (my mom owned a bakery in our hometown of Alexandria), so choosing to work with food was… 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 →
The Beez Kneez Minneapolis, Minn. When the phone call came in, Kristy Allen and Erin Rupp’s hearts sank. A friend and beekeeping hobbyist in the Kenwood neighborhood had alerted them that the bees in her backyard hive were suddenly and inexplicably dying. With dread setting in, they rushed over to their own hive housed at… Read More →
By Elka Malkis, Financial Manager INCOME STATEMENTS This year, The Wedge began using a new auditing firm. One result of that change is a slightly new format for the statement of income and retained earnings. The gross sales listed, $49.3 million, are the combined sales at the store, the warehouse, and the farm, an increase… Read More →
By Elizabeth Archerd Outgoing Director of Community Relations After more than three decades, my career at The Wedge Community Co-op has finally come to an end. Several old friends have asked if leaving is bittersweet. I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but retiring now just feels sweet. I can leave with ease,… Read More →
