Senior Director of Supply Chain WHAT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BROUGHT YOU TO TCCP? Most of my career has been in food and beverage distribution, including companies ranging in size from startups to mid-sized organizations. In the past, I’ve primarily focused on scaling the distribution arm of companies by focusing on culture, process improvements, employee development and… Read More →
Our 2022 Change Matters program is focused on supporting local nonprofit organizations that uplift BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities and those providing hunger relief. This year, we’re adding an additional focus on aspiring farmers who are immigrants, women and people of Color. Our Change Matters program generates thousands of dollars for local nonprofits… Read More →
We envision a food system that keeps all families fed with nutritious foods, one where all farmers are paid fairly, and food is grown in a way that nourishes the soil rather than depletes it. Our fair trade partners are carrying out this vision through relationships with small-scale farmers, distributors and retailers across the globe.… Read More →
The podcast Nourish by MN350, features visionary leaders who are creating the regenerative, inclusive, local food economy we need to meet the challenge of climate change. The recent episode “Farmers and Co-ops: Creating a Regional Food System” features Josh Resnik, CEO of Twin Cities Co-op Partners and Jack Hedin founder of Featherstone Farm, long time… 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 →
Looking Ahead As the board looks ahead to the coming year, it has established two key priorities of board service. 1. Continue its work on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) with specific goals, strategies, actions, and metrics. 2. Deepen Twin Cities Co-op Partner’s connections with community stakeholders, partners and leaders as we further strengthen…
Meet Kirk Co-op Partners Warehouse (CPW) Operations Manager What is your role at CPW? As the Operations Manager, I oversee the warehouse workers, quality control team, inventory control and drivers. Generally, if there is a problem that someone needs help solving, it is brought to me. I also help figure out how we are going…
Twin Cities Co-op Partners supports the Black Lives Matter movement and believes that work needs to be done to dismantle a racist system that has led to repeated violence against the Black community. At Twin Cities Co-op Partners, we are on a journey to become a more proactively anti-racist organization. Like many in the community,… Read More →
While it is becoming an overused term, there is no better way to say it—the last four months have been “unprecedented times” for our country, community and co-op. Policies around social distancing, mask enforcement, and sanitizing protocols were nowhere in our minds as we entered 2020, but they now are the norm. Twin Cities Co-op… Read More →
As millions of lives are affected by the pandemic, many community members are left wondering, “what can I do to help?” Shop Local We’re proud to carry hundreds of local products from small family farms and local producers. Each local purchase supports families in our communities and boosts the local economy. Here’s some of our… Read More →
