2023 Board of Directors Election VIEW CANDIDATE STATEMENTS Claim one of your most powerful rights of Co-op Member-Ownership! 2024 BOARD ELECTION Wheatsfield's Board of Directors represents all 7,175+ Member-Owners and ensures the needs of the membership are being met. The directors work as a team to set [...]
Halved acorn squash stuffed and baked with diced apples and cranberries. Photo curtesy of Co+op, Welcome to the Table Cinnamon Apple Stuffed Squash By: Co+op, welcome to the table Recipe Information Total Time: 60 minutes Servings: 4-6 Tender acorn squash is filled with apple and dried cranberry stuffing for a delectable side [...]
Stop into YOUR Co-op on Saturday, September 16 from 10am-2pm to celebrate YOU! We're kicking off the day with a giveaway! Giveaway: 100+ Mini Succulent Candles! Starting at 10am. We want to thank you with a gift of warmth and light to remember the summer season and look forward to fall! 1 per [...]
Here are highlights from the August 2023 Wheatsfield Board of Directors meeting: Board members received an update on Wheatsfield’s Cybersecurity Coverage from Andrew Ricklefs of Knapp Tedesco Insurance and had an opportunity to address any security questions or concerns. The slate of candidates for the upcoming Wheatsfield Board election was approved and the student [...]
September - October Artist on Display Daishin McCabe Eric Daishin McCabe was first inspired to write Zen Calligraphy when he saw a demonstration by a Japanese Rinzai Zen Master, Fukushima Keido Roshi, at Bucknell University in 1993. His first teacher of calligraphy is Mariko Tachihara, a Japanese teacher of English, whom he met [...]
Celebrating Local Foods Liz Kolbe, Wheatsfield Board President It’s Tomato Season! And melon season, pepper season… somehow still cucumber season, just leaving sweet corn season and we’re almost to leafy greens again, soon to be apples and winter squash. For those of us who ride the waves of seasonal produce, we’re on an acidic, [...]
Mid-Iowa Community ACTION - Food Pantry Round up at the registers this September in support of the MICA's Food Pantry! MICA’s food pantry has expanded their offerings to the community - not only do they offer their Ames food pantry, but they also now deliver to families in need who are unable to leave their [...]
Ron Eichmeier Statement of Candidacy Why do you want to serve on the Wheatsfield Board of Directors? I grew up on a farm in north central Iowa, and have spent my entire career in the field of agriculture. Very early in my life I realized that our family was not raising corn, soybeans, oats, [...]
