Here are highlights from the March 2024 Wheatsfield Board of Directors meeting: The Board heard updates about planning for Wheatsfield’s 50th anniversary block party, which will be held Sept. 14, 2024 from 11am-4pm. The March Mini Member Drive will run from March 18 through March 31and membership is up! The goal for this [...]
Egg dyeing is a fun way to celebrate this time of year—and it's a tradition that goes way back—as much as 5,000 years when Persians celebrated springtime with eggs colored with plant-based dyes. Plant dyes can be just as useful today and they're plentiful; in fact you very well might have dye-worthy ingredients in [...]
March Appreciation Celebration! Join us on Saturday, March 23 from 10am-2pm to celebrate you! Enjoy Birthday Cake, samples, kid’s scavenger hunt, visit with local vendors and more! Birthday Cake Available starting at 10am. No, it's not too early in the day to eat cake! Vegan, not Gluten Free, while supplies last. Sign-up to win our GIVEAWAY! [...]
Kaleidoscope of Carrots By Adam Calder, Wheatsfield Produce Manager Perhaps you are already familiar with multi-colored carrots, since we already do sell baby rainbow carrots in the produce department. Carrots of many colors are also available at Iowa farmers markets. The vast majority of carrots grown today are orange, but it hasn’t always been [...]
March Mini Member Drive Did you know that member-ownership is a one-time fully refundable investment with some excellent benefits?! Join the Co-op anytime March 18-31 and receive a gift! Pay your membership in-full and you will be entered to win a $100 gift card! Membership options: Full Equity Member-Ownership Buy a share in the [...]
Let's get ready to crumble! Cheese Madness begins Friday, March 15! What’s Cheese Madness? Only the fiercest formage faceoff! On March 15, 16, 21, 22, and 23, 8 cheeses go head-to-head to earn your votes, but only one will be crowned the winner. Got a hunch on which cheese is the crowd favorite? [...]
Irish Soda Bread Courtesy of grocery.coop, recipe by Robin Asbell Recipe Information Total Time: 1 hour; 20 minutes prep time Servings: 12 If you are looking for a crusty, hearty bread that requires very little effort, this is the one for you. Since it is not a yeast bread, it doesn't require any rising [...]
Irish Beef Stew Courtesy of grocery.coop Recipe Information Total Time: 1.5-2 hours, 25 minutes active Servings: 6 Some dishes are best kept simple, and Irish stew is one of them. Beef, potatoes and optional stout beer perfectly complement the other ingredients simmered into a dish that you’ll want to make over and over. Ingredients [...]
International Women's Day, March 8, 2024 We work with many woman-owned and woman-friendly businesses at the Co-op! This International Women's Day, we wanted to highlight some of our local women-owned or led businesses. Please join us in supporting them. We apologize for those local women-owned or led businesses we missed. There are quite a [...]
Foreign and Cultivated | Kelsey Wilson MARCH - APRIL 2024 | Artist on Display Humans and plants have a storied and complex relationship. We depend on each other to survive. The botanical paintings in this room represent plants that are decorative, edible, or invasive. Getting to these plants better through observation and by pondering [...]
