Monthly Archives: October 2026

All Your Holiday Needs: Pies, Sides & More

By |2026-11-04T15:43:55-06:00October 30th, 2026|Categories: Blog|

Preorder Bakery Pies, Co-op Made Honey Grain Dinner Rolls, and Cheese Trays to guarantee availability. These items will also be available for sale off of the shelf along with Deli Sides starting November 14th. Preorders are required on cheese trays. You can preorder and pay over the phone (515-232-4094) or fill out a order [...]

Now Taking Turkey Preorders

By |2026-11-04T15:45:55-06:00October 30th, 2026|Categories: Blog|Tags: |

Now Taking Turkey Preorders! After you've ordered your turkey, learn about our other Holiday meal additions!  Co-op Bakery Pies & Honey Grain Dinner Rolls, Deli Mains & Sides, Cheese Trays and more. Fresh, Free-Range, Antibiotic-Free Turkeys Ferndale Market, Cannon Falls, Minnesota $2.99 LB About Your Regional Turkey [...]

Wild Carrot Herbals – Skincare With a Difference!

By |2026-10-28T16:20:27-05:00October 28th, 2026|Categories: Blog|

Wild Carrot Herbals – Skincare with a difference! Kim McDermott, Wheatsfield Wellness Manager Wild Carrot Herbals tops our list of favorite skincare companies in the co-op’s Wellness Department. Wild Carrot had its humble beginnings in Oregon in the 1990’s. Back then, founder Jody Berry was a young organic farmer at The Evergreen State College, [...]

October 2026 Produce Parable

By |2026-10-29T11:06:13-05:00October 28th, 2026|Categories: Blog|

Endangered Eating October 2026 Produce Parable By Adam Calder, Wheatsfield Produce Manager From the staple foods we eat daily, to the special occasion treats we fondly cherish, food carries significant cultural weight for most people. What might happen to us, to our culture, to our stories, when some of those foods disappear? In her [...]

Local Producer Spotlight: Piece & Freedom Bakery, Ames

By |2026-10-28T15:40:40-05:00October 28th, 2026|Categories: Blog|

A Piece of Tradition, Made with Care Melissa Lanphere, Wheatsfield Marketing Manager This week the co-op started carrying breads baked locally by Piece and Freedom Bakery. We have a love for connecting our members and shoppers with the people behind the food they enjoy, so we asked them to share their stories, traditions, and [...]

Welcome 2027 Board of Directors

By |2026-10-22T17:20:24-05:00October 22nd, 2026|Categories: Blog|

Congratulations and Welcome Board Members! We would like to extend a warm welcome to Sarah S. Davis, Alex Ludolph, and Anand Balasubramanian to new three year terms on the Wheatsfield Board of Directors. We also welcome Ava Waitek and Sophie Krivograd as our Student Board Members appointed for the 2026-2027 school year. [...]

October Member Drive!

By |2026-10-02T15:23:35-05:00October 2nd, 2026|Categories: Blog|

Help us reach 100 new Member-Owners! In coordination with National Co-op Month and other food co-ops across the country, we are holding our annual member-owner drive during October! At Wheatsfield, you're not just a member, you're an OWNER! Join 8,000+ others in member-ownership! Not a member-owner?! Did you know that member-ownership is a one-time [...]

October is National Co-op Month

By |2026-10-02T15:18:00-05:00October 2nd, 2026|Categories: Blog|

October is Co-op Month By:  Co+op Let's celebrate everything that makes cooperative businesses unique! In today’s world where corporate decisions are governed by profits and individualism is the norm, cooperation is truly radical. Now is the time to lift up the people-centered businesses at the heart of our communities and economies. Co-op Month is a [...]

October 2026 Change for Community: Food Co-op Initiative

By |2026-10-01T19:20:34-05:00October 1st, 2026|Categories: Blog, Co-op Nickel|

Food Co-op Initiative is a 501(c)3 non-profit, dedicated to enabling a faster and more efficient start-up process to develop new retail grocery co-ops. Food Co-op Initiative works with community groups across the United States and provides direct services and workshops, webinars and online resources. New co-ops start here. Vision: We envision a world [...]

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