August 27th Board Meeting Highlights The Board has begun opening monthly meetings with Strategic Conversations that are intended for active, open dialogue to help grow the knowledge of Board members and brainstorm strategies for addressing future challenges facing the organization. This month’s Strategic Conversation topic covered how to increase engagement of member-owners. The [...]
August 2025 Produce Parable Understanding Eggplant By Adam Calder, Wheatsfield Produce Manager The humble eggplant takes on a leading role during summer meal times. This vegetable (botanically speaking, it is actually a berry) is not much by itself, but paired with other warm-weather staples like basil and tomatoes, and you have got yourself a [...]
Eggplant Parmesan Homemade Eggplant Parmesan, a classic Italian family-style comfort food, served hot from the oven By: Becky Ringsby, Savor Chef Services Golden, crispy eggplant layered with rich tomato sauce, fresh basil, and melty cheese—this homemade eggplant parmesan is comfort food at its finest. Ingredients 2 lbs. globe eggplants (2 medium) 1 [...]
Back-to-School Sale! Three Days to Save - Select items discounted below the Co-op Deals price! Stock up for Back-to-School with deals all around the co-op. Friday, Aug 22 - Sunday, Aug 24 While supplies last! Back-to-School Sale Sheet
Ames Pride is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded to promote community building among LGBTQIA+ individuals, to educate the community of issues affecting LGBTQIA+ people, and to facilitate an environment that values the intersectional identities of all people living in and around the City of Ames. Ames Pride began in 2017 with a mission to [...]
Ripe Melon Selecting Adam Calder, Produce Department Manager No one wants to cut into a melon they just bought to find it under-ripe, over-ripe, mealy or rotten. If one is burned enough times by a bad melon, they may start to ask “Why bother to rise to the crescendo of anticipation, only to plummet [...]
July 16th Meeting Highlights The board is seeking candidate applications for the upcoming Wheatsfield Board Elections. Applications can be picked up in the store or downloaded from the website, and are due by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 11. The board was happy to celebrate General Manager Linda Johnson’s retirement and Stacey Brown’s promotion [...]
Save on Everything Iowa! Shop your Co-op on Saturday, July 26 to save 15% on local products around the Co-op (that’s over 1,000 products!). From 11am-1pm - Enjoy a Co-op Koozie Giveaway, local samples, co-op explorers local scavenger hunt, and sign up to win our local product giveaway! Wheatsfield defines local as grown [...]
June 18th Meeting Highlights The General Manager transition will happen within the month; the Board attended the Passing the Torch ceremony on Sunday, June 22nd, where we bid farewell to Linda Johnson and welcomed Stacey Brown as Wheatsfield’s new CEO. Wheatsfield will march in the July 4th parade in downtown Ames then serve lunch [...]
Lisa Kuehl of Ames is the creator of Heartland Scrapbooks. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Lisa has lived in central Iowa most of her life and is a lifelong artist. In 1982, she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design from Iowa State University and has spent the past [...]
