Back for the 2021 Season! Join us for FREE Tiny Deck Concerts featuring live local music. Select Fridays nights, July – September, 6-7:30pm. Meet us on the east deck and grab dinner, drinks and friends! Everyone is welcome! Please bring a lawn chair too, the deck will be reserved for performers this season. [...]
Wheatsfield’s financials remain strong. While March 2020 marked the highest sales month in co-op history, March 2021 sales were nearly as high. As we enter the post-Covid era, sales remain strong and above pre-Covid levels. Coffee with the Board will begin again on a monthly basis with free coffee! Next two dates—for outdoor conversation and coffee—are [...]
Haskap Jam Haskap is the Japanese name for Lornicera caerulea (Edible blue Honeysuckle). It is the "branding name" being used in North America to differentiate the newer varieties of edible honeysuckle. It is a circumpolar species native to northern boreal forests in Asia, Europe, and North America. It is mainly found in low lying [...]
Rainbow Salad with Salmon & Sesame Dressing Total Time: 30 min Servings: 2 Ingredients: Cooked vegetables • 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and diced • 1 large beetroot, peeled and sliced into wedges • 1 tablespoon olive oil • Salt to taste Raw vegetables • 3 cups leafy greens of your choice • 1 [...]
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. We are committed to maintaining a community that recognizes [...]
Honeyberries Adam Calder, Produce Manager Wheatsfield Cooperative recently got in a shipment of a new kind of berry we have never sold before. This new fruit is known scientifically as Lonicera caeruleal, or more commonly as the honeyberry, blue-berried honeysuckle, or the haskap berry. The word haskap is an old word from the Ainu [...]
Kim McDermott Wellness Manager It’s been a long couple of years, but CBD is back on the Wellness shelves!! We’re thrilled to be able to offer customers a top notch quality CBD, from the folks at PlusCBD. More people are discovering how CBD helps support sleep, stress reduction, recovery, and more. PlusCBD is non-psychoactive [...]
Kevin Stow Board of Directors As summer kicks off the nice weather is here, and the outdoors are calling. Many of us will venture outside to our favorite beach, park, or just around the neighborhood. Spending time outdoors can have noticeable benefits for physical and mental health, including lowering your blood pressure and reducing [...]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month With May being National Mental Health Month, we want to acknowledge the reality of how millions of Americans are affected by mental illness, and that they are not alone. Our mental health is just as important as our physical health, which is why we need to pay attention [...]
To support our shoppers and keep our employees safe, we started curbside pickup in March 2020. Now that many customers are returning to shopping inside the co-op, we need to modify the program. Changes to Curbside Pickup Starting May 31, 2021 - Curbside pickup will only be available Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays. - Orders [...]
