Thank you for your interest in my art. It has been influenced by my love of nature, my childhood on the Navajo Reservation (my father was a curator for Native American art) and my experience as a yoga teacher. Before moving to Ames, I lived in Arizona by a wash. I took walks there [...]
September's Change for Community recipient is Food At First a local nonprofit that provides free meals and groceries to anyone who is hungry — no questions asked. Food at First serves a hot meal every day of the year at the First Christian Church in downtown Ames. In fact, they haven’t missed a meal in [...]
The Wheatsfield Board approved a slate of 3 candidates for the Annual Board Election at their August 27th meeting. Because there were 3 candidates for the 3 open board seats, there will be no contested election this year. The members attending the Annual Meeting of the Members on Tuesday, October 14th will be asked [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
