St. Peter welcomes the Sustainable Farming Association’s annual Midwest Soil Health Summit at Gustavus Adolphus College this month. Learn more about soil health and why it’s important for the farms that grow your food.
Read our Q&A with Jason and Barbara of Barsy’s Almonds to learn more about these delicious, Minnesota-made treats.
Sustainably harvested Minnesota balsam firs… In-store cranberry bog… That’s right, the holiday season has landed here at the St. Peter Food Co-op. Here are a few things you definitely don’t want to miss:
Annual pre-orders for Ferndale turkeys are open now! Every year for Thanksgiving, the St. Peter Food Co-op sells local, pasture-raised turkeys from Ferndale Farms. Family owned and operated for three generations, Ferndale Farm was established in 1939. Their turkeys are raised without antibiotics; fed a natural diet from a local feed mill; and processed without
It’s a time for cooperative businesses like the St. Peter Food Co-op to reflect on their shared principles and to educate others about the value of belonging to a cooperative.
Learn more about “The Week” from Store Operations Manager Erik Larson, who has worked at the St. Peter Food Co-op for over 20 years.
At the St. Peter Food Co-op, sandwiches have always been a signature of our store. Check out our top five best-selling sandwiches. Then, get yourself over here to try one for lunch!
June 4 is National Cheese Day! Celebrate by enjoying cheese in one of its many forms and flavors… We asked St. Peter Food Co-op & Deli Cheese Buyer Jim Vonderharr to share his top five summer cheeses—you can find them all at the Co-op!
With fresh produce popping up all around Minnesota, we thought it was the perfect time to touch base with one of the St. Peter Food Co-op’s local producers—Dan and Jenny Kapernick of Little Big Sky Farm.
March is National Flour Month, so we spent some time chatting with local producer Ben Penner of Ben Penner Farms. Penner has been farming in Minnesota since the fall of 2009, and grows alfalfa, hard red winter and spring wheat, and food-grade soybeans. All of his wheat and flour is certified organic by MOSA and is stone milled and packaged by a miller with 40 years of experience. Keep reading to learn more about Ben Penner Farms and read more about our local producers.
