Whole Farm Cooperative

12/21/2013

Read our producer profile on the Camphill Village bakery here:
http://www.wholefarmcoop.com/cgi-bin/producers.cgi?member=camphillvillage

LITTLE SAUK, MN -The Camphill Bakery has a big job. Its crew bakes bread and cookies for a village of more than fifty people. They also make baked goods for Everybody’s Market Cooperative in Long Prairie and St. Cloud’s Good Earth Cooperative. For years they’ve also baked for Whole Farm Cooperative.

12/21/2013

Read our producer profile on Mel Wiens's Acorn Ridge here:
http://www.wholefarmcoop.com/cgi-bin/producers.cgi?member=102melvinwiens

11/26/2013

There is a proposed gold mine operation in Bristol Bay, where Whole Farm Co-op's salmon comes from. This is the last remaining wild salmon run in the world, and we encourage people to sign this petition to help preserve this area for the future. Thanks!

http://action.sumofus.org/a/northern-dynasty-minerals/2/5/?akid=2851.1182901.zrlGDp&rd=1&sub=fwd&t=1

If Anglo American can admit that this is a bad business decision, so can Northern Dynasty Minerals.

11/11/2013

WFC is preparing a delivery to St. Cloud and the Twin Cities on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Check the pricelist for product availability and our new prices! Note that all Swan River products are 30% off the listed prices.

10/25/2013

We believe that one of Mel's Pekin ducks has been seeing a Foxy Looking Gentleman.

10/22/2013

10/21/2013

We visited Mel Wiens, and his ducks, on a golden fall day. Mel's farm is called Acorn Ridge near the town of Staples. Mel raises ducks and geese for Whole Farm Cooperative. He's sold all of his geese but it is our hope that his Pekin ducks will be included in the November WFC delivery that Roy and Robert are working on. The white ducks are Pekin ducks. Jemima Puddle Duck was a Pekin duck. The small downy ducks are Muscovy ducks. Mel also raises Rhode Island Red pullet crosses to sell to neighbors when the pullets are old enough to lay eggs.

10/15/2013

Dear Friends,

Whole Farm Coop is planning a pre-Thanksgiving delivery to the Twin Cities. November 6th has been discussed but we’re waiting for Roy Perish to make a date with the butcher to dispatch his turkeys. Gilda tells me that the co-op will have the following products available for sale at that time: Turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, Camphill bakery goods, and dry goods. We have plenty of mushrooms! Grains, beans, and Swany White flours are plentiful. We will also have this years' salmon catch and Velasquez Family coffee also, including their special holiday flavor which will be known/announced in 2 weeks.

I hope you’ll consider placing an order. Gilda is in the store on Monday mornings so you should get a response to your questions and orders at that time.

Thanks

Tim

10/02/2013

10/01/2013

These photos were taken by Karina Perish the daughter of WFC's Roy Perish. The heritage turkeys that the Perish family is raising should be available to WFC customers for the holidays. The family is also raising the pigs to sell to customers by the half or whole hog. Roy tells us that the pigs will cost $1.26 per pound plus the cost of processing.

08/07/2013

We visited the Camphill Village Bakery on Tuesday July 23rd. It was a slow cookie baking day so a couple of visitors were welcome. Efraim, the head baker, and his expert crew of Tony, Sarah, Mike, Victor, and Brenda quickly made five dozen oatmeal raisin and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Every other Tuesday the Bakery makes in excess of twenty dozen cookies. We hope you enjoy these photos of the Camphill Bakery in action. If you haven’t been getting your Camphill cookies and bread lately please contact Robert at the co-op. Perhaps that part of the project can be restarted.