International Women’s Day at the Co-op

Wayzata, MN

Roots Essential was started in 2015 by local female entrepreneur Evangeline Stacy. She creates therapeutic bath and body care products in small batches using plant-based ingredients and recyclable, locally-sourced packaging. You’ll find their aromatic fine mist sprays, essential oil-based body lotions, therapeutic bath soaks, and all-natural vegan soaps in our Wellness department.

Minneapolis, MN

Roseline’s Candles is a Black woman- and immigrant-owned business in Minneapolis. Her candles are made with cotton wicks and 100% soy wax, and are hand-poured in recycled glass jars. Sustainability is a key tenet in Roseline’s business, and to support her work, we add a $1 glass deposit to each candle purchase. After you’ve used up your candle, please bring the empty container to the co-op to receive your deposit back. Then we’ll return the container to Roseline to clean and reuse for more candles!

Saint Paul, MN

Quebracho Empanadas is a first-generation immigrant, Latina-owned food brand that offers heritage-inspired Hispanic flavors, featuring better-for-you ingredients and recipes adapted to the modern world.

Elmwood, WI

Angelica grows two acres of organic green cabbage, Napa cabbage, garlic, daikon radishes and more and makes sauerkraut, her kimchi, sauerkraut, curtido, and other fermented products on site in their farmhouse. 

Minneapolis, MN

Bare Honey is committed to local food, farms, and Minnesota–made honey. They produce and distribute chemical and antibiotic–free, single source, 100%–pure honey in a variety of flavors, including raw wildflower, clover, lavender blossom, vanilla bean, chocolate, cinnamon, hot and spicy, and more.

Northfield, MN

Red Barn Family Farms was founded in 2008 with a mission to preserve small, family-owned and operated farms by paying fair and sustainable wages. The farmers excel at individualized, ethical, humane animal care, resulting in top-quality milk to make handcrafted, award-winning cheeses. Red Barn’s seven family farms milk an average of just 55 cows that are all pasture-raised and known and cared for by name.

Willernie, MN

Salad Girl has 11 unique varieties crafted with the finest, freshest organic ingredients. Salad Girl Organic Dressings do not contain any preservatives, cane sugar, soy, or corn syrup. Our dressings are organic, dairy-free, gluten-free, certified kosher, and non-GMO.

Minneapolis, MN

Seven Sundays founders discovered muesli on their honeymoon in New Zealand. Over the course of 6 weeks of hiking and camping, a nourishing breakfast became extra important and muesli became a staple that they looked forward to each morning. Not long after returning home, they were craving that New Zealand-style muesli. Hannah did her best to replicate the recipe and their first bag of muesli was sold at a Minneapolis farmer’s market in 2011.

Port Washington, WI

Blakesville Creamery opened in June 2020 and is women-owned and -operated under the leadership of Head Cheesemaker & General Manager Veronica Pedraza; Business Manager Juli Kaufmann; and Owner Lynde Uihlein. As a farmstead creamery, Blakesville’s cheeses are made by hand on the same farm where the goats are raised. The adjoining Blakesville Dairy Farm, humanely raises over 1000 goats using sustainable farming practices to yield the highest quality of milk for handmade artisan cheeses.

Cannon Falls, MN

CannonBelles is a woman- and veteran-owned artisan cheese company in Cannon Falls. Friends Jackie, Kathy and Deeann began their cheesemaking journey in 2012 with a homemade mozzarella, then worked to make their cheese better and better — visiting numerous cheese plants in Minnesota and Wisconsin, joining the American Cheese Society, and taking courses to learn as much as possible. They made their first commercial cheese in August of 2016, and CannonBelles now makes a variety of family-friendly cheeses, from gouda and queso fresco to cheddar and cheese curds.

Waconia, MN

Teresa Andrys spent her career developing products for national companies. She witnessed incredible waste, misleading labels, and vast amounts of synthetics, petrochemicals and fillers going into our environment and our bodies. In 2007, Teresa created Sunleaf Naturals, a fresh line of truly natural products. Sunleaf is a locally owned company dedicated to making fresh, plant-based products for home use. They donate 5% of profits to water conservation efforts and pollinator research and formulate their products to be 100% biodegradable, using only recyclable and compostable packaging.

Minneapolis, MN

Started by four friends with a mission to rid the bathroom of plastic, HiBar shampoo and conditioner bars are all-natural and made with plant-based ingredients. Their cardboard and paper packaging are also recyclable and compostable, resulting in zero plastic waste.

Minneapolis, MN

After husband and wife Jose and Noemi Payan moved to Minnesota from Chicago in 1994, they quickly realized that there were no tortillerias to be found. They decided to make and sell their own tortillas under the name La Perla, meaning “the pearl.”  Today, they have dozens of employees, multiple locations, and make and sell more tortillas than anyone else in the city!

St. Paul, MN

Saint Paul Bagelry has been baking some of the most sought-after New York-style bagels in the Twin Cities for decades. This woman-owned, family-run business bakes over 4,000 bagels from scratch every day, which are delivered fresh daily to Mississippi Market. Their bagels, including Plain, Poppy Seed, Sesame, Everything, Cinnamon Raisin, and more, are all-natural and made without preservatives of any kind. You’ll also find several tubs of their delectable cream cheeses on our shelves.

Spring Lake Park, MN

MinnTofu is a local Minnesota startup with a singular focus on producing wholesome and environmentally sustainable plant-based foods, with locally farmed soybeans. MinnTofu was started by Yan Small, a licensed food safety instructor from St. Paul who teaches classes to food handlers and managers. The lack of freshly made tofu in Minnesota inspired Yan to fill the void for local consumers who want fresh tofu in their diet. Yan, as an Asian American woman, is passionate about the health benefits of plant-based foods. In 2018 Yan teamed up with Rafik Moore to make her dream of providing plant-based foods a reality to share with others who are passionate about a healthy diet and lifestyle.