Food co-op's warehouse/distribution division a key cog in developing regional food system

摘要

The Wedge Community Cooperative opened in 1974 in Minneapolis as a small store aperating out of a basement apartment. Today, one move and three expansions later, the Wedge has 14,000-plus members and more than $40 million in annual sales from its retail store, from Co-op Partners Warehouse (CPW) - its distribution arm - and from Gardens of Eagen Farm, an organic farm on the outskirts of the Twin Cities. The farm was purchased in 2006 by the Wedge and now supplies $600,000 worth of produce to the store every year.