We know local food—and we’re proud of our thirty-plus year relationships with our farmers and food suppliers. Here’s a brief list of links to just some of the outstanding people we love to work with. Click here for a more complete list of local foods available at Linden Hills Co-op, and plan your own locavore’s dinner party!

Ames Farm
This Minnesota farm specializes in “single source” handcrafted honey.

Cedar Summit Dairy
Enjoy a virtual visit to Dave and Florence Minar’s farm; then pick up some Cedar Summit ice cream at the co-op.

Country Choice
Beginning with organic oatmeal, Eden Prairie’s Country Choice has expanded their delicious line to include cookies and cocoa.

French Meadow Bakery
Since 1985, Lynn Gordon has been baking healthful organic breads in Minneapolis and now offers her baked goods to the world.

Madwoman Foods
Our co-op has an ever-expanding selection of food for special dietary needs, and Minneapolis’s Madwoman Food provides us with a great selection of ready-to-eat baked goods (sold at the deli) and frozen pizzas.

Pastureland
PastureLand is a small cooperative of family operated, organic grass-based dairy farms located in southeastern Minnesota; we’re proud to offer their award-winning butter and cheese.

Pastures A Plenty
The VanDerPohls raise all-natural pork and poultry on their family’s farm in Kerkhoven, MN.

Poplar Hill Dairy
This Scandia goat farm produces award-winning soft goat cheeses and goat milk.

Rock Spring Farm
Chris and Kim Blanchard’s Spring Grove farm offers CSA shares as well as fresh local produce for our store.

Rustica
Quite simply, Rustica’s artisan breads are the best in town (“City Pages Best Bread 2007”). And if you can’t make it over to their bakery, you can pick up a loaf of their divine olive bread or a baguette at Linden Hills Co-op.

Tea.dle.Dee Scones
A family-owned business specializing in premium scone mixes made with organic ingredients, located in St. Paul.

Fair Trade Food and Goods

Alter Eco
Alter Eco is one of our sources for Fair Trade chocolate, tea, sugar and rice.

Peace Coffee
Fair Trade farmer profiles, coffee brewing tips, and information about Peace Coffee’s unique coffee delivery systems (bicycle trailers and a biodiesel van!)

Equal Exchange
This worker-owned cooperative provides Fair Trade coffee, tea, cocoa, and chocolate bars, as well as domestic Fair Trade nuts and cranberries.

Oke Bananas
Check out the Oke Fair Trade banana blog.

World of Good
Linden Hills Natural Home sells handmade jewelry, ornaments and household items from this great Fair Trade source.

Global Mamas
At Linden Hills Natural Home, you’ll find colorful children’s clothing and tote bags made by this Ghanaian women’s cooperative.