The Wedge Buys into Organic

"The Wedge gets into the organic farming business

The Wedge Co-op, one of the nation's largest consumer-owned food cooperatives, said Monday it has agreed to buy Gardens of Eagan, a 100-acre, certified-organic farm in Farmington, Minn., for $1.5 million.

The Minneapolis-based natural and organic food cooperative has more than 13,000 member-owners and posted sales of $37 million for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

In its 33-year history has grown to become the largest single store, consumer-owned, natural food cooperative in the United States."

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