• The Free Book Buggie: An Open Book Bookin’ It to Your Neighborhood

    Since 2018 Debbie Beck and her partners with The Free Book Buggie have placed 310,000 books in the hands of the children throughout the Twin Cities and the surrounding metro area. 

  • Spreading some sunshine: Twofold Blooms brings fresh flowers to those who need them most

    Marie Schuhwerck hated to see the waste generated by the brief life of beautiful floral arrangements. They had so much beauty still to share; there had to be another option rather than moving them to the trash

  • Little meatballs–big impact: Simek’s is changing the world from the grocery store freezer aisle

    Did you know that every time you purchase a Simek’s product Lindsey Hickey and the rest of the St Paul Park based Simek’s team donates a meal to a Feeding America food bank? What about Simek’s partnership with rePurpose Global to remove an equivalent amount of plastic from the environment as is used in the packaging and shipping of their products?

  • Crunchy Soap and Home: Keeping it Weird, Wild & Wonderful

    Meet Emilee of Starseed Urban Homestead. From her Stillwater kitchen Emilee produces small batch soaps, salves, and creams that are good for you and for the planet.

  • Photographic Storyteller: Bre McGee of UnCommon Collaborative

    Why should you work with a brand and product photographer?

  • Smith+Trade Collaborative: A Fresh Celebration of Minnesota Local Artisans

    Kelli Kaufer and Mina Carlson of Stillwater’s Smith+Trade Mercantile and the new Smith+Trade Collaborative exude an [...]