Julie’s White Chocolate Bread Pudding

Julie Wheeler, 40 Square’s benefit specialist, has a tasty recipe to share with you this holiday season! 16 slices firm white bread* 12 ounces white chocolate, chopped 1-quart heavy cream 1 ½ cup whole milk 3 large eggs ½ cup sugar 8 large egg yolks Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut bread into…

Good Eats: Banana Bread

This recipe comes courtesy of Director of Benefits and Distribution Terri Moxley’s step-mom, who grew up in Pettibone, N.D. Terri makes this banana bread almost weekly in the winter when it’s time to bake, though she admits she swaps chopped nuts for chocolate chips! Instructions: Put in greased bread pan Cook time: Bake at 340…

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Leading the Way: 40 Square Begins Fifth Open Enrollment Season

Leading the Way: 40 Square Begins Fifth Open Enrollment Season 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is first in its class. The organization is proud to be Minnesota’s only agricultural co-op focusing exclusively on providing farm families, agribusinesses, businesses who provide direct support to production agriculture –  and their employees – access to self-funded health plan options.…

40 Square announces opening in sales division

As open enrollment for 2022 begins, 40 Square has announced we’re hiring! The Sales Relationship Manager is responsible for attaining the 40 Square Cooperative Solutions Membership (co-op) and the associated 40 Square Health sales and marketing objectives on an individual basis, as well as assisting the co-op and MEWA achieving their goals. As a Sales…

Making an ‘Impact’: 40 Square honors National Co-op Month

Throughout October, 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is celebrating National Co-op month. We are proud of our unique status as the first – and only! – Minnesota agricultural co-op focusing exclusively on health plans for farm families, agribusinesses and their employees through access to self-funded health insurance options. Minnesota is home to more co-ops than any…

Char’s Recipe: Spaghetti Hot Dish

My husband, Josh, and I both grew up on farms. This was a staple, and is now a staple in our family menu. I’m not sure why it’s called “Spaghetti Hot Dish,” because it doesn’t use spaghetti noodles nor is it in a casserole dish, as hot dishes are (I’ll have to ask my mother-in-law).…

‘Farm Safety Yields Real Results’: 2021 National Farm Safety and Health Week

Agriculture is known as one of the most dangerous industries in America and abroad. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), approximately two million full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the US in 2018. About 100 agricultural workers suffer a lost-work-time injury every day. National Farm Safety and Health…