40 Square Cooperative Solutions is returning to the Gilfillan Estate in Morgan for Farmfest Aug. 1-3. After using a different booth space in 2022, the co-op will be stationed in Booth #2502 (in the white barn between seventh and eighth streets) to build stronger connections with Minnesota’s agricultural community by promoting greater access to rural…
Just like the agriculture industry, health care has never been – and never will be – a one-size-fits-all system. With a low uninsured rate of 4.7%, the state of Minnesota prioritizes offering its residents access to quality, affordable health care. 40 Square Cooperative Solutions takes this to heart by offering an array of competitive health…
This summer, 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is encouraging Minnesota’s statewide agribusiness community to cool off by visiting 40square.coop to complete a census form and learn about the organization’s affordable health plan options. Prospective plan participants can also email info@40square.coop to receive a quick rate estimate. 40 Square, which is currently in its sixth year of…
Having only one option isn’t really an option at all. Imagine if your furnace stopped working in the dead of winter, and the only company in a 60-mile radius that could fix it charged triple the average cost. At that point, your only choice is to get your wallet out – because you don’t have…
Today, more than 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. That staggering number is expected to more than double to nearly 14 million by 2060. The number of Americans who watch their loved ones battle this disease is drastically higher and includes 40 Square Board Director Beth Magnusson. Magnusson’s mom is living with Alzheimer’s,…
40 Square Cooperative Solutions proposed a bill in late in February through the Minnesota Legislature that would curb health care fees and fund an education and marketing plan for the organization and its members. The onetime appropriation would grant $3 million in funding from the Department of Commerce in fiscal year 2024 toward increasing enrollment…
Alzheimer’s disease is expected to impact nearly 13 million Americans by 2050, including 99,000 Minnesotans today, according to the Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota. So, as you contemplate your New Year’s resolutions for 2023, consider there are important steps you can take to maintain and improve your brain health. Research has shown lifestyle changes like improving…
Open for Business: 40 Square’s renewal season begins 40 Square Cooperative Solutions’ health plan model is one of a kind – and second to none. 40 Square is rooted in Minnesota’s proud farming tradition and remains the state’s only agricultural co-op focusing exclusively on providing farm families, agribusiness – and their employees – along with…
The wait was worth it. For the first time since 2019, 40 Square Cooperative Solutions held its in person Informational Meeting (because a quorum wasn’t reached, the board couldn’t hold an annual meeting) and its first in person board meeting since Amanda Beavens became executive director in July 2022. The meeting was held at the…
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…