Celebrating Co-op Week

Farm Families Feeding Families

At Hensall Co-op, being a co-operative means more than doing business together. It means farm families supporting families and strengthening the communities we call home.

This Co-op Week, October 11–17, 2026, Hensall Co-op is proud to launch Farm Families Feeding Families, an initiative recognizing the important role our growers play in feeding families while supporting families with children receiving medical care.

Hensall Co-op is contributing more than $5,000 to support families in need with our comittment to Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario (RMH SWO) in London. Funding is through the Dinner Group Volunteer Experiences that will provide meals for families staying at the House while their children receive medical care.

The connection is simple, but meaningful:

• Farmers grow the food.
• Hensall Co-op connects it to families and consumers around the world.
• Together, we help feed and support families when they need it most.

The Story Starts in Our Growers' Fields

Every day, Hensall Co-op growers produce food that reaches families across Canada and around the world. To help tell that story during Co-op Week, a limited number of Unico bean cans will be available beginning Wednesday, October 7 at participating Hensall Co-op locations.

Unico is one of Hensall Co-op's end-use customers, and these cans represent the journey that begins in growers' fields and ends with food on a family's table.

Participating Locations

Ontario:
Ailsa Craig • Aylmer (Crops) • Brussels • Clinton • Drayton • Greenway • Harrow • Hensall • Kurtzville • Lakeside • Londesborough • Mitchell • Seaforth • Tilbury • Westfield

Manitoba:
Bloom • Miami

Join Farm Families Feeding Families

Participating is easy:

1. Pick up a can of Unico beans at a participating Hensall Co-op location.
2. Take a photo showing what Farm Families Feeding Families means to you.
3. Post your photo on Facebook, Instagram or X and tag Hensall Co-op.

You can enter every day during Co-op Week.

Don't have a can of Unico beans? You can still participate. Take a photo with something displaying the Hensall Co-op logo — a hat, sign, location, product or anything else that represents our co-operative community.

Four Winners – Four Opportunities to Give Back

Following Co-op Week, four winning entries will be selected.

Each winner will have the opportunity to bring ten people to Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario in London for a Dinner Group Volunteer Experience.

The four experiences will take place on:

November 20 • November 21 • December 5 • December 6

During the experience, participants will:

• Tour Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario;
• Work alongside the Wellness & Nutrition team;
• Prepare a meal for families staying at the House; and
• Spend time together giving back to families during a challenging time in their lives.

Ronald McDonald House provides the menu, ingredients and equipment. Participants simply bring their group and a willingness to help.

All attendees must be 16 years of age or older.
Location: Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario, 741 Base Line Road East, London, Ontario.

Farmers Helping Families

From beans grown in our growers' fields to meals prepared for families staying at Ronald McDonald House, Farm Families Feeding Families represents what being a co-operative is all about.

It connects the work of our growers with Hensall Co-op's commitment to the communities we serve and reminds us that agriculture is ultimately about people and families.

This Co-op Week, we celebrate our farmers, our communities and the difference we can make together. Farm Families Feeding Families

Grown by farm families. Supporting families in need.

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