New Fargo food cooperative names Kopperud general manager

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A former regional coordinator for Whole Foods Market will be leading a planned food cooperative in North Dakota's largest city.

Prairie Roots Food Co-op in Fargo has named Kurt Kopperud as its general manager. The store is scheduled to open the downtown area in the spring of 2017.

Kopperud, a Fargo native, has extensive experience in the grocery business, starting as a clerk at Hornbacher's Foods in Fargo in 1997.

Kopperud spent six years in San Francisco with Whole Foods, where he helped open a new store on Haight Street.

Prairie Roots Food Co-op has more than 1,200 members.