How sustainable is YOUR fish?
Bering Bounty, LLC with Mark McKeown
“When I was a boy, about 10 or 11 years old, I wrote a list of what I wanted to do in life and #5 was fish in Alaska,” quips the charismatic Mark McKeown, commercial fisherman and owner of Bering Bounty, LLC. For two or three months out of the year, that childhood dream comes true as Mark and his crew fish the pristine waters of Southwest Alaska. When he is not fishing, Mark’s business and distribution are centered in Verona, WI – which is considered “local” to VFC (within 100-miles)!
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Meat & Fish,
Salmon Fillet,
Local Producers,
Local Producer Profile,
Bering Bounty
Local Farmers & Producers:
Apply now for our 2022 VFC Microloan!
We invite any local farm or business who sells food or products at any local farmers market, or who sells directly to the VFC, to apply for a one-year, no-interest loan of up to $3,500!
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Local Producers,
Microloan
If you’ve had the Korean Reuben at the VFC Deli, then you’ve experienced the delicious flavor of Fizzeology Kimchi. Like all of Fizzeology’s products, the Kickapoo Kimchi is a raw ferment that contains live enzymes and probiotics. The ingredients are sourced from local farms and the production takes place at the Food Enterprise Center in Viroqua.
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Fizzeology,
Local Producers,
New Owners
In the Driftless region, we are blessed with ample numbers of local farmers growing and producing everything from vegetables and fruits to dairy, hops, wheat, and more. It is only fitting that VFC’s most local brewery – Driftless Brewing Company – is focused on creating tasty sustainable ales and lagers that are rooted in local agriculture.
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Organic,
Local Producers,
Local Food,
Driftless Brewing Company
Update: 40 Acres & A Mule Project
In the 2020 Autumn Pea Soup Newsletter, we featured the 40 Acres and a Mule Project headed up by Uptowne Café’s (La Crosse) owner Adrian Lipscombe. This project is raising money to purchase at least a 40-acre farm for black farmers to produce food for the local food industry, serve as an outlet for black foodways, and be a safe haven to secure the legacy of black foodways.
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Organic,
Local Producers,
Local Food,
40 Acres & A Mule Project,
Uptowne Café
Robert and Summer Schulz are the owners and operators of New Traditions Homestead located in rural Hillsboro. “I have been involved in gardening since a child. Our family always had a big garden and I feel it stuck with me,” shared Robert. He started growing his own market garden when he was in high school and college and would sell to local restaurants in his hometown. “I’ve always enjoyed the process of starting, tending, and harvesting produce. Growing food is essential and it offers a sense of self-sufficiency that I believe is important for anyone to truly feel secure in life.”
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Organic,
Local Producers,
New Traditions Homestead,
Local Food
Josh and Noah Engel are the quintessential farmers in the Driftless region. Their farm – Driftless Organics – is located on McManus Ridge in Crawford County and has been supplying the Viroqua Food Co+op with certified organic produce for longer than we can remember.
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Local,
Driftless Organics,
Local Producers,
Sunflower Oil
Cheese Madness 2020
VFC is hosting our 3rd Annual Wisconsin Cheese Madness! This time, if you want to win the Specialty Cheese Basket at the end of the competition, you must fill out the cheese bracket below & submit it to the Customer Service Desk by the time the first round starts by March 20*.
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Cheese,
Local Producers,
Carr Valley Cheese,
Nordic Creamery,
Cheese Madness
