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Tortilleria Zepeda
If you haven't tried Tortilleria Zepeda's tortillas, you are in for a real treat. Locally made in Lone Rock, WI, with organic heirloom corn sourced from local WI farmers, Heidi and Julian Zepeda follow traditional practices to make authentic Mexican tortillas to share with customers.
Hidden Springs Creamery
Hidden Springs Creamery is a farmstead sheep cheese producer in the Driftless hills outside Westby, Wisconsin. The farm features 74 acres of pasture, a milking parlor, a cheese production and packaging area, an aging room, a manufactured underground aging cave, and two barns.
Embark Maple
Located in the hills of Driftless Wisconsin Bree Breckel and Eric Weninger of B&E's Trees celebrate new adventures with Embark, a maple syrup-based product for endurance athletes. Embark mixes pure organic maple syrup with simple, organic, and sustainably sourced ingredients to create an all-natural concentrated energy product.
Hook’s Cheese Company
Known for award-winning cheeses, this family-run company prides itself on producing high-quality products that are a result of years of expertise, rigorous testing and monitoring throughout the cheese making and aging processes, and milk from local cows, sheep, and goats.
LüSa Organics
Today, LüSa Organics is a small, but growing local business. They offer a full line of natural body care products that aim to enrich lives through the pleasure and the positive impact of their business practices. They handcraft a full line of soaps, balms, sugar scrubs, and essential oil blends for adults, babies, and children using the best, primarily organic, ingredients they can from the most ethical sources.
Rhythm Bakery
Lauralyn Rosenberg and Mason Puntell of Rhythm Bakery make real sourdough bread with local ingredients right here in Viroqua, WI. They moved from Madison, WI to Viroqua drawn by the local food culture and the opportunity to take over the operation of friends and local bread makers, Natalie and Matt of Bard Bread.
Meadowlark Organics
John and Halee's background in organic agriculture and the culinary arts gives them an understanding of the grain supply chain with a unique focus on the final product.
Driftless Brewing Company
Driftless Brewing Company is a relatively new craft brewery, but its origins go quite a way back. The brewery was created out of Chris Balistreri’s passion for homebrewing. Chris made his first batch of homebrew in 1987 with friends in Madison.
Driftless Organics
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.
Kickapoo Meadery
Mead is a delicious alcoholic beverage made by mixing honey, water and yeast and allowing them to ferment and transform into a brew that is greater than the ingredients. Purportedly, mead was the preferred drink of the Vikings in old-world Norway. With Vernon County’s rich Norwegian culture, it is a wonder that mead doesn’t have a more regular place on our table.
Fizzeology Foods
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.
Dreamfarm, LLC
Farmstead refers to cheese that is made entirely from the farm. For Diana, the influence she has at every stage of production is important, from choosing the food her animals eat to monitoring the way each batch of cheese is made.