Not all pork is created equal.

Nearly 70 years ago, Dale Peterson started raising turkeys on his farm in Cannon Falls. Minn. His wife, Fern, was an avid environmentalist and believed we all have a role to play in preserving our earth.

The henhouse at Kellner Back Acre Garden in Denmark, Wisconsin is a cacophony of noises, smells and sights. If you’ve never had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with a couple thousand prancing, clucking, pecking chickens the constant buzz veers between the enjoyable and the ridiculous so much that you can’t help but smile. It’s a fowl harmony that farmer Nancy Kellner has heard since she was a child and has come to love. “We’ve always had chickens, but small, maybe like fifty to a hundred and then we’d just sell eggs off the farm and then it just grew from there.”

Larry Schultz comes from a long line of organic farmers. Before there was an organic label, Larry’s parents, Alvin and Helen Schultz, chose not to use chemicals on the family farm outside of Owatonna, MN. 

We’ve reeled in a Midwest classic! 

Until a few decades ago, it would have been unthinkable to raise livestock in crowded factory settings. Unfortunately, this has become a common practice. In the early 1970s, as the agricultural landscape started changing, Niman Ranch’s family ranchers started raising cattle using traditional, humane husbandry methods and giving them wholesome, all-natural feeds.

At Northstar Bison in Rice Lake, Wis., Lee and Mary Graese are good stewards. Their bison live as they would in the wild, grazing on native grasses. But Northstar sells more than bison meat. 

Nowadays, the word Nueske’s means one thing: bacon. At least, that’s the way it seems around Wisconsin. Sure, the family company sells more than bacon, a lot more. But if you mention the name, a lot of people will think you’re talking about what could be Nueske’s most popular product. 

What do you expect to find at a meat counter at the grocery store? Well, at Outpost, you’ll find nothing less than the freshest and highest quality meat and seafood. 

Rushing Waters, an 80-acre fish farm, located in Palmyra, in Jefferson County, is about an hour’s drive from Milwaukee ideally located, surrounded on three sides by Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine State Forest. Aside from the area’s geological significance, it provides Rushing Waters with an abundance of natural spring water, creating ideal conditions for fish farming.

Want all natural beef that’s locally raised on a 100-percent grass diet, then Wisconsin Meadows is what you’re looking for. It’s the trade name of beef produced by members of the Wisconsin Grass-fed Beef Cooperative.