Marquette, Michigan – The Marquette Food Co-op continues to make local products a priority in their new location. Te meat and seafood department has rearranged its service case to make room for more local meat. Half of the service case is now stocked with locally raised beef, pork, lamb, and even yak! Each product is clearly marked with the name of the farm it came from, which gives customers still more access to information about where their food comes from, and the ability to fnd out more about the farm and their practices. “We want to make it easier to fnd your favorite local products,” says department manager Clayton Lesatz.
Te upright cases also contain some local meat, and signage that will emphasize these items is in development. And while not currently available fresh, customers can also fnd local frozen whitefsh and trout courtesy of Till’s Fish House in the meat department’s frozen section. Currently, fve vendors from the U.P. are supplying meat to the Co-op, but that number can certainly grow. “We are waiting on paperwork from the state that will allow us to sell goat meat from a local vendor. Hopefully that will be ready soon,” says Lesatz.
Te Co-op would still love to work with vendors who can supply chicken, turkey, pork, and bison. If you have a product that would be a good ft for the Co-op’s meat and seafood department, visit the website at marquettefood.coop for a local vendor application.
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