Who said local food is all vegetables?
By , Local CorrespondentWed, Aug 12 2009 at 4:38 PM EST
While most people think fruits and veggies when they hear anything about buying local, there are plenty of cow, pig and chicken farmers here in the cornhusker state. Show your local farmer some love and check out a supplier near you. Here's a convenient roundup of everything local in Lincoln, Nebraska, from Buy Fresh, Buy Local newspaper.
Meat, fish, poultry & eggs
A-(Bar) Ranch
Contact: Mary Lou Block (308-537-7538)
Gothenburg, NE
- Beef (Whole, Half and Quarters)
- Eggs
Beulahland Farm
Contact: Victor Novak (402-687-9458)
Lyons, NE
- Gourmet Berkshire pork (Custom cuts)
- Eggs
Blue Valley Aquaculture
Contact: Amber Peterson and Jeff Schelkopf (402-773-5617)
Sutton, NE
- Donaldson Steelhead Trout
Bluff Valley Farm Natural Meats
Contact: Ken Thiltges (402-245-5460)
Rulo, NE
- Beef
- Pork
- Lamb
- Chicken
- Turkey
- Eggs
Bohaty's British Whites
Contact: Nancy Bohaty (402-367-4741)
Bellwood, NE
- British White beef
Clear Creek Organic Farms
Contact: Robert Bernt (308-750-1086)
Spalding, NE
- Goat
- Chicken
- Duck
- Eggs
Clover Cove Ranch
Contact: Jerry Gotschall (402-925-2431)
Atkinson, NE
- Beef
- Bison
Common Good Farm
Contact: Ruth Chantry and Evrett Lunquist (402-783-9005)
Raymond, NE
- Beef
- Pork
- Organic eggs
Community CROPS
Contact: Leslie Pillen (402-474-9802)
Lincoln, NE
- Chicken
- Eggs
Eastins Eggs
Contact: Jeffrey Eastin (402-685-2004)
Ceresco, NE
- Chicken
- Eggs
Erstwhile Farm
Contact: Lanette Stec (402-897-4065)
Columbus, NE
- Pork
- Eggs
Fertile Ground Family Farm Cooperative
Contact: Beth Davis (402-456-7989)
Blair, NE
- Eggs
G&R Humlicek Farms
Contact: Gerald Humlicek (402-666-2200)
Linwood, NE
- Black Angus beef
Grain Place Foods, Inc.
Contact: David Vetter (402-854-3195)
Marquette, NE
- Beef
- Pork
Grazin' Acres Farm
Contact: Melisa Fulton (402-274-2553)
Auburn, NE
- Pork
- Highland beef
- Chicken
- Eggs
Hollenbeck Farms
Contact: JR and Marcy Hollenbeck (402-781-2992)
Elmwood, NE
- Beef
- Pork
- Lamb
Hometown Produce
Contact: Charlotte Sitorius (308-530-3007)
Brady, NE
- Chicken
- Eggs
L&L Jacobsen Farm
Contact: Luke Jacobsen (402-854-3104)
Marquette, NE
- Beef
L&M Grass Farm
Contact: Martin Kleinschmit (402-254-3310)
Hartington, NE
- Beef
Loup Ridge Cattle & Uncle Buck's Lodge
Contact: Marilyn Rhoades (308-547-2210)
Brewster, NE
- Beef
Mercer Farms
Contact: Daniel Mercer (308-216-0464)
Gibbon, NE
- Beef
MyoLean Beef
Contact: Josh Moenning (402-327-2543)
Lincoln, NE
- Piedmontese beef
Pawnee Pride Meats
Contact: Paul Rohrbaugh (402-869-2396)
Steinauer, NE
- Beef
- Pork
- Eggs
Sanders Country Kitchen
Contact: David Sanders (402-545-2229)
Dwight, NE
- Smoked meats and sausages
- Buffalo
- Beef
- Pork
- Chicken
- Eggs
Sandramere Farm
Contact: Dawn Kucera (402-454-6664)
Madison, NE
- Beef
TD Niche Pork
Contact: Travis Dunekacke (402-335-0197)
Elk Creek, NE
- Pork
Wenninghoff's Farm
Contact: Amy Wenninghoff (402-571-2057)
Omaha, NE
- Eggs
West Blue Farm
Contact: Dave & Deb Welsch (402-826-5361)
Milford, NE
- Beef
- Chicken
Vinson Farms
Contact: Charles Vinson (402-789-7345)
Greenwood, NE
- Eggs
More to come!
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