CONNECTION, TRUST, PROGRESS.

Local food works when the people who care about it can stay in business. We’re here to protect the farms and businesses that actually invest in local prosperity, make choosing local the easy thing instead of the virtuous chore, and support community health by opening up access and showing exactly where your food comes from.

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A connected world of cultural wealth, & environmental health.

Maize connects business that exemplify this shared value. We evaluate each with a careful criteria and work to connect them so we can all win together!

Farms

  • Commited to operating in a sustainable way that protects regional resources and eliminates waste when possible
  • Committed to operating in a true organic way, with no pesticides or fertilizers, and using regenerative agriculture practices
  • Treats animals with care, and raises and feeds on pasture, with room to move and maintain a healthy natural diet

Tables

  • Is local, family, or cooperatively owned and committed to supporting sustainable regional food systems
  • Committed to transparency, community, and representing the table as a gathering space to share local bounty
  • Sources, when possible, products grown on local farms, or sells products made by their business using raw locally grown materials, or uses fair trade, sustainable, and/or organic ingredients in their products

Markets & Retail

  • Is locally owned and committed to supporting sustainable regional food systems
  • Stocks, when possible, products grown on local farms, or sells locally grown raw materials, fair trade, sustainable, and/or organic ingredients

Coffee Shops, Brewery's, Etc.

  • Is locally owned and committed to supporting sustainable regional food systems
  • Sources, whenever possible, organic options, and specifically hops, grapes, fruit, tea, or coffee products grown on local farms, or accquired through fair trade distribution channels

Local roots & people that care

Our team has spent time on the farm, in the kitchen, and at the table. We understand that the system starts in the soil and is built from the ground up by hard working people that care. We are here drawing inspiration from those people everyday and we charish the opportunity to build a better food system with you.

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We are excited to connect with you and work together to build a better food system. Please reach out soon and let's get started!

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