Our community is a vibrant, exemplary model of healthy, sustainable, and cooperative living.
The mission of the People's Food Co-op is to build community,
grow a loyal and thriving membership, and be the best fresh food market in the country.
Kale Ridge Organic Farm, operated by Roger and Janice Alvarez near Melrose, Wisconsin, is a place of green grasses, rolling hills, and happy animals (human and otherwise). The Alvarezes have been living organic, natural, free-range and local for years. Turns out, now they are at the forefront of a global food movement.
The farm's native prairie grasses capture energy from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air. Photosynthesis converts the plants into high-quality nourishment for cattle and other herbivores.
The physical activity of the grazing animals also nourishes the microbes in the soils beneath the grasses. As the heard grazes and moves through the pastures, they trample uneaten grass and deposit waste. Then each pasture is rested. These activities increase soil organic matter significantly.
This results in even more grass. The wonderful symbiosis between soil, grass
and herbivores is a "win-win" for humans, animals, and the environment.
