Built by two friends with no farming experience, Vitruvian Farms brings fresh, local food to the residents of Madison, Wisconsin. The Vitruvian Farms store boasts a sign out front: "95% of what's in this store is Wisconsin-made."
A writer met Tommy Stauffer, co-owner and co-founder, inside. Surrounded by brilliant rows of vegetables from the fields out back, loaves of bread baked only a few miles away, and freezers filled with meat raised and butchered just down the road, it's hard not to feel just a little bit hungry. Tommy's pride in the food is clear. "When you walk in here, it's a true celebration of local," he says.
Tommy and his partner, Shawn Kuhn, never planned to be farmers. Fresh from their senior year of college, the idealistic duo decided to start a farm built on regenerative agriculture principles and a deep sense of community. Never mind the fact that neither of them had an ounce of farming experience.
That was 15 years ago. Vitruvian Farms is now a thriving staple of the Madison, Wisconsin, area. Located 9 miles outside the city on 46 acres, the farm nurtures flourishing fields of organic produce, an indoor mushroom growing facility, and a farm store offering goods from producers throughout the state.
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