Mississippi Market’s meat and seafood department provides the best-quality, sustainably raised beef, chicken, bison, lamb and seafood. We support farmers and vendors that provide you with hormone-free, antibiotic-free, humanely raised meat and sustainably wild-caught and farm-raised seafood. Our direct relationships with farmers and fishers ensure we know exactly how the animals were raised and cared for, and it means our products are always exceptionally fresh. On average, over 90% of the meat we sell is locally sourced!
Meet Our Local Makers & Producers
O’Neill Family Farm
Rushford, MN
Nestled within the ancestral lands of the Great Sioux Nation, Wahpeton, Sauk, and Meskwaki peoples, this farm stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of indigenous stewardship and sacred agricultural practices. With a deep commitment to honoring those who came before, the O’Neill family has dedicated twenty-five years to nurturing a perennial, never-tilled prairie pasture ecosystem that embodies gratitude for the Earth. Through sustainable practices focused on soil regeneration, carbon sequestration, and the harmonious integration of sun, water, milk, and grass, they continue to produce lamb, beef, and eggs, ensuring a legacy of stewardship for generations to come.
Beeler’s Pork
Le Mars, IA
Beeler’s Pork offers premium quality, antibiotic-free Heritage Duroc pork products, meticulously raised to ensure exceptional taste and welfare. Their pork is free from gestation crates, antibiotics, and GMOs, with a focus on humane practices and minimal additives. With six generations of expertise, Beeler’s remains committed to delivering the finest pork products while upholding family values and high standards of quality and animal care.
Tree-Range Farms
Northfield, MN
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, CEO and founder of Tree-Range Farms is pioneering regenerative poultry farming on his 65-acre family farm, Salvatierra Farms. Inspired by ancestral knowledge from Guatemala, he’s restoring the land with native species like hazelnut and elderberries, creating a diverse ecosystem. This poultry-centered approach revolves around restoring the chicken’s ancestral habitat while integrating various enterprises like timber, biomass, and organic matter. Collaborating with the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance (RAA), they aim to build community and capacity, working with emerging farmers, including women, veterans, and immigrants. Their goal is to create a more inclusive and accessible food system.
Ferndale Market
Cannon Falls, MN
Ferndale Market, a third-generation turkey farm named after farmer John Peterson’s grandparents Fern and Dale, raises all-natural, free-range turkeys. Each turkey grows at a natural pace, without the use of antibiotics or artificial growth promotants. They enjoy access to fresh air and a natural diet of grains and seeds with a custom-blended mix of vitamins and minerals.
For over 74 years, the Peterson family has maintained a passion for caring for the land and their turkeys. Their commitment to local communities, farmers, and healthy, high-quality products showcases why they’re one of our trusted Local Champions.
Kadejan
Glenwood, MN
Kadejan began custom processing pheasants and hens in 1989 for local area farmers and developing a market for their products in Twin Cities-area fine dining establishments. As they were working with various local chefs, many began asking for free-range hens. Kadejan chickens are raised naturally in small flocks, are free roaming and never caged, and are fed whole grains.
Larry Schultz Organic Farm
Owatonna, MN
Larry Schultz’s family has been using organic farming methods since his great-grandfather first moved onto their land in Owatonna. He prides himself on selling the freshest eggs possible — they’re candled and graded the same day as they’re laid! Schultz free-range, organic turkeys and chickens are fed organic flax seeds, small grains, pasture grasses and bugs, making for happy birds, flavorful poultry, and rich colored egg yolks.
Thousand Hills Cattle Co.
Clearwater, MN
Thousand Hills Cattle Company nourishes soil, plants, cattle and people by holistically grazing cattle. Their 100% grass-fed cattle management practices are good for animals, people and the planet, and promote long-term health, wellness and environmental sustainability. They have strict standards for their heritage breed, free-range, grass-fed beef and pride themselves on raising the highest quality cattle, which are never given antibiotics, artificial hormones, GMOs, grain or grain byproducts.