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WHY FARMERS MATTER<br />
It’s just one of the many ways she<br />
shares the farming lifestyle with other<br />
people. She believes in supporting the<br />
local agriculture industry by providing<br />
information to the public and making<br />
the connection between what we eat<br />
each day and where it originates. She’s<br />
also focused on taking good care of<br />
animals by providing them with a nutritious<br />
diet and healthy living conditions.<br />
A major focus of her message is on<br />
buying local, an effort that she’s immersed<br />
herself in during the last year.<br />
In addition to running the farm with<br />
her husband, Brandon Moore, she<br />
operates The Kitchen at Moore Family<br />
Farms, a shop that sells cheese made<br />
from milk from her dairy cows and<br />
other locally produced foods and handmade<br />
crafts in downtown Maquoketa.<br />
The store, at 204 S. Main St., started<br />
out in winter of 2017 as a holiday shop<br />
that Moore expected to keep open seasonally.<br />
She and Brandon were looking<br />
for a way to create a value-added,<br />
sustainable market for their milk. While<br />
they dream of opening a creamery —<br />
an expensive undertaking — for the<br />
time being they found one in Wisconsin<br />
that processes their milk into cheddar<br />
cheese and cheese curds.<br />
A strong business that first season —<br />
they sold out of their first 700 pounds<br />
of cheese before Christmas — and<br />
the availability of the space prompted<br />
her to decide to keep the shop open<br />
year-round and expand its offerings<br />
to include hand-dipped ice cream and<br />
daily lunch specials. Everything sold in<br />
the store — from peanut butter, honey,<br />
“We’re a rural<br />
county, so it’s<br />
important to us<br />
that we’re tipping<br />
our hat to the rural<br />
community.”<br />
— NICOLAS HOCKENBERRY<br />
Director, Jackson County<br />
Economic Alliance<br />
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