Summary…The Farm Market Kitchen Incubator…a project of The Living Lake’s Heritage, Inc. 501(c)(3)

The Farm Market Kitchen Incubator located in Algoma is a shared-use food processing business incubator and food heritage center. It functions as a community-based economic development project serving the Northeast Wisconsin region.

Primarily serving Brown, Door, Manitowoc and Kewaunee counties it is also working with tenants/businesses from Wiscsonsin and surrounding states.

Mary Pat Carlson is the executive director for the project and also does private consulting for small-scale private food processing business and community-based projects.

At the present, 60 small-scale processors working out of 45 businesses are utilizing this processing facility and accessing business entrepreneurial training and technical food processing support. These entrepreneurs range from chefs and caterers to farmers and food processors…some as young as 16 in the Youth Entrepreneurship Program. Off-site clients include specialty food stores, B&B’s, educational institutions, and other non-profits. All are businesses engaged in the processing of value-added food products for resale, some are entering and other are expanding food related businesses (restaurants, catering, mobile vending, etc.).

The facility is available 24 hrs. a day at an hourly rate. Rates are based on time of useage and include long-term anchor tenant reduced rates.

The food-processing incubator provides individual technical support and training workshops addressing food industry related issues. Two commercially equipped kitchens are available.

The Food Heritage Center is the marketing tool of the Incubator. It is also located in the Gerald J. Haegele center…right on the shores of Lake Michigan and adjacent to Algoma’s Crescent Beach Board Walk in the Main Street District of Algoma. The Center is a desired location for tourists, locals, and event planners. The Center hosts on-going food events including tours, samplings, special events, dinners, and farmers’ markets. A retail outlet showcases the newest products produced in Northeast Wisconsin. And, rental space for workshops, small conferences, meeting and special family events is available.

For additional information contact The Farm Market Kitchen Incubator, PO Box 35, Algoma, WI 54201 or call 920-487-9750 mcarlson@farmmarketkitchen.com www.farmmarketkitchen.com

We are a fully licensed commercial kitchen available for rent 24/7. For more information visit our website.

2,300-sq.ft. kitchen opening Oct. 1, 2011, in the new Gays Mills Community Commerce Center. Can support bakers, canners, caterers and can be rented in conjunction with adjacent 3,000 sq.ft. event space. Can be licensed for all kinds of food product prep, including meat and dairy. Comprehensive incubation services available. Rates start at $10/hr.

Brown County Culinary Kitchen wants you to build your business on an as-needed basis with minimal start-up costs and low risk!!!

Are you….
•interested in artisan foods…
•an aspiring commercial chef…
•a cook looking to perfect their culinary skills…
•a caterer trying to get your name noticed…
•a baker with a killer cheese cake recipe…
•a canner with some awesome jams…
•a cooking teacher looking for some minds to mold…
•a restaurateur with the next great restaurant idea…

Through our mission Brown County Culinary Kitchen will provide the community economic development through entrepreneurship, providing opportunities for sustaining local agriculture, and promoting best practices for food related processes.

The Brown County Culinary Kitchen is a non-profit collaborative effort among N.E.W. Curative Rehabilitation, The Farm Market Kitchen incubator, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and Advance Economic Development of Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.
We offer:
•a licensed kitchen
• open 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• $15/hr kitchen usage
•Short-term or long-term usage
•Classes
•On-site manager
•Commercial stoves, convection oven, refrigerators, freezers, mixer, stainless steel work tables, baker's racks and more
• Technical assistance
• online scheduling system so you can request time in the kitchen at your convenience

To get started visit http://advance.incutrack.net/apply.cfm to complete an inquiry form. Once we receive your information a Brown County Culinary Kitchen representative will contact you to schedule a personal tour of the kitchen and resources. If you like what you see, and our kitchen is compatible with what you intend to produce, the next step in applying to become a kitchen client is to complete an application/needs assessment form. Each culinary business owner will be responsible for complying with all applicable city, state and federal agencies governing food related business including licensing, food safety and sanitation, taxes and employment, etc.

New 400 square foot kitchen and 825 square foot prep room also has demonstration room and kitchen for culinary arts classes. Includes full and half size convection ovens, gas range and stove, 10 gallon tilt brazier, 30 quart Hobart mixer, reach-in freezer and refrigerator and hot hold/proofer. Facilities all newly remodeled within historic courthouse complex. Rent for $12/hour 24/7. Secured indoor parking. Must get appropriate food processor's license and liability insurance.

Kitchen facility is part of the Rock Lake Activity Center in Lake Mills, WI. Kitchen equipment includes: Blodgett Convection Oven; 3-compartment sink; automatic dishwasher. Storage space (dry) also available. For rental inquiries, contact Deb V.

Development in progress 3500 sq ft. Four professional Kitchens plus 4000 sq ft of training, seminar and party rooms.

IK Cafe is an Incubator Kitchen and Market Cafe. We will have fully equipped & licensed kitchen available for use under a contract lease and (or) rental agreement. We have the following Usage Packages :
Full Time - Monthly,
Part Time - Weekly
Short Term - Hourly

Other Services: Warehouse & Storage Facilities, Photo & Video Services and Classes & Workshops.

Smart Kitchen will foster workforce development in the community by providing comprehensive commercial kitchen facilities and business services for use by food processing industry start-ups and smaller entrepreneurs who lack the means or need to build their own.
Smart Kitchen: Facilities and Services: when it comes to food, we will help you to make it.

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A 24/7 professional commercial incubator kitchen. Our only purpose is to develop small food related businesses. We have all the basic major equipment needed to take your project to the next level. Safe serve certificate,proof of insurance, and licences required. Please call for pricing and any questions you may have.

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