The Blume family lives on a farm near Redfield, South Dakota. They put plenty of corn, soybeans and wheat into the marketplace. However, their side hustle puts super-fresh foods like their hydroponic lettuces on tables around northeast South Dakota all year long.
From eggs to hydroponic lettuce to sweet corn and squash, Blume Foods LLC is taking its passion for fresh, delicious food to shelves and restaurants in South Dakota. "I want people to experience what I get to enjoy every day," said Elden Blume, 18, who operates the fresh-foods startup with his mother, Kellie Blume. "It's a lot of fun, and adding more products means there's always something to do."
Blume Foods started with fresh eggs from its 300-hen flock. Soon, they will complete construction on a commercial kitchen to amplify their offerings. They fuse traditional freshness, like eggs, with leading-edge approaches, like the walls of lettuce they grow 365 days a year.
"We get a lot of questions, but it's a lot of fun offering fresh produce to so many people," Kellie Blume said. "Elden is a perfectionist, and we work together on almost everything, so it's a real rewarding experience."
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