Operation Bacon Pork Products

Humans have been cooking meat for 800,000 years. In that time we’ve switched from knowing exactly where our food comes from – cooking what we kill – to having no idea where our food comes from – cooking whatever is shipped to the supermarket.

But there’s a middle ground we can come together on – Operation Bacon.

Here at Operation Bacon Pork Products, our goal is to refamiliarize Minnesotans with their local food chain and economy. There are 3,000 hog farmers in Minnesota, raising 16 million pigs to harvest each year. We want to bring that bacon, chop, roast, ribs, and loin straight from a local family hog farm to your dining room table, cookout, or pignic at an affordable price per pound you can squeal about. We sell fresh, local, all-natural, chemical- and antibiotic-free, whole- and half-hog packages.

If, after looking around our website and doing your hamwork, you have any more questions about where your pork comes from, we’d love to give you answers or even arrange a phone call with the Minnesota hog farmer who provided your pork.

Bring home the bacon for ~$3/lb.!

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Whole-Hog or Half-Hog

Orders

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About

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Courtesy of the National Pork Board, Des Moines, Iowa.

Learn About Operation Bacon

It all started as a way to help a friend. Let’s set the stage:

Steve & Jen VanKeulen – local hog farmers near Ghent, MN with an uncertain future during the pandemic.
Brett & Katie Van Vooren – friends of Steve & Jen who knew they had to find a way to help.
Benny’s Meat Market – local meat market in Hutchinson & Hector, MN, owned by Ben & Derek Schwarzrock.

Three forces brought together during a global pandemic to help Minnesotans find the most local, tastiest, and freshest cuts of pork at affordable prices.

Click Here To Read Our Story

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Reviews from our neighbors

Just wanted to send you a big thank you for what you are doing! We just picked up our order yesterday and it looks great. It is bigger than just a freezer full of pork though. It is a reminder good things come from hard times and neighbors won’t let neighbors fail if we can help. Again “Thank You and God Bless You” on this journey of supporting and helping others. Another lesson we all should learn.

Aaron & Becky D.

Covid-19 happened in Minnesota, and all of our grocery stores began to see hoards of people stocking up on the supplies. Then the farmer’s processing plants started shutting down. That news made me really sad. I am a nurse, so I will be working no matter what. But what about all those people who depend on other people to support their families and their businesses?? The internet can be a life-saver. A Facebook page was created for Minnesota farmers! I quickly signed up for a whole hog, ten chickens, and ¼ beef. That is the very least I can do. I have never had fresh meat before – I thought the grocery store was fresh meat! I am a city girl . . . Operation Bacon arranged the hog with the farmer, then the butcher, to my table. I have been in constant contact with Brett during this entire process. The meat was so tender! OMG!!! I will never ever ever buy meat from the grocery store again! Thank You SOOOOO Much!

Kasey Herrera

Operation Bacon provides a great product at a fair price. We have enjoyed our purchase!

Joe M.

So grateful to Brett and Katie for working with their friends to provide LOCAL pork for us to purchase. With everything that is going on in the world, it was hard to find meat at the grocery store and when we did we weren’t sure exactly where it was coming from. Brett and Katie were wonderful with communication and facilitating the purchase and pick-up of the pork. Benny’s Meat Market was also great and friendly when we picked up the pork. The meat tastes wonderful! I think it’s the best pork I’ve ever tasted!

Jennifer Adam

As a kid, I grew up on a Minnesota farm and enjoyed the best of the meat industry during those growing-up years. Our family raised a few hogs, a few beef cattle, and a few chickens – the basis of creative and delicious meals. We knew where our meat came from – our farm. And it was processed locally by the town meat market and returned to our family packaged and ready to cook. There were no worries about our meat. And we took it for granted. Those times have changed. The small farm operation is now almost non-existent, and we are relying on large meatpacking industries for all our meat products. And I have sometimes wondered about them. Where does the meat come from? How and where is it grown? Are chemicals being used to induce rapid growth? When I go to the supermarket, where has this meat come from. Is it the best choice for my family? These questions have plagued me over the years. And then the pandemic of 2020 hit our community, our country, and our world. Operation Bacon is a new and exciting option in providing quality pork products for Minnesota families. I love knowing where the hogs are grown – by a farmer who truly cares. And it is a beautiful story of how friends stepped up with a vision for future pork needs. This idea of pork from a local farm, to a local processor, to my table, is exciting. And the price is kept very competitive, which is every household’s concern. Operation Bacon may be a new concept, but it is based on what many of us grew up with – knowing where our food products come from. For fresh, chemical-free, pork at a competitive price, you can trust Operation Bacon for your pork needs. Give them a try – and get back to farm-to-table pork, just like the good old days!

JaNeil Peschon