The Village Hive: Bakery & Local Foods Collective

Published on by andrew.bernhardt

Located in Amherst, Central Wisconsin, The Village Hive Bakery & Local Food Collective is Wisconsin’s newest shared-use kitchen. The Village Hive is located at 127 Main St. and is currently open to retail customers from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. However, this food processing facility can also be rented by the hour 24/7 for food entrepreneurs looking for more space to produce their value-added food products.  The Village Hive also offers cooperative marketing and assistance with business operations. Kitchen space is available for bakers, canning produce, catering, pizza making, cakes, candy, etc…

https://www.facebook.com/thevillagehive Amy Powers, the owner of The Village Hive in Amherst.

Space is still open for food entrepreneurs interested in starting or moving their business to a licensed kitchen. For an application and a tour of the kitchen, contact Amy Powers at 715-824-3006 or breadnjunk@gmail.com.

Some tenants include:

  • Baking for Friends, a business specializing in pies and sweets,
  • Sweet Elegance by Diana, which offers several varieties of handmade toffees especially packaged for use as holiday gifts,
  • a small enterprise offering fresh soups, bread and rolls, and
  • Fiddle Breads a small artisan bread baking company.

Check out this news story with more information about this new kitchen facility:

http://waupacanow.com/Content/News/Business/Article/Village-Hive-opens-in-Amherst/7/34/21154

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