You do not have to look for one of the most popular Sturgeon Bay Farmer's Market vendors on Saturday: follow your nose. Door County Custom Meats has grown from coming to the market with several packs of brats in a galvanized wash tub to operating out of a big red trailer where you can enjoy a brat for your walk around the city's downtown district and pick up more for future meals. On market days, Keith and Jackie Birchschein fire up the grill about two hours before the market officially opens and does not shut it down until some vendors begin packing up for the day after noon. With no storefront of their own, farmer's markets are the best way for people to buy their products and for the Birnscheins to interact with their customers. After an 18-week season, the Birnscheins say the vendors and many of their customers have become close-knit.

While the Sturgeon Bay Farmer's Market season is winding down, other aspects of Door County Custom Meats are heating up. In addition to their catering gigs, the Birnscheins say they have already seen plenty of deer come in as a custom venison processor. You can listen to the rest of this interview on the Faces of the Farmer's Market podcast page.