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Midwest Marinara — Test Batch Bundle (2 Pints) | $20

Introducing Midwest Marinara, a Wisconsin-made, vegetable-forward marinara sauce made right here in our Pasture and Plenty kitchen.

Here’s the BIG idea: every jar sold through P&P helps fund access to this same sauce for local schools and food pantries, institutions that deserve great, locally grown food but don’t always have the budget for it. The more we sell, the more local produce we can source, and the more we can lower costs for the kids and communities that need it most. So when you crack open a jar for pasta night, you’re also putting a great sauce on a local lunch tray. That’s the Midwest Marinara mission.

This two-pint bundle includes sauce from our first two sample production runs, made as we prepare to bring Midwest Marinara to school lunch trays across Wisconsin. The First Run sauce features added carrots and the Second Run sauce features added carrots and butternut squash. These batches were prepared to sample in local school districts in the last week of school. 

Grab your bundle and help us fundraise by June 30th to support our Summer School sampling run. Sampling in school lunch rooms helps us prepare to serve the sauce on school menus in the 2026/27 school year!

Versatile, delicious, and deeply local. Use it for pasta, pizza, dipping sauce… basically, anywhere a great marinara belongs.

A portion of Test Batch Fundraiser sales will be donated to REAP Farm-to-School and Farm-to-Institution programs that support the launch and use of this product in school food programs and in kitchens across our region.

Midwest Marinara is a farm-forward product developed by Pasture and Plenty in collaboration with the The Foodshed Partnership (Community Action Coalition, REAP, FairShare CSA Coalition, and Pasture and Plenty) and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Ingredients:
First Run: Tomato, onion, carrot, tomato paste, sunflower oil, salt, garlic powder, basil.
Second Run: Tomato, onion, tomato paste, water, carrots, butternut squash, sunflower oil, salt, basil, garlic.