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Heartland Burrito

Iowa City, Iowa
heartlandburrito.com
Growing with FEAST! since 2014

“Imagine a good home cooked meal wrapped with love into
a burrito, and that’s us,” says Kyle Sieck, owner of Heartland
Burrito—producer of sustainable, frozen burritos made
with as many local ingredients as possible. Their tortillas
are made in-house, rolled in Iowa and stuffed with vegan
and vegetarian fillings. International flavors combined with
Midwest simplicity produce delectable offerings like Thai
Peanut Tofu, with Iowa-made tofu, and Rice Bean Cheese
Curd, with Iowa-grown black beans and cheese curds.
Kyle initially attended FEAST! in 2014 with his catering
business, Local Burrito, where he learned he had a ways to
go before launching his frozen products. After establishing
Heartland Burrito in 2016, Kyle returned to FEAST! and
in 2018 earned the Most Inspiring Social Benefit Award for
his upstanding business practices and commitment to using
locally-grown ingredients.
Some of Kyle’s tasty flavor combinations were a Heartland Burritos’s sales have grown every year. This
direct result of the annual marketplace, where he met WW year, with increased consumer interest in local foods, Kyle
Homestead Dairy (Waukon, Iowa), which supplies his cheese has seen a 30-40 percent bump, both in local retail sales and
curds, and SnoPac Foods (Caledonia, Minn.), which provides online orders. So if you’re near Iowa City, pop into New
local veggies. Kyle says talking to other business owners at Pioneer Co-op or Whole Foods, because you can only get
FEAST! has helped Heartland Burrito solve packaging issues them in Iowa (or online).
and created networks that put their products on the shelves of
Whole Foods in Iowa. “FEAST! is a great place for people to --Kelli Boylen is a freelance writer living in the Driftless Region of
interact. And, I like seeing people enjoy what we make.” Northeast Iowa.

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