Jared Achen

Jared is a farmer and businessman from southeast Iowa. He is the founder and CEO of ChopLocal. As a 4th generation farmer in southeast Iowa, there was never any doubt that ChopLocal Founder and CEO Jared Achen would return to the farm after completing his education. Despite his plans to farm after graduation, Achen participated in the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Program at Iowa State University while working on his bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Business.

As founder and CEO, Achen has been able to draw from his education in ag business as well as his farming experience and other business ventures. Starting a new business is nothing new to the Achen family, whose father helped found West Liberty Foods, a turkey processing and copacker with locations in Iowa, Illinois, and Utah. His older brother currently serves as President of Operations.