And in keeping with the Belgian farming heritage, Wisconsin's first organic hemp farming operation is near Brussels, Wisconsin, which provides edible hemp products; and is founded by a fifth-generation Belgian, Stacy Deprey-Purper. The company is called Native Roots Hemp.Cook, Jane Stewart. "Belgian Americans". Countries and Their Cultures. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
Jane Stewart Cook, "Belgian Americans." in Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 275-287. online.