Ask any Iowan to name a quintessential food pairing for the Hawkeye state, they likely will say pork chops and sweet corn. Or maybe steak and eggs, now that Iowa’s the top egg-producing state.

But if two young Iowa farmers have their way, our list of favorite Iowa foods will soon expand to include farm-raised fish and native aronia berries. That’s right — Iowa-grown fish and berries.

A few weeks back, I was...