Helping Hands Across Indiana This Holiday Season
Recently, myself and some of my fellow department of agriculture staff decided to spend a few hours volunteering at two Indiana food banks.
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Bridging Center Street Rail Crossing Herculean Idea
WARSAW — Finding a way over or under the railroad tracks at Center Street in Warsaw to alleviate a decades-old problem of traffic gridlock may not be as easy as imagined by any of countless motorists who have had the occasion to wait in their cars for the … Read More
Local Businesses To Receive Fuels Grant Funding
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Office of Energy Development and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council announced more than $331,000 will be shared among two grantees for the third round of the Hoosier Homegrown Fuels Blender Pump Program. This grant will provide Lassus Brothers Oil Inc. and Family Express Corporation, based out of … Read More
State Protects Bees; Local Beekeeper Approves
KOSCIUSKO — In response to President Barack Obama’s call to help promote honeybee health in June 2014, the Office of the Indiana State Chemist and the Indiana Pesticide Review Board, which are housed at Purdue University, began developing a Managed Pollinator Protection Plan for the state. The key … Read More
‘Indiana Grown’ Initiative Promotes Local Farmers And Products
The Indiana Department of Agriculture has launched a new initiative to promote Indiana-made products to state residents. The program is called “Indiana Grown.” Its goal is to help Hoosiers identify, find and purchase products that are grown, produced and processed in Indiana. Led by Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann and … Read More
Donald Ring Family Recipient Of Hoosier Homestead Award
By SALLY HOGAN Director, Old Jail Museum The Donald Ring Family from Kosciusko County was one of 63 families receiving the Hoosier Homestead Award. On March 6, Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and Indiana Department of Agriculture Director Ted McKinney, presented 63 families with a Hoosier Homestead Award in … Read More
Kosciusko Farms Honored As Hoosier Homesteads
Three Kosciusko County farms were among 55 honored Wednesday in Indianapolis with Hoosier Homestead Awards in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture. To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years and consist of more than 20 … Read More
Locally Grown Foods Is Topic Of GOING LOCAL Week
Talk of local food is everywhere. If you relish the fresh taste of a locally-grown, vine-ripened tomato or revel in a complex, yet balanced, glass of Indiana wine, then join us in celebrating GOING LOCAL Week 2012, Sept. 2-8. This is a time to indulge in our Indiana … Read More