A Pulaski County family was recently recognized for 150 years of farming. The Arndt family was presented with the Sesquicentennial Award during last week’s Hoosier Homestead Awards. It was one of 51 families recognized by Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler at the Indiana State Museum.
Crouch says each of them have shown their commitment to the state, the agriculture industry, and their own family members for generations. “The past year has been challenging in many ways, but our agriculture industry remains strong,” Crouch says. “Hoosier farmers are a big reason why Indiana remains the 10th largest farming state. I was grateful to have the opportunity to present the award to these historic farming families.”
To qualify as a Hoosier Homestead, a farm must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years and be at least 20 acres or produce more than $1,000 worth of agricultural products a year.
More than 5,800 families have been recognized since the Hoosier Homestead program began in 1976.
