Pulaski County’s Meyer, Podell Families Receive Hoosier Homestead Centennial Award

The Podell family with Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Bruce Kettler and Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch (Indiana State Department of Agriculture photo)

Two Pulaski County farms were recognized for their longevity last week at the Indiana State Fair. The William Meyer and Theodore & Lowell Podell farms were both presented with the Hoosier Homestead Centennial Award, according to the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.

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Pulaski County’s Arndt Family Receives Hoosier Homestead Sesquicentennial Award

Indiana State Department of Agriculture photo

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.

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Five Pulaski County Farm Families Recognized with Hoosier Homestead Awards

The Ploss/Lanz family is presented with a centennial award by ISDA Director Bruce Kettler and State Rep. Doug Gutwein (Indiana State Department of Agriculture photo)

Five Pulaski County farms were recently recognized for their longevity. The Indiana State Department of Agriculture recently recognized this year’s Hoosier Homestead Award recipients. Locally, the Bruce and Malchow farms each received the sesquicentennial award, while the Mitchell, Ploss/Lanz, and Yaggie farms were presented with the centennial award.

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Long-time Farming Families Receive Recognition at Indiana State Fair

Will Family Farm of Starke County

At the Indiana State Fair last Friday, five local farms received the Hoosier Homestead Award, recognizing their families’ century-long commitment to Indiana agriculture.

In order to be considered for the Hoosier Homestead Award, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 years and consist of more than 20 acres or produce more than $1,000 of agricultural products annually. Continue reading

50 Families Honored with the Hoosier Homestead Award Friday

 
 

Fifty Hoosier families were honored with the presentation of the Hoosier Homestead Award by Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and Indiana Agriculture Director Gina Sheets. Hoosier Homesteads are farms that have been owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years, and must produce at least $1000 worth of agricultural products per year or consist of at least 20 acres. The award ceremony took place on Friday at 1 p.m. in the North Atrium of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

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