Check out these upcoming workshops, conferences and training opportunities to help you plan this year’s harvest, grow your local food business, and learn how to build a more equitable, sustainable and resilient food system.
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As this year draws to a close, and our young nonprofit organization prepares to begin 2022, our fifth year, we want to take stock of how far we’ve come as an organization and as a local food community. We want to share our anticipation for the valuable work we plan to undertake in 2022 and pursue the years to come.
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Guests, chefs and local food farmers all enjoyed the Local Food Throwdown, a friendly competition between some of our community’s finest chefs and mixologists, each featuring fresh local ingredients from our region's farms.
The event was featured talent from: Bravas, Chance Bar, Copper Spoon, Hetty Arts Pastry, Landing Beer Company, Mercado, Tolon, True Kimchi and Walnut Hill Catering & Events. Proceeds benefited the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network to support programs and establish a strong financial foundation for the organization.
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Local Food Week expanded in 2021 with 22 different farm tours and special events held across our region. From September 17-26, urban & rural farms and local food businesses hosted over 500 participants for a variety of events to connect our community to local food from our land to our tables.
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Join the celebration by crunching into a juicy apple from a local orchard for Apple Crunch and watching our latest video Farm to School: Bridging the Gap Between Local Food and Local Kids produced by Parkview Health and the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network in collaboration with the Northeast Indiana Farm to School Team.
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Don't miss this friendly competition between some of our community’s finest chefs and mixologists, each featuring fresh local ingredients from our region's farms.
Featuring talent from: Bravas, Chance Bar, Copper Spoon, Hetty Arts Pastry, Landing Beer Company, Mercado, Tolon, True Kimchi, & Walnut Hill Catering.
Event is limited to 120 guests to allow space for comfortable social distancing. We anticipate seats will fill quickly, so we encourage making your reservation as soon as possible. Click here to learn more or to reserve your seat!
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All are welcome! Connect with local farmers, food producers, chefs, educators, community leaders, advocates, and consumers, as we come together to learn, share ideas and grow our local food community.
We are excited to safely come together again in person for this day-long educational and networking event.
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Local Food Week is a 10-day celebration of farms, markets, restaurants and other businesses that bring local food from Our Land to Our Tables.
Check out this year’s schedule!
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Farm to School programs across Northeast Indiana will be able to make big strides forward in the next two years, thanks to a USDA Farm to School Implementation Grant recently awarded to Wells County Revitalization on behalf of the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network, Parkview Health, and Purdue Extension.
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Local Food Week celebrates the farms, markets, restaurants and other local food businesses that bring local food from Our Land to Our Tables. Sign up to host a tour or event to help our community connect to the local food & farms they love!
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Our Harvest of the Month Strawberry Video was recently filmed at BroxonBerry in collaboration with Purdue Extension and the Northeast Indiana Farm to School Team. Together we launched our Harvest of the Month program to help students and families across our region learn where food comes from and connect with the wide variety of farms and farmers in Northeast Indiana.
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Learn how our region’s local food farmers and entrepreneurs are using their Local Food Scholarships to pursue the training and networking opportunities they need to expand their businesses.
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Join us as we launch our The Power of Local Food program series. Learn the meaning behind words you find on food labels and why buying local food can offer consumers greater transparency. Find out why buying local food not only allows you to know where your food comes from, but helps you know more about the ingredients and how they are produced.
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Mark you calendars now for 2021 Local Food Week, Friday, September 17 - Sunday, September 26. Plan to participate in this region-wide, week-long event as we celebrate the farms, markets, restaurants and other local food businesses that bring local food from Our Land to Our Tables.
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The Northeast Indiana Local Food Scholarship helps our region’s local food farmers and entrepreneurs pursue the training and networking opportunities they need to expand their business.
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Northeast Indiana celebrated our first Local Food Week with farm tours and special events held across our region. From September 11-20, eighteen different farms and local food businesses hosted over 300 participants for a variety of events to connect our community to local food from our land to our tables.
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The Northeast Indiana Farm to School Team has recently unveiled their Northeast Indiana Harvest of the Month program to help students and families across our region learn where food comes from and connect with the wide variety of farms and farmers in Northeast Indiana.
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Come Learn, Eat, & Mingle with Friends! Find registration, additional details, sponsorship opportunities, a full schedule, and more!
Our theme for the 2020 Forum is Growing Our Future through Our Food. Let’s look ahead to the next decade and plan our strategy for building a sustainable and thriving local food economy in both our urban and rural communities across Northeast Indiana.
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Plan to Join Us - September 11-20, 2020
Make your reservations TODAY for tours and events during the first ever Local Food Week in Northeast Indiana!
This celebration of the local food from Our Land to Our Tables is being hosted by nearly 20 different farms, markets and restaurants across our region. Each tour, event or dining experience is unique and is designed to fit the current pandemic-related social-distancing guidelines.
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