BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Record year for Indiana farms receiving historic homestead aw ard X-WR-TIMEZONE:Indiana (East) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260914T000937Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_40801947377743 DTSTART:20220817T180000Z DTEND:20220817T190000Z DESCRIPTION:INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 17\, 2022) — Recognized for their families ’ longstanding commitment to agriculture\, 106 Indiana family farms were presented the Hoosier Homestead Award today at the Indiana State Fair fro m Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture Dire ctor Bruce Kettler.\n\n“Recognizing and engaging Indiana’s historic fa rming families with Hoosier Homestead awards at the Indiana State Fair is an honor for me each year\,” said Crouch\, who is Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development. “The hard work\, consistency and l ongstanding values within these families is inspirational. These families and their farms are securing a strong future for many generations to come. ”\n\nTo be named a Hoosier Homestead\, farms must be owned by the same f amily for more than 100 consecutive years\, and consist of 20 acres or mor e\, or produce more than $1\,000 in agricultural products per year.\n\nBas ed on the age of the farm\, families are eligible for three different dist inctions of the Hoosier Homestead Award. They can receive the Centennial A ward for 100 years\, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years or Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.\n\n“Since the formation of these farms \, these families have provided for their communities\, our state and the Indiana agriculture industry. It is hard to put into words the value and i mpact these family farms have on Hoosier agriculture as a whole\,” Kettl er said. “It is my utmost pleasure to recognize these record number of l ongstanding families for their hard work in providing the food\, fuel and fiber necessary to sustain our state.”\n\nSince the program's inception in 1976\, over 6\,100 families have received the award. Often\, a Hoosier Homestead farm is easily recognized because most recipients proudly displa y their awarded sign on their property.\n\nFor this ceremony four Indiana farms received the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of continuous ownershi p. They include\, the Speer family farm from Jennings county\, the Hartman family farm from Parke county and the Layton Acres\, Inc. family farm and the Logan family farm\, both from Rush county. \n\nThe following list inc ludes the August 2022 Hoosier Homestead Award recipients. \n\nCounty\, Awa rd Name\, Award Year\, Award Type\n\nAdams\, Braun\, 1880\, Centennial\n\n Allen\, Dafforn\, 1874\, Centennial\n\nAllen\, Doctor\, 1872\, Sesquicente nnial \n\nAllen\, Fulk\, 1861\, Sesquicentennial \n\nAllen\, Hille\, 1875\ , Centennial\n\nAllen\, Kurtz\, 1872\, Sesquicentennial \n\nAllen\, Matthi as\, 1860\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nAllen\, Wiegman\, 1860\, Ses quicentennial \n\nBartholomew\, Bolte\, 1881\, Centennial\n\nBartholomew\, Mckinney\, 1883\, Centennial\n\nBenton\, Keller-Quigg-Moyars\, 1865\, Cen tennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nBoone\, Laughner/Hancock\, 1862\, Sesquicen tennial \n\nCass\, Binney\, 1921\, Centennial\n\nCass\, Scherer\, 1862\, S esquicentennial \n\nClark\, Raymond & Viola Schafer\, 1922\, Centennial\n\ nClay\, Jones\, 1870\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nClay\, Killion\, 1830\, Sesquicentennial \n\nClay\, Milligan\, Brown & Thomas\, 1863\, Cent ennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nClinton\, Carter\, 1905\, Centennial\n\nClin ton\, Mohler\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nDaviess\, Arvin/Bradley\, 1906\, Cente nnial\n\nDaviess\, Mathies\, 1919\, Centennial\n\nDearborn\, Robert & Anna Frey\, 1917\, Centennial\n\nDecatur\, Clark\, 1919\, Centennial\n\nDecatu r\, Fischmer\, 1921\, Centennial\n\nDecatur\, Norman Burkhart\, 1920\, Cen tennial\n\nDecatur\, Sefton\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nDeKalb\, Creager\, 1861 \, Sesquicentennial \n\nDeKalb\, Dermott\, 1889\, Centennial\n\nDeKalb\, S chrader\, 1907\, Centennial\n\nDelaware\, Evans\, 1896\, Centennial\n\nDub ois\, Hopf\, 1920\, Centennial\n\nDubois\, Glenn Menke\, 1872\, Sesquicent ennial \n\nDubois\, Melvin Menke\, 1872\, Sesquicentennial \n\nDubois\, Ve rkamp\, 1871\, Sesquicentennial \n\nDubois\, Weyer\, 1870\, Centennial & S esquicentennial \n\nFulton\, Burton\, 1919\, Centennial\n\nFulton\, Wagone r-Tobey-Eizinger\, 1920\, Centennial\n\nFulton\, Walsh\, 1898\, Centennial \n\nGrant\, Wright\, 1839\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial\n\nGreene\, Calv ert/Murdock\, 1919\, Centennial\n\nHamilton\, Curfman\, 1903\, Centennial\ n\nHamilton\, Chris & Heather Knapp\, 1906\, Centennial\n\nHamilton\, Dona ld E. Knapp\, 1906\, Centennial\n\nHamilton\, Fred Knapp\, 1906\, Centenni al\n\nHamilton\, Ronald & Patricia Knapp Brockett\, 1906\, Centennial\n\nH ancock\, Deerburg\, 1869\, Sesquicentennial \n\nHarrison\, Richmer\, 1847\ , Sesquicentennial \n\nHendricks\, Leak\, 1863\, Sesquicentennial \n\nHowa rd\, Farwick-Williams\, 1914\, Centennial\n\nHoward\, Hollingsworth-Newlin \, 1898\, Centennial\n\nJackson\, Mellenbrunch/Otte/Rieker\, 1847\, Centen nial & Sesquicentennial \n\nJackson\, Meyer-Borgman\, 1866\, Sesquicentenn ial \n\nJackson\, Siefker\, 1848\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nJeffe rson\, Storm-Spencer\, 1845\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nJennings\, Speer\, 1820\, Centennial\, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial\n\nJohnson\, B&G LaGrange\, Inc.\, 1835\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nLaPorte\, L achner\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nLaPorte\, Maerz-Kloss\, 1884\, Centennial\n\ nLaPorte\, Mark\, 1881\, Centennial\n\nLaPorte\, Sullivan\, 1868\, Sesquic entennial \n\nMarshall\, Redman\, 1920\, Centennial\n\nMartin\, Keller & H ewitt\, 1881\, Centennial\n\nMorgan\, Brown\, 1837\, Centennial & Sesquice ntennial \n\nMorgan\, Brown\, 1886\, Centennial\n\nMorgan\, Harry Goss & B essie M. Dow\, 1823\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nMorgan\, Jackson\, 1846\, Sesquicentennial \n\nMorgan\, Luther & Jessie Pruitt\, 1922\, Cent ennial\n\nMorgan\, Pearcy - Burns - Cook\, 1905\, Centennial\n\nMorgan\, P earcy - Burns - Cook\, 1905\, Centennial\n\nMorgan\, Pearcy-Burns-Cook-Ste phany\, 1918\, Centennial\n\nMorgan\, Stierwalt\, 1856\, Sesquicentennial \n\nParke\, Hartman\, 1822\, Centennial\, Sesquicentennial & Bicentennial\ n\nParke\, Mabel Thompson\, 1877\, Centennial\n\nPorter\, John Dick & Poll aro\, 1901\, Centennial\n\nPulaski\, Brucker\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nPulask i\, Hartmann\, 1890\, Centennial\n\nRandolph\, Fraizer\, 1872\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nRipley\, Ahrens\, 1873\, Centennial\n\nRush\, Cole \, 1922\, Centennial\n\nRush\, Layton Acres\, Inc.\, 1822\, Sesquicentenni al & Bicentennial\n\nRush\, Logan\, 1821\, Bicentennial\n\nShelby\, G. Way ne and Freda Eck\, 1866\, Sesquicentennial \n\nSt. Joseph \, Andert\, 1921 \, Centennial\n\nSt. Joseph\, Cordray\, 1872\, Centennial & Sesquicentenni al \n\nSt. Joseph\, Verhaeghe\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nSt. Joseph\, Widler\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nStarke\, Bortell\, 1919\, Centennial\n\nStarke\, Sie dentop\, 1922\, Centennial\n\nTippecanoe\, Inskeep-McDole\,Dilley-Gilbert\ ,Diem-Tishler\, 1910\, Centennial\n\nUnion\, Snyder\, 1891\, Centennial\n\ nVanderburgh\, Martin\, 1858\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nVigo\, Mc Laughlin/LaDue\, 1854\, Sesquicentennial \n\nWabash\, Beauchamp & Ulrey\, 1872\, Sesquicentennial \n\nWabash\, Winkler\, 1845\, Sesquicentennial \n\ nWarren\, Frasch\, 1864\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nWarren\, Mary Beth (Dysert) Brubaker\, 1855\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\nWarren\, Mehaffey Farms\, 1881\, Centennial\n\nWarren\, Pusey McCloud\, 1854\, Ses quicentennial \n\nWarrick\, Kroeger-Suscott\, 1862\, Centennial & Sesquice ntennial \n\nWashington\, Hoar\, 1829\, Centennial & Sesquicentennial \n\n Washington\, Walter L. Grimes\, Scott R. & Linda Grimes Martin\, 1869\, Se squicentennial \n\nWells\, Captain\, 1917\, Centennial\n\nWells\, Minnich\ , 1860\, Sesquicentennial \n\nWhite\, Fry-Nice-Cosgray\, 1881\, Centennial \n\nWhite\, Moore\, 1896\, Centennial\n\n \n\nFor more information about t he Hoosier Homestead Award program\, please visit isda.in.gov. Photos from today's ceremony will be posted to ISDA's Flickr page by Friday\, August 19\, 2022.\n\n### LOCATION: SUMMARY:Record year for Indiana farms receiving historic homestead award URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.in.gov/event/record_year_for_indiana_farms_rec eiving_historic_homestead_award CATEGORIES:Press Releases END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR