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Indiana Grown for Schools to Unveil Buyer's Guide
Indiana Ag Connection - 10/22/2019

To close out National Farm to School Month, Indiana Grown and the Indiana State Department of Health will be unveiling a new resource guide that will help increase schools' access to fresh, local food products. The event will take place on Oct. 31 from 9 to 10 a.m. (ET), at Franklin Community High School.

Partnering with Purdue Extension, once unveiled, the new Buyer's Guide will be the only resource of its kind in the state and will help food service directors find school-ready products grown or raised by local farmers. The project was announced last October as part of the Indiana Grown for Schools initiative and is funded by a farm-to-school grant awarded to ISDH.

Attending the unveiling will be Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch; Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana State Health Commissioner; Heather Tallman, Indiana Grown Program Director; and Lindsey Bouza, Indiana State Department of Health.

The launch will feature copies of the Buyer's Guide and will highlight the end of Farm to School Month, a national initiative celebrating food education, school gardens and lunch trays filled with healthy, local ingredients.

Indiana Grown is administered by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture in partnership with the lieutenant governor's office. The initiative educates consumers on the importance of buying Indiana Grown products, helps Indiana farmers and producers sell more products and supports Indiana processors in their effort to process more Indiana Grown products. Indiana Grown members and partners include farmers, producers, processors and artisans, as well as retailers, grocers, hospitals and restaurants. For more information, visit www.indianagrown.org.

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