Are you looking to diversify your sales and help feed fellow Food Insecure Hoosiers at the same time?

Fresh Connect Central has been working in conjunction with Legita Wilson from the Indiana Department of Health and Emily Buice from the Indiana Department of Agriculture to help food banks source local foods through the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA)  Grant Opportunity through one of its two tracks (one is specific to food bank sourcing only and one is a local regional access approach). Fresh Connect Central is a nonprofit agri-food cooperative subsidiary of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana that sources and distributes fresh produce, dairy, and protein to food banks within the Feeding America Network. 

This grant will focus on purchasing local food from Socially Disadvantaged Farmers or Ranchers which is defined as “a farmer or rancher who is a member of a Socially Disadvantaged Group. A Socially Disadvantaged Group is a group whose members have been subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age,

The Seymour Area Farmers Market seeks vegetable vendors for their year-round farmers market in southern Indiana. Vendors can choose to participate for spring, summer, fall, and/or winter. Several vendors have retired recently, leaving a gap in the market. We have a tried and true customer base, a dedicated market committee, and a steady group of other vendors including food truck, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, eggs, melons, hydroponic greens, sourdough, baked goods, and more. Market handbook and application are here. Contact Market Manager Rachel Root for more information at: seymourfarmmarket@gmail.com.

​Hello,
I am Soleil Decher-Morley, an anthropology student at DePauw University conducting research for my senior thesis concerning the ways in which women, nonbinary, transgender, genderqueer, and/ or genderfluid farmers in rural areas of Indiana cultivate and sustain their communities and environments through various forms of ecologically conscious agricultural practices; including organic, regenerative and/or sustainable agriculture. I am searching for participants for my research. 

Job Summary
The Horticulture Crops Research Manager will provide expertise and assistance to faculty and graduate students in the Departments of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Botany and Plant Pathology and Entomology and other departments within the College of Agriculture. Overall management of field operations including implementing and maintaining applied field research trials related to fruit, vegetable and specialty crops at the Samuel Meigs Horticulture Facility located within the Throckmorton Purdue Ag Center. You will be responsible for interpreting research protocols, assisting with trial design and installation, managing yearly field research rotations and making and implementing disease and pest management practices.
 
https://careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafayette-Horticulture-Crops-Research-Manager-IN-47906/847026000/?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic
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I have a piece of farmland: tillable area is a little less than 20 acres, located at North Morgan County, IN. Close to highway. Previously, alternating corns and soybeans were grown on this piece of land for decades. I am looking for a farmer who either rent to farm or Collaborate to farm with me. Both conventional crop farmers and specialty crop farmers are welcome. Please email to Bantafarm@outlook.com, so we can talk about potential opportunities to work together. Thanks!

Learn by doing at Nightfall Farm. Sustainable agriculture has the tools we need to sequester carbon, feed communities, and fight climate change. Apprentice or intern, and get an up close and personal look at what it takes to farm in a way that helps heal the planet and build strong food systems. 

We are offering a paid apprenticeship for aspiring farmers (via the Savanna Institute Agroforestry Apprenticeship program) as well as an unpaid internship for college students. Come learn with us!