Thank YOU for a great Local Food Week
We are so grateful for everyone who contributed their valuable time, talents and resources to organize and support our 5th Annual Local Food Week. Their dedication and support for our local food community and the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network, made this 10-day region-wide local food celebration possible.
Thank you to Our 2024 Local Food Week Hosts
Thank you to each of our Local Food Week hosts for opening your farms and businesses to visitors and sharing how you grow and produce local food and prepare delicious food and beverages with local ingredients.
Azzitshudbe Farm
Berry Hill Farm
Bloomingdale Gardens
Bolinger Family Farm
BroxonBerry
Copper Spoon
Cordes Berry Farm
Cupka’s Bee Good Meadery
E Brewing Company at Esterline Farms
Eel River Bison Ranch
Filler Family Apiary LLC
Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
Fort Wayne’s Farmers Market
Greener Pastures
Hawkins Family Farm
Health Food Shoppe
Hine Farms
Hoffman Certified Organics
Johnnie Mae Farm
Josh’s Jungle & The Process
Junk Ditch Brewing Company
Lone Tree Farms
Maple Acres
McComBees Apiaries
Merkat Moon Herbals & Earthworks
Orchard Hill Farms
Parkview Greenhouse & Learning Kitchen
Plant Happiness
Plowshares at the Market in Union Street Market
Poplar Village Gardens
Pork ‘N Cleaver
Purdue University Fort Wayne School of Education Urban Garden
Rose Avenue Education Farm
Rowdy Rooster Artisan Meats
Small Batch Distributor
Springfield Acres
The River Farm
Timberline Delites LLC
Wood Farms Premium Meats
YLNI Farmers Market
Thank you to Our Local Food Week 2024 Committee and Vendors
Thank you to Denise Hoff, our dedicated Local Food Week Committee Chair, for all her time and effort planning and managing this region-wide event and to her committee, Kathy Wehrle, Karen Petersen, Susan Anderson, Michele Schnelker, Chris Knipstein and Janet Katz for their countless hours organizing and promoting this 10-day celebration. Special thanks to Ellen Bauman, our enthusiastic Local Food Outreach Coordinator, for working closely with our hosts to plan and promote their events and for sharing all the stories around Local Food Week on our social media.
Thank you to Just Sue Graphic Design for their engaging and informative design for our Local Food Week 2024 Companion Guide (See below), and to Courier Printing for putting it all together. We received rave reviews on this booklet from both our Local Food Week hosts and participants.
Thank you to Grapevine Local Food Marketing for creating the dynamic on-line Local Food Week Calendar of Events that seamlessly provided all the details for over 110 tours and events host over this 10-day celebration.
Thank you to Our Community
Thank you to our enthusiastic supporters and followers on social media and in our local food community for helping to share news about Local Food Week and encouraging their friends and neighbors to participate.
Thank you to the Journal Gazette, The Local, Input Fort Wayne, KPC Media, 21 Alive and Fox 55 and for their coverage and editorials about Local Food Week and for raising awareness of the value that locally produced food brings to our community.