INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Area legislators on Tuesday announced the latest recipients of the Hoosier Homestead Award, which recognizes farms that have been owned and maintained by the same family for 100 years or more.
The Hoosier Homestead Award Program honors families that have made significant contributions to Indiana agriculture. The program recognizes the impact that family farms have made to the economic, cultural, and social advancements of Indiana. In the past 40 years, more than 5,500 farms have received the honor. This year, farms from both Bartholomew and Jennings County were recognized.
In Bartholomew County the Burney farm received the Centennial Award, the Guinn farm procured a Sesquicentennial Award, and the Thayer farm secured both Centennial and Sesquicentennial Awards.
In Jennings County, the Elsner farm received a Centennial Award.
