ISDA names Hoosier Homestead Award winners

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The Indiana State Department of Agriculture has awarded 103 farming families with the Hoosier Homestead Award. The honor recognizes Indiana farms that are owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years.

The awards were presented Wednesday during a ceremony at the Indiana State Fair.

In addition to the ownership requirement, farms must consist of more than 20 acres. If they are fewer than 20 acres, farms must produce more than $1,000 of agricultural products annually.

“Keeping a farm operational for 100 years or more is something these families can take great pride in,” ISDA Director Don Lamb said in a news release. “Each of the awarded family farms continues to adapt and evolve through each new generation on the farm to ensure their success.”

Farms may qualify for Centennial, Sesquicentennial or Bicentennial honors for 100, 150, or 200 years of ownership, respectively.

Six Indiana farms were recognized with the Bicentennial Award: he Thornburg-Caldwell-Slack family from Fayette County, the Hodges family from Morgan County, the Bridges-Royer family from Putnam County, the Dale & Donna Hartwell and Ricky W. Hartwell family from Rush County, the Bass-Rhodes family from Shelby County and the James W. Holmes, Jeffrey W. Holmes, Jason M. Davidson family from Tippecanoe County.

You can view the full list of August 2024 Hoosier Homestead Award recipients below: