INDIANAPOLIS – On Wednesday, at the Indiana State Fair, Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith and Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Director Don Lamb presented 95 farming families with a Hoosier Homestead Award.

To be named a Hoosier Homestead, farms must be owned by the same family for more than 100 consecutive years and consist of more than 20 acres. If less than 20 acres, the farm must produce more than $1,000 of agricultural products per year.

Indiana farms may qualify for three honors: Centennial Award for 100 years of ownership, Sesquicentennial Award for 150 years of ownership and the Bicentennial Award for 200 years of ownership.

Local farms recognized were:

Connolly-Hartman (Dearborn County), 1924, Centennial

Meyer (Franklin County), 1863, Centennial & Sesquicentennial

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