Indiana

Indiana AgrAbility held its second semi-annual advisory team meeting at Purdue's ADM building October 12th. Twenty people attended in-person and one advisor via Zoom. Items of business or discussion included, among others:

• A new versatile lift from LifeLyfts by Life Essentials
• A successful fund-raiser for the FFA
• The upcoming AT loan library for AgrAbility to manage at Purdue's West Lafayette campus
• IN AgrAbility's work with the AgVets project
• Joe Ricker's (IN and NAP veterans outreach coordinator) work with the Indiana Farmer Veteran Coalition and Senator Braun's open houses across the state
• Kimber Nicoletti's Hispanic/Latino outreach work in Indiana
• John Jamerson's work with the Black Loam Conferences geared toward helping urban farmers/gardeners in Indiana's major cities understand and access more USDA services
• IN AgrAbility's new website that Paul Jones has been working on
• Outreach to Indiana's Amish/Old Order farmers
• An upcoming AT Roundup

Participation by all the members was in high gear and many practical suggestions were offered by the advisors and consultants - much appreciated by the IN AgrAbility staff!

Submitted by Chuck Baldwin