Stay Informed

Taste From Indiana Farms, an annual event sponsored by the Indiana Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee, is back for 2022, and volunteers and fairgoers will find that although there will be changes, many things will stay the same.

Due to the construction of the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion, many events and programs have new locations, dates and times this year. Taste From Indiana Farms will have a new location – the state fair’s Indiana Arts Building – and will run for four days. Volunteers will be distributing prepackaged food samples, which this year will include honey, soybeans and popcorn, said Blaire Bennett, INFB member engagement coordinator.

In 2021, more than 10,000 fairgoers came to the Ag/Hort Building for information about Indiana agriculture, science and cooking demonstrations, and free samples of food. This is double the number of fairgoers in previous years.

"It’s always been our largest consumer-facing event, and after last year, it’s become bigger still,” said Isabella Chism, INFB 2^nd vice president and chair of the committee.

“Moving to a more prominent location on the south side of the fairgrounds really increased our ability to communicate the story of food and agriculture to more people,” Chism said.

Volunteer positions are available for this year’s Taste From Indiana Farms. To find out more, visit INFB’s website ( www.infb.org) or talk to your district education and outreach coordinator ( www.infb.org/deoc).