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Others care because it’s healthier for you and the environment. They have different cultures and ideologies, but they all have two things in common: They all live in Northeast Indiana, and they all care deeply about local food. Janet KatzĪmong the audience are people of many ages, races, and backgrounds-Amish farmers with long grey beards, Burmese refugees, nutritionists and dieticians at Parkview Health, elementary school administrators, political activists, nonprofit leaders, Black urban farmers, and aging rural residents.
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That’s Janet Katz, Founding Director of the Northeast Indiana Local Food Network, speaking to a crowd of about 100 (masked and socially distanced) people in September at the annual Local Food Forum & Expo held at Purdue University Fort Wayne. “When people think of local food, they often think of farmers markets or farm-to-table restaurants, and those are very good aspects of it, but it’s about so much more than that.”
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MANCHESTER JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SERIES
The 10-part, 10-month series explores how our regional community is addressing residents’ essential needs during the pandemic. This story is part of Input Fort Wayne’s Solutions Series, made possible by support from the United Way of Allen County, the NiSource Foundation, NIPSCO, Brightpoint, and others in Northeast Indiana.