Member Resources

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• Hoosier Harvest Market – Contact
• Ideal Meat – Contact
• Piazza Produce – Contact
• Plowshares Food Hub Wholesale Distributor – Contact Us
• Tiny Footprint Distribution – Contact
• Winkler Distribution – Contact

Online Grocery Stores

• Green Bean
• Hoosier Harvest Market – Contact
• Market Wagon – Contact
• Plowshares Food Hub Online Retail – Contact Us

Retail Vendor Portals

• One World Sync
• RangeMe

Shared Kitchens

Shared Kitchen Toolkit

• Art House, Gary
• CookSpring, Fort Wayne
• Greenwood Kitchen and Commissary, Greenwood
• Indy’s Kitchen, Indianapolis
• Nana Clare’s Kitchen, Valparaiso
• One World KitchenShare, Bloomington
• Skidmore Food Product Development Lab, West Lafayette
• Venture Out Business Center, Madison
• *Chef Space – Louisville, KY
• *Incubator Kitchen Collective — Newport, KY
• *Niles Entrepreneur and Culinary Incubator, Niles, MI

Meat Processors

• Cannelburg Meat Processing Plant
• Dewig Meats
• Fender 4-Star Meat Processing
• HRR Enterprises
• Indiana Packers Corp
• Knightstown Meat Processing
• Huber’s Meat Locker – 812-663-7744
• Merkley and Sons Meat
• Moody Meats
• Odon Meat Locker
• Parrett’s Meats
• Rice’s Meats
• Sander Processing
• This Old Farm – Contact

Co-Packers

• Big “B” Barbecue
• Dillman Farm
• Kingmaker Foods
• M & D Foods
• PacMoore – Contact
• Nationwide directory of co-packers

Commodity Groups

• American Dairy Association Indiana
• Brewers of Indiana Guild
• Illiana Watermelon Association
• Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers
• Indiana Beef Cattle Association & Indiana Beef Council
• Indiana Corn Marketing Council
• Indiana Dairy Goat Association
• Indiana Fruit Growers
• Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association
• Indiana Hemp Industries Association
• Indiana Pork
• Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association
• Indiana Sheep Association
• Indiana Sheep & Wool Market Development Council
• Indiana Soybean Alliance
  • Indiana Aquaculture Association
• Indiana State Poultry Association
• Indiana Vegetable Growers Association
  • Directory of Wholesale Vegetable Suppliers
• Indiana Wine Grape Council
• Indiana Winery & Vineyard Association
• National Confectioners Association
• Specialty Food Association

Grants

• Indiana State Department of Agriculture Grants & Funding Opportunities
• Emily Buice, Indiana State Department of Agriculture Economic Development Operations Specialist
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Grants and Opportunities
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
• USDA Value-Added Producer Grant

Business Resources

• Bankable
• Become a USDA Foods Vendor
• Dog treats and pet food are regulated by the Indiana State Chemist Office. This office can be reached at: 765-494-1492.
• Energy Impact
• Facebook Event Resources
  • Step by Step Tutorial
  • Facebook Help Page
• FDA Labeling Requirements for Manufactured Products
  • If a retail food product, label requirement is in 410 IAC 7-24 Section 146.
  • If the retail operator does any wholesale (allowed to do up to 25%) they would have to follow the requirements from the link.
  • If they are HBV they have to follow the requirements in the HBV law IC 16-42-5-29.
• Great Fermentations
• Hue of My Brown
• Indiana Economic Development Corporation
• Indiana Small Business Development Centers
  • Location map by county
• JPG Resources
• National Association of Women Business Owners
• PitchFeast
• PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Center)
• Proven Prep Midwest
• Sustainable Agriculture & Research Education (SARE)
  • A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses
  • SARE Bulletins
• SCORE – Indiana Locations
• USDA Help for Agricultural Producers
• USDA Help for Rural Businesses
• Yelp Indy

Labels/Signage

• Descon Inc.
• Digital Color Graphics
• Enterprise Marking Products
• Grapevine Local Food Marketing (label design)
• Lightning Labels
• Matrix Label
• Onlinelabels.com
• Print Runner
• Sticker Mule
• Sticker You
• Wizard Labels
• *MPI Label Systems
• *Scioto Signs Company

Packaging

• Alibaba
• Arvco Container Corporation
• BIP Supply
• Brown and Pratt
• ePackageSupply.com
• MSW Packaging
• Uline
• WebstaurantStore
• *Monte Package Company

UPC Codes

• GS1 US

Food Safety

• County Health Department Contact Information
• Manda Clevenger, Indiana State Department of Health Director of Food Protection
• Vivien McCurdy, Indiana State Department of Health Produce Safety Supervisor
• Jennifer Coleman, Indiana State Department of Health Food Safety Farm Consultant, Northeastern Region
• William Tuley, Indiana State Department of Health Food Safety Farm Consultant, Southwestern Region
• Sarah Germann, Indiana State Department of Health Food Safety Farm Consultant, West Central/ Southeastern Region
• Donna Walker, Indiana State Department of Health Food Safety Farm Consultant, Northwestern Region
• Tari Gary, Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Outreach Coordinator
• Food Analysis and Nutrition Labeling Contract Laboratories
• Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
• Produce Safety Alliance
  • Produce Safety Rule Webinar
• Purdue Extension Food Entrepreneurship Series
  • • Nutritional Labeling and Food Analysis Contract Laboratories
    • Organic Foods
    • Regulations for Indiana Food Processing
    • Using a Home Kitchen to Prepare Food for Sale
• Registration Application for a Temporary Retail Food Establishment
• Safe Produce Indiana
• *Eagle Certification Group

Indiana Buy Local Food Initiatives

• BIRA Bloomington
• Earth Eats
• Food and Growers Association
• Indiana Artisan
• Indiana Foodways Alliance
• Indiana Originals
• Indy Local Food Guide
• Johnson County Local Food Council
• Local Growers’ Guild
• Noble County Farm to Fork
• Slow Food USA
• VisitIndiana.net

Additional Resources

• Agritourism Advertising Opportunities
• Elkhart County Food Council
• FoodLink
• Hoosier Farmers Market Association
• Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition
  • Farmer-to-Farmer Webinars
• How to Add Your Farm Business to Google Maps
• Indiana Food Banks and Food Pantries List
  • Interactive Map
• Indiana Organic Gardeners Association
• Indiana Uplands Food Network
• Northeast Indiana Local Food Network
• NWI Food Council
• Purdue Extension Local Food Program
• Society of St. Andrew
  Dawn Barnes, Indiana Regional Director, 317.279.5119
  Society of St. Andrew gleans fields to help feed the hungry

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