INDIANAPOLIS (March 2, 2012) - Join Indiana’s Family of Farmers (IFOF) and six of Indy’s tastiest Food Trucks for From Tractor To Truck (#tractor2truck), a celebration of National Ag Day and Nutrition Month. Come hungry Thursday, March 8 when the food trucks will be open for business from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Indiana Government Center - South Senate Avenue!
The following food
trucks will be available: Scratch Truck (@scratchtruck), Scout’s Treats
(@scoutstreats), Tacos without Borders (@tacoswoborders), New York Slice
(@TheNYslice) West Coast Tacos (@westcoasttacos), and Some of this! Some of
that! (@SOTSOT1) for their participation and look forward to the
opportunity to support their local businesses March 8.
“This event has
further enabled
us to reach our community and share with them that quality agriculture provides
not only quality food but a wide variety of food choices,” said Joe Kelsay, director of the Indiana State Department of
Agriculture. “I
am proud to say that the food we all can enjoy every day on every one of these
food trucks or at the grocery store or farmers market or half way around the
world is in part because of Indiana’s 61,000 family farms.”
From 12 – 12:30 p.m. local celebrity “Food Truck Partners” will
join the festivities and encourage the crowd to chew on some interesting ag
facts at their assigned truck. Come on out and join:
Chikage Windler from the
Skytrak Weather Team of WTHR (@ChikageWTHR), won’t need to forecast the beef facts you’ll want to know at
Scratch Truck.
Tracy Forner from of
WISH-TV’s Indy Style (@IndyStyle) will have some “udderly” interesting info on dairy
at Scout’s Treats.
Danielle The Face of MyINDY-TV 23 (@FaceofMyINDY) shares
her joy for soy at “Some of this! Some of that!
Dave O’Brien Morning
Host of Hank FM (@HankFM) will have plenty
of poultry pearls of wisdom at Tacos without Borders.
Bill Remeika, Fox 59
Traffic Reporter (@bremeikaFox59) your
authority on traffic, Bill will help steer you to the corn facts at West Coast
Tacos.
Crave more ag info? An
FFA Officer will be on hand to fill your order!
But wait there’s more!
Get Your Plate in Shape at each Food
Truck for National Nutrition Month with some udderly delicious FREE dairy
products courtesy of Prairie Farms as well as carrots and apples from Piazza
Produce. Americans are consumed with what we need to limit or eliminate from
our plate to make it healthy, but to “Get Our Plate in Shape,” consumers
typically just need to add foods that are nutritionally sound, like fruits
and vegetables or low-fat dairy, to get that nutrition boost. Nutritional
“AG”visors will be available at each truck if you have any further nutrition
questions.
And the IPad goes to….
Prior to lunch, from 11:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., a
brief presentation to celebrate Indiana’s agriculture industry will take place.
IFOF (@FamilyofFarmers), along with Indiana Humanities (@INHumanities) will
also recognize six Hoosier students for their winning essays in the 2nd Annual
Ag Essay Contest titled “Our Food, Our Farmers.” This year’s contest explored
Indiana’s role as a global agricultural leader.
More than 280 students submitted essays from across
Indiana. The winning essays were selected from three grade levels: 4-6; 7-9 and
10-12. First place winners will receive an Apple iPad and second place winners
receive a Kodak Playsport camcorder.
The winning essays are posted on Indiana’s Family of Farmers and Indiana Humanities websites.
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