Who We Are
The Local Growers’ Guild is a cooperative of farmers, retailers, and community members dedicated to strengthening the local food economy in southern Indiana through education, direct support, and market connections. Our mission is to create a local foods system that provides quality food to communities through direct markets and retailers; preserves the viability of family farms; improves the quality of life for growers; makes food issues visible; and promotes practices that preserve and protect the Earth.
Board of Directors
- Grant Pershing, President
LIFE Certified Organic Farm - Megan Hutchison, Vice President
- Laura Beth Wayne, Treasurer
WE Farm: Wayne-Egenolf Farm - Carolyn Blank, Secretary
Bloomington Cooperative Plots - Ellen Michel, Winter Market Advisory Council
Bloomingfoods - Jodee Ellett, Member-at-large
Gener8 Farms - John Galuska, Member-at-large
Grown in Town Farmstead - Keith Johnson, Member-at-large
Renaissance Polyculture - Jonathan Jenner, Member-at-Large
Minifundia
Staff
- Vanessa Caruso, Guild Manager



