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Who We Are

Bobbi Boos of LIFE Farms, founding member of the LGG

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 of the Local Growers' Guild

  • Vanessa Caruso, Guild Manager