Farmers Feeding the Flock celebration
Nov. 10—GREENSBURG — The Decatur County Bread of Life hosted the organization's annual Farmers Feeding the Flock harvest dinner on Nov. 3.
Speakers were Tom Bechman from Indiana Prairie Farmer Magazine, Merrill Smith and Carl Kroger. Kroger is a 2018 graduate of South Decatur High School who has been involved in the Feeding the Flock fundraiser for several years.
A total of $66,166.14 was raised in 2023 by Fogg Family Farm and other sponsors — this is approximately $5,000 more than the $61,020.54 raised in 2022 by Shirk Family Farm and other sponsors.
This year's in-kind, 15 acre, five acre, four acre, three acre and two acre sponsors were:
—Fogg Family Farm
—Greensburg Soy Processors
—Indiana Prairie Farmer
—Kova
—Greensburg Daily News
—Premier Ag
—Top Crop (Pioneer Seeds)/Rick Hoeing and Brian Bush
—WRBI Radio
—WTRE Radio
—Robub Farms, LLC
—John and Adele Corya
—Decatur County Memorial Hospital
—Jim and Susan Stewart
—Smiley Farms
—David and Debbie Anewalt
—John Evans
—Dave Springmeyer, LLC
—Walmart
—Chuck and Vicki Holtcamp
—Ted and Pat Thornburg
—Craig and Kim Stillwell
—Tom and Jenni Welage
One acre sponsors included: Connie and Tony Adelman, Jim and Lynda Heflin, Dudley and Bonita Myers, Alert Church, Betty Hortemiller, Malcolm and Rebecca Myers, Ashley Machine Company, Jake Hawkins, Ivan and Patricia Nading, B & B Tooling Inc., Josh and Amy Hawkins, Noles Family Dental, Davies Batterton and Patricia Cooper, Hulsbosch Dairy Farm LLC, Onesource Transfer LLC, Bob and Carol Blankman, Jerran Jackson, Logan and Rebecca Ricke, William J. Blasdel, Kingston Presbyterian Church, David and Deborah Schneider, Crum Trucking, Lake Santee Women's Club, L.B. Trucking Inc., Barbara Smiley, Rick and Mary Johnson, Rolland Rose Trucking Inc., Dale and Sharon Crites, Merrill and Linda Smith, Decatur County Farm Bureau, Steve and Carren Dieckmann, Lois A. Laskowski, Star Baptist Church, Doug and Charity Banks, Kenny and Judy Mauer, The Napoleon State Bank, Larry and Carol Evans, Mayor Joshua Marsh, Wallpe Chiropractic and Wellness, First Baptist Church — Thankful Hearts Class, Don and Jan McClure, Rex and Robin McKinny, Bruce and Melissa Foist, Rheadawn Metz, Arnold and Silvia Waters, Paul and Kristin Wolfe, Paul and Arlene Gehl, Miller Farms — Doug, BethAnn and Torry Miller, Errick Woosley, Hadler Enterprises and Xperience Ag Inc.
Remaining sponsors were: Phil and Roseaaron Buening, Steven and Edith Lecher, Dale Thie, Craig and Jean Conover, Letts Hardware and Equipment, Philip and Jane Wallpe, Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, Sheila Morrow, Weigel Family Eye Care, Cutting Edge Mowers & More Inc, Blake and Amy O'Mara, Gene and Nicky Wuestefeld, Dan and Sue Hahn, Gilliland Howe Funeral Home, Optimist Club of Greensburg, Jacque Richey, In Memory of Donna Richey, K & S Farm and Machine Shop, SDHS FFA, Knights of St. John #31 and Jim and Jere Sturges.
Foist shared that the Bread of Life hopes to have a new family farm in spring 2024 to sponsor the fundraiser.
More information about how to participate and sponsor an acre will be released in 2024. To learn more, visit greensburgbreadoflife.com.
