For two weeks, Hoosiers descend onto the fairgrounds in Indianapolis to enjoy great exhibits, fun activities and delicious food! It truly is a highlight of our summer; and some of our favorite things to enjoy at the fair are those sponsored by Indiana Family of Farmers.
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Fair goers can follow the IFOF Recipe Trail and help feed the hungry, plus receive a useful popcorn-shaped memento.
For
each person who finishes the trail, IFOF partners with Feeding Indiana’s Hungry to donate one pound of food to food banks across the
state. Recipe trail travelers donated more
than 3,000 pounds of food last year. This year’s goal is 3,500 pounds, so 3,500
people need to go through the recipe trail to attain the goal.
Recipe card locations
- Exposition Hall (Rose Acre Farms, booths 526
and 527, southwest side)
- Ball State Ag/Hort Building (World’s Largest
Popcorn Ball)
- DuPont Food Pavilion (3 stops: Indiana Wine Grape
Council, Indiana Dairy, Purdue)
- Habitat for Humanity Ag House
- Indiana Farm Bureau Building
- Glass Barn
- Normandy Barn
- Pathway to Water Quality
Final
stop/recipe redemption point: IFOF booth at DuPont food pavilion
Participants
collect recipe cards from the 10 locations around the fairgrounds and bring
them to the IFoF booth at the DuPont Food Pavilion where they will receive
their memento and get counted as a donor of a pound of food. The booth also
features a chance to register for a daily popcorn giveaway and the grand prize
of a chest freezer.
Rules
·
Start
at any location and travel to the 10 destinations to collect recipe cards.
·
Visit
the IFOF booth in the DuPont Food Pavilion with your recipes to be pick up your
popcorn-shaped memento, be counted as a food donor and sign up for prizes.
·
Winners
of the daily giveaway are selected by a random drawing at the close of each day
of the fair.
·
One
winner of the chest freezer will be selected by a random drawing on the last
day of the fair.
·
Winners
will be notified by email or phone.
The
IFOF recipe cards feature recipes from real farmers around Indiana and
highlight Indiana’s commodities such as pork, beef, poultry, soybeans, corn and
dairy along with an Indiana wine pairing. On the reverse, you will meet
the farmer and read a personal story from his or her family.
Other IFOF Sponsored Fair Attractions:
Sponsor of World’s Largest Popcorn Ball
IFOF is the sponsor the World’s Largest Popcorn
Ball, a 5,000-pound, 9-foot popcorn delicacy featured at the Ball State
Ag/Horticulture Building. This will also
be a stop on the 2013 IFOF recipe trail. After the fair, the popcorn will be
fed to Indiana livestock. *This is one Alex is looking forward to!!*
IFOF booth in DuPont Food Pavilion
For the second year in a row, the DuPont Food Pavilion will be a part of
this year’s state fair. Along with hourly food demos on the Red Gold Kitchen the pavilion will also feature a
retail store with more than 30 Indiana made specialty items available for
purchase.
IFOF is proud to be part of the food pavilion all 17 days.
Along with the recipe trail, different agricultural groups will be featured and
providing samples at the IFOF booth.
Partnership with Habitat for Humanity
The Habitat home build on the state fairgrounds will be a stop on this year’s recipe trail. As part of our partnership, Indiana’s Family of Farmers will donate a freezer and meat donations to fill the freezer to the new homeowner. Thanks to the farmers around the state who grow our food and who generously gave back.
The Habitat home build on the state fairgrounds will be a stop on this year’s recipe trail. As part of our partnership, Indiana’s Family of Farmers will donate a freezer and meat donations to fill the freezer to the new homeowner. Thanks to the farmers around the state who grow our food and who generously gave back.
I am so proud to work with the IFOF because I believe in their message 100%: Indiana farmers grow the grains, produce and meat you eat
every day. We believe that quality farming means quality food that is good for
you, your family and the environment. Food
for your family, from our family.
***GIVEAWAY***
IFOF is giving away (1) 4 pack of State Fair Tickets to (1) Lucky EMM Fan.
It's easy to enter. Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite attraction at the fair. One winner will be chosen randomly.
Contest Ends: Monday Aug. 5, 2013 12 am EST
5 comments:
My favorite fair event is eating a grilled cheese and having a chocolate milkshake from the dairy bar. There is nothing better!
I absolutely love the horse barn! I could spend a whole day there :)
Of everything out there (and there's SO much!), I think my favorite has to be the 4H buildings at the NW corner of the Faigrounds. Those kids do some amazing things. I most enjoy the sewing, the woodworking, and the cake decorating, although the photography, art, and rockets are fun, too!
I always love visiting the DuPont building and getting new recipes each year.
We love to go to the barns and see all the great animals. Then tasting some great food is a must!
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