What’s next for Living Fort Wayne?
Readers, As you may have noticed, Living Fort Wayne’s blog has been a little quiet recently! Since 2012, Living Fort Wayne has been your go-to source for all that is great in northeast Indiana! Recently, we decided perhaps there is a better way to share our region’s story! Today we are regrouping and focusing in our strengths – our strong social media channels like Facebook and Instagram. In addition to this, we are in the process of developing some new high impact, interactive content ideas for telling the story of our region better! Keep an eye out in the coming months as we usher in the next generation of Living Fort Wayne! Also, be sure to check out our annual Living Fort Wayne Concert Series again this...
Celebrate New Year’s at the Philmore!
Bring your friends and ring in 2019, Philmore Style! Spectacular local artists: APQ-harmonic and Will Certain will be ushering in the New Year at The Philmore on Broadway on December 31st, from 7 p.m. – 1:30 am. Tickets also include a heavy hors d’oeurve buffet, NYE party favors, a champaigne toast at midnight, and a breakfast “fourth meal” at 12:30 am. Food and Beverage services will be supplied by Don Hall’s Catering, whose management team services the Philmore on Broadway. This event is in partnership with Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana. “2019 Year of the Pig” MENU: Chips & Guacamole Candied Bacon Shrimp Cocktail Martinis Applewood Smoked Salmon Canapes Vegetable & Noodle Pagodas Beef Tenderloin & Mushroom Brochettes Mesquite Pork Tenderloin on Garlic Naan Dessert Bar: German Chocolate Tartlets Tea Cookies Midnight Champagne Toast “Fourth Meal” served at 12:30am: Mini Quiche Assortment Rosemary Roasted Redskin Cheesy Potatoes Smoked Sausage Fresh Fruit Mini Danishes Coffee Bar Bloody Mary Bar Tickets will sell fast, so purchase yours on Eventbrite (CLICK HERE) today! (Tickets may also be purchased at Don Hall’s Guesthouse, 1313 W. Washington Center Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46825.) Questions? Call us at (260)...
Exploring local and ethically-sourced food with Heartland Communities
Local food and green collar industries have seen renewed interest in recent years. Living Fort Wayne recently caught up with Heartland Communities’ Jain Young and Rowan Greene to discuss the mission of Heartland Communities and their vision for the future. LFW – How does Heartland Communities plan to help facilitate the emergence of “green collar industries”? Heartland Communities – We hear about a “triple bottom line” these days – people – planet – profit or the 3 p’s of sustainability. At Heartland Communities, we have held those values as our mission since before the phrase was coined and we called it economic, environmental and cultural sustainability. As a community economic development organization, we are focused on creating opportunities to put those values into action in business, jobs, and entrepreneurship. To take it a step further, Heartland is organized to help create cooperative and worker-owned enterprises. Heartland’s current focus is bringing green infrastructure to the food industry with Plowshares Local Food System Project, which began in 2014 with a USDA grant through the Local Food Promotion Program for research and planning. Plowshares works with intention and organizing to re-establish local food system infrastructure, which changed over the last 50+ years from local to global. Now, four years into the project, we are launching a local food distribution business called Plowshares Food Hub. It will create efficiencies for local farms and business while making locally grown and processed food more accessible. The Sustainable Indiana 2016 initiative gave Heartland a “Green Light Award” for Plowshares. As we create a local food system, food production is a green collar industry when farmers use regenerative methods that require less water and fuel, build our soil, and protect pollinators. As food moves from farms through the value chain to the consumer, food jobs become “green” when the transportation miles are reduced, so locally produced food is more green than the same food that rides in a truck from California or Brazil. In Indiana, the average meal travels 1,500 miles while we import 90 percent of our food from out of state. So you might think of a green collar industry as a solar panel manufacturing plant but sometimes it is doing the things we have always done but finding a way to be good to the planet and value your people with good jobs, while being successful financially. Another Green Light Award was given to an organization Heartland incubated as fiscal agent and through organizational development over a period of seven years. The nonprofit Save Maumee Grassroots Organization has become a green collar industry in watershed management and jobs have been created with nearly $200,000...
Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes and Fall Farm Fun – Living Fort Wayne
Newly updated for 2018! What is fall without a trip to one of the local pumpkin patches, complete with an apple orchard and corn maze? NOTHING! That’s what! Luckily, northeast Indiana has plenty of opportunities to take advantage of the fall weather, pick pumpkins and apples, and get lost in corn mazes. Johnny Appleseed Festival – 1500 N. Harry Baals Drive, Fort Wayne Saturday, Sept. 15 – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Did you know the Johnny Appleseed Festival started way back in 1974? When you head out to the festival today you’ll see more than 100 craft booths, numerous food booths, tinsmiths, apple pressers, blacksmiths, trappers, traders and more. Kuehnert Dairy Farm Fall Festival – 6532 Cook Road, Fort Wayne Friday, Sept. 14 – Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 Friday: 6 p.m. -10 p.m.Saturday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.Sunday: Noon-5 p.m. This 6th generation family farm has opened for its sixth annual fall festival. The farm features a LEGO-themed corn maze, straw mountain, the corn pit, farm tours, tetherball and more. Admission is $8 per person. Children 2 years old and under are free. Military members, both active or veteran, are free. There is also $1 off admission of for service personnel and Boy/Girl Scouts. Season passes are $15 per person. Amazing Fall Fun – 3150 C.R. 43, Waterloo Friday, Sept. 14 – Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 Friday: 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday: Noon – 10 p.m.Sunday: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Amazing Fall Fun features what’s billed as “Indiana’s Largest Corn Maze.” There is also a pumpkin patch featuring a variety of pumpkins and gourds. Other activities include a jumbo jumping pillow, the barrel roll, straw mountain, duck races, the corn box, farmer foosball and much, much more. You won’t want to wait! Tickets are $8 for ages 3 and up with additional pricing options for small and large groups. Cedar Creek Produce – 11709 Clay St., Leo-Cedarville Open seven days a week! Cedar Creek has a variety of produce year-round but since fall is in full-swing, they have pumpkins, gourds and plenty of corn. Ridenour Acres – 2935 E. 20 N., Angola Saturday, Sept. 15 – Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 Friday (only in October): Open 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.Saturday: Noon – 6 p.m.Sunday: Noon – 6 p.m. This farm includes a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and other activities for the whole family! New for 2017 is the Trick or Treat Trail. Admission is $7 per person ($1 off for groups of 15 or more) and children 3 and under are admitted free. Salomon Farm Fall Harvest Festival – 817 Dupont Road, Fort Wayne Friday, Sept....
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