Real Buyers, Real Stories

The FARMWISE Team spent over a year interviewing buyers in Indiana and Kentucky to learn more about what motivates them to source locally grown and produced foods. From school food service directors to chefs, dieticians to business owners, we gathered background details on the many motivating factors that lay within each connection made and each meal served.

Priority Local

Learn more about how other buyers are procuring local food in our publication-

Priority Local: Stories and Data of Regional Food Buyers Leading the Way in Indiana and Kentucky.

Read about what values drive school food service directors, chefs, and retail buyers. These stories bring local food procurement to life. We hope you see your way to purchasing local through they eyes of those making it happen! Reach out to FARMWISE Indiana to get connected to someone who can help you find farmers and suppliers!

Special thanks goes to each buyer we interviewed, including the ones that were not included in print. Those valuable stories may be shared through our social media channels at a later date.

With appreciation we thank Elissa, Claire, and our FARMWISE VCP’s for their time on this project.