(Greensburg, IN) – Several local organizations were the beneficiaries of this year’s Ag Day Breakfast in Decatur County.
Donation recipients were the FFA chapters from all three Decatur County schools (Greensburg, North, and South Decatur), Greensburg Meals on Wheels, and Farmers Feeding the Flock.
The Greensburg/Decatur County (GDC) Chamber of Commerce and Decatur County Farm Bureau team up each year to bring the popular event to the community.
The purpose of the Ag Day Breakfast is to support the ag industry in and around Decatur County by providing education through keynote speakers, marketing through sponsorships, and networking opportunities.
This year’s event saw a record attendance of 187 people with students from Greensburg, North Decatur, South Decatur, and Jac Cen Del High Schools represented.
“We absolutely love having the opportunity to pour into our youth here in Decatur County and are thankful we have a program geared toward those who are either currently involved in or plan to be part of our farming community,” said Dawn Lowe, Executive Director for the GDC Chamber.
Because this year’s event was so successful, organizers decided to give 100 percent of the proceeds to the FFA chapters from all three Decatur County schools as well as Meals on Wheels and Farmers Feeding the Flock.
Each year a representative from the Farmers Feeding the Flock program announces the local farm family who will donate acreage used to raise that year’s crop.
The sale of the crop then helps offset costs for expansion and inputs for the Greensburg Bread of Life, an organization that assists the community with hunger relief by providing meals for the working poor, those
who are jobless/homeless, elderly who are on a fixed income, and families dealing with hardships/illnesses.
Assisting and supporting an organization that helps with managing food insecurities made a lot of sense to the Ag Day Breakfast committee which is also where the notion of helping the organization Meals on Wheels came from.
Meals on Wheels delivers well-balanced meals to those who are in need in and around Decatur County, especially those 60 years and older.
“As with many organizations in our community, these two organizations are working really hard to support those in need here in our communities and we know it takes a village to help support their efforts. We are grateful to be a small part of that village,” said Lowe.
All three local FFA chapters have indicated the donations will help support and offset their costs of attending the state convention which is held every year in June.
The 2023 Ag Day Breakfast keynote speaker Bruce Kettler, CEO and President-Agribusiness Council of Indiana – spoke on the topic of Succession Planning.
“We feel it supports the mission of our two organizations [GDC Chamber and Decatur County Farm Bureau] to continue supporting this industry. Agriculture is obviously very alive and prevalent not just here in Decatur County, but in our state as well,” said Lowe. “Plans are well underway for next year’s event and we are excited to continue bringing quality programming to Decatur County.”
