Register to win $500 at Indiana State Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WANE) - Indiana State Fair attendees could win $500 by following the Food for Thought Recipe Trail presented by Indiana’s Family of Farmers.

Collect recipe cards from all eight locations on the Recipe Trail around the fairgrounds and take them to the Food for Thought display at the FFA Pavilion. Win a prize (while supplies last) for just completing the trail and then register for the daily and grand prizes.

In honor of the Year of Pigs theme at this year’s State Fair , the Recipe Trail will ham it up with daily ham giveaways. In addition, folks can register for three grand prizes of $500 in free groceries or sets of tickets to see celebrity chefs Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain live at Clowes Memorial Hall on Sept. 30.

Grand prizes will be awarded at the end of the State Fair.

Recipe card locations:

Indiana Beef Council – Pioneer Our Land Pavilion
Indiana Pork Producers – Pioneer Our Land Pavilion
Indiana State Poultry Association – Pioneer Our Land Pavilion
Milk Promotion Services of Indiana – Pioneer Our Land Pavilion
Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) – Normandy Barn
Indiana Farm Bureau – Farm Bureau Building
Indiana Corn Marketing Council/ Indiana Soybean Alliance – Biofuels Mobile Learning Center
Indiana Humanities Council’s Food for Thought Exhibit – FFA Pavilion

“Food impacts all of our lives every day. The partnership with the Indiana Humanities Council for the Food for Thought display has allowed us to be part of new conversations and events,” said Joe Kelsay, Indiana agriculture director for the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. "This has been a tremendous opportunity to share the perspective of Indiana farmers with consumers, talk directly through their personal experience and connect the dots between farms and the food that is grown in Indiana."

The Food for Thought recipe cards will feature a recipe highlighting Indiana’s commodities such as pork, beef, poultry and dairy along with an Indiana wine pairing. On the flip side of the cards, fairgoers will meet a featured Indiana farmer and read a personal food story from their family.

“By taking our Food for Thought exhibit on the road to cities all over Indiana, we’ve engaged in great conversations with Hoosiers about the importance of food and agriculture to our state.” said Keira Amstutz, Indiana Humanities Council president and CEO. “We look forward to continuing the conversation with State Fairgoers about food culture, regional must-eats, family traditions and of course, Indiana’s Family of Farmers.”