INDIANAPOLIS – Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture recently announced that Caroline Patrick is the new director of the Indiana Grown program and will lead its nearly 2,000 members.
As Indiana Grown director, Patrick will help Indiana Grown members find and secure new opportunities and work to help consumers shop for local products. She will also meet with elected officials statewide to help them better understand the program and the need to support local food-based businesses and artisans.
Patrick’s background is in culinary arts and local food procurement. She was recently Director of Food Nutrition at Community Hospital East in Indianapolis where she had a bistro with local foods. She has a culinary arts degree from The Culinary Institute of America in New York.
