Please take note:  www.indyfoodfarmfamily.org is currently under transition to match the newly reformed name, mission and vision of the Food Coalition of Central Indiana (FCCI).

Click here to download a PDF with the NEW mission and vision!

Who We Are

April Hammerand
Project Manager
april@indyfoodfarmfamily.org

317.417.8449

April Hammerand grew up in a rural village in Northern Illinois and she has been active in the local food movement since 2005. April studied International, Resource Economics and Natural Resource Management at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she joined a student organization, Just. Food, dedicated to organizing a student-run farm on campus and sourcing local food for the university dining halls. After graduating from UIUC in 2007, she worked with Irv and Shelly’s Fresh Picks, a local organic home delivery business servicing Chicago and the neighboring suburbs. In August 2008, April traveled to Uppsala, Sweden to join an international Masters program in Environmental Communications and Management at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Her master’s thesis focused on the perspectives and lifestyles of farmers involved in a farmers’ market organization in Sweden, in order to help them reflect upon how they could improve their organization in the future. You can read her Masters Thesis “The meaning-making of Bondens egen Marknad, a farmers market organization” online at http://www.essays.se/essay/9442d0da61/

Wielding her passions for good food, healthy ecosystems, and thriving economies, she hopes to help create a sustainable community in Indy that can be used as a catalyst for change in the USA. April lives in the small community of Rocky Ripple along the canal path. She enjoys sighting blue herons, raccoons, and other lively creatures living in her neighborhood.

John Gibson

Co-Founder
Executive Director, Earth Charter Indiana

As Executive Director of Earth Charter Indiana John Gibson is constantly building coalitions to inform and inspire Hoosiers about the why and how of living sustainably. In Earth Charter terms “sustainability” includes economic sufficiency, respect for nature, universal human rights, grassroots democracy and peacemaking. Prior to this position John directed the activities of the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. He and Mrs. Gibson (Anita) have traveled extensively abroad and spent over a year coordinating an international village development project in Sungai Lui, Malaysia. John has a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from South Dakota State University and a Master of Divinity degree from Garrett Evangelical Theology Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He and Anita have three children and two grandchildren. In 1999 John was a candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis.

Laura Salyer
Co-Founder

Laura Salyer is a food activist who moved from Indianapolis to Madison, WI in late 2009. Her background is in fine art and her passion lies with, in and around all things food. She is the cofounder of the Indianapolis Food, Farm, and Family Coalition. Currently, she works for two programs, Grocers Buy Local and Something Special from Wisconsin. When Laura isn’t working, she reads about gastronomy and food culture.

Thanks to our generours sponsors.

It is with the support of our generous sponsors, working together with the community, that we are able to live out our mission. Please consider joining this influential group and help us reach out and stregthen the entire food movement in Central Indiana.