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First planted in 2010, The Feel Good Farm is a 60-acre, certified-organic growing operation near Sheridan, where the suburban sprawl of Hamilton County gives way to a flat landscape of fields, fencerows, and barns.

Baggott took an early retirement and, in 2010—just a year after ExactTarget surpassed $100 million in annual sales—purchased a 98-acre farm near Greenfield to raise livestock. Never mind that he had no agricultural experience whatsoever.

In simpler times, Bowman’s plan might have passed for good old Hoosier ingenuity. Unfortunately, Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company—and a notorious ball-buster—doesn’t see it that way. And neither did the highest court in the land.

This encounter with Bing grew from—ahem—the kernel of an idea: Challenge the traditional definition of “farmer” by highlighting the more contemporary elements in Indiana agriculture.

Says Shea Rankin, “Next year will be [my husband’s] year to train and race. And I’m going to drink beer and eat burgers and heal a little bit.”

“People plan their wedding and their kids’ parties. Why wouldn’t you want some planning behind [your memorial service]?” says Circle Unbroken founder Anne-Marie Dezelan.

Haunted leftovers, cupcake allergens, and the very rich. Ask The Hoosierist.

Toss that bed, take down those posters, rent the room to gypsies if you must, but do not give your grown children a toehold back in.

I found my favorite authors and slid my fingers along the spines of books I yearned to read. And not just read, but buy, hold in my hands, and, when finished, tuck onto a shelf, mine to remember and admire for all time.

“I went to IU, so I try to keep an eye on what’s happening in Indiana. Any state with a great school like that is going to have a solid startup culture. I know it worked for me!”

I don’t want to give up football—and I’m guessing the players don’t want to, either. But they need to be protected. That’s something that we, the fans, can get behind.

Find out why the queen teen magazine thinks this young Hoosier game-changer is “pretty amazing.”

We’ve been taken by her presence ever since she shot an iconic “Best of Indy” cover with us for the December 2003 issue of the magazine.

His words were perhaps revelatory on the subject of inclusion—by God and by fellow humans—of all people, regardless of race, socio-economic status, religion, and even sexual orientation.

I find the first stage of a remodel much like surgery, in that once you agree, there is no time to second-guess.