Hendricks county

Hendricks County is directly west of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is comprised of a mix of farmland and growing urban centers. More and more farmers in the county are adopting conservation farming practices, which benefit the land, water quality, and their bottom line.

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There are at least 700 individual farms in Hendricks County.

84% of Hendricks County is farmland.

There are 200,000 acres of farmland in Hendricks County.

Almost 100,000 acres of Hendricks’ farmland is managed with no-till.

About 1 million acres of cover crops were planted in the state of Indiana in 2017.

There are at least 5 farmers’ markets in Hendricks County.

Conservation Corner

The Hendricks County Conservation Corner is maintained by the SWCD staff, and is located at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds. The area has five raised beds, and is used as a demonstration plot to show producers conservation farming practices in action.

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Staff & Board

**Bree Ollier**

Hendricks County SWCD
Natural Resources Conservationist

**Jerod Chew**

USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
District Conservationist
Hendricks and Marion Counties

Additional staff

Teri Lents - Office Manager
Matt Williams - ISDA Resource Specialist

board & Supervisors (2020)

Supervisors

Andy Nicholson
Sara Creech
Jeff Healy
Mike Starkey
Ethan Truax

Associate Supervisors

Paul Miner
John Hardin Jr.
Henry Wallis
Justin Coleman
Bob Bollman
David Wyeth
Brian Rutledge
J.B. Edmondson
Daryl Stephenson
Jack Nelson
Mark Lawson