NEWS

Let’s Celebrate Our Roots & Future Growth! 🌾 Big things are happening in our regional ag community, and we couldn’t have done it without you! We hope you will join us to celebrate the fantastic successes of the Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Ag Strategy and get an...

We have recently published a video of the Rural Economic Development Panel at the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute’s Economic Development Conference, featuring insightful discussions from industry experts and regional leaders. [Click here to watch the full video panel...

Empowering Local Food Producers: Join the KIRAG Food Business Launch SeriesKIRAG is proud to announce the Food Business Launch Series, an expert-led workshop initiative designed to help local farmers, agricultural producers, and food entrepreneurs transition from home...

Regional Leaders Convene for Kankakee Iroquois Ag Summit to Advance Value-Added Agriculture Strategy Francisville, IN —January 30 Regional elected officials, economic development leaders, and agricultural stakeholders gathered on...

Rensselaer, IN — The Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Ag Accelerator (KIRAG) is inviting proposals from qualified organizations and consultants to help deliver a new series of workshops and technical assistance aimed at strengthening food-based businesses and small...

Helping the businesses that are already in Indiana to continue to succeed When you’re a farmer and you hear the words, “economic development,” it tends to bring mixed reactions. To those of us that love the land, it can seem like a threat to our very livelihood. Rural...

The Kankakee Iroquois Regional Ag Strategy, funded through the READI 1.0 program of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), is pleased to announce that Warren County and Carroll County have officially joined the regional collaboration. This expansion now...

JASPER COUNTY, IND.Six Northwest Indiana counties have partnered to launch a region-wide strategy to grow their agricultural economy, made possible by funding from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s (IEDC) READI 1.0 program. The initiative, known as the Ag...

The Kankakee-Iroquois Regional Planning Commission (KIRPC) is pleased to announce that the US Economic Development Administration (US EDA) has awarded a $34,930 grant to assist six counties in Northwest Indiana in creating a strategy to leverage the region’s...