VERMILLION COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — One family farm here in the Wabash Valley is showing what it means to keep generations of farming alive.

Troy Helt says that this farm has been in his family for four generations, 104 years, and he plans to keep it that way.

“Farming is still a very important enmity that we need in life today," Helt said. " I just think it is important to keep it; it keeps people working it provides so many jobs and resources."

The Helt family received a Hoosier Homestead award at the Indiana State Fair for the farm being in the same family for over 100 years and also being an operating farm.

“We were at the state fair a week ago for the ceremony and it was very interesting to see all the different people from all over the state of Indiana who accepted this award,"

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