The Purdue Student Farm along with the Co-Rec will have a tree planting event on Friday, October 27. Partnering with Purdue for Life for their Day of Service, the focus for the tree planting is to use native trees that provide edible products. The Day of Service will be held Friday, October 27 from 9[Read More…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang led an independent study last fall and gathered five landscape architecture students to work on a children’s book that introduces Indiana native plants for K-12 populations. The final product, an illustrated children’s book, accompanying board game, school syllabus, and interactive activities, won a National Honor Award (Communication Category) from the American Society[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Eamus Catuli Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 2 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 6 out of 8 points, placing us in 8th. In the Women’s Category, Ashley Adair placed 2nd with handicap series scoring a 695. Alexandra Jewell placed 1st[Read More…]
Jean Zavala, Ariana Torres, and Stephen Meyers, in collaboration with Purdue’s Department of Entomology and Agronomy, have released a new extension article, Business Characteristics of Hemp: Agronomic and Marketing Barriers. Exploring the expanding hemp sector can be intricate, especially with the rising U.S. production. This study sheds light on the business and marketing barriers facing[Read More…]
PI Amanda Deering and Co-PIs Petrus Langenhoven, Tari Gary, and Scott Monroe were awarded a USDA Specialty Crop Block grant, Education and Outreach Activities to Improve Food Safety for Small Farms ($155,966). The grant will develop and deliver produce food safety programming for small fruit and vegetable growers in Indiana. In addition to current educational[Read More…]
In the follow-up to next week’s football game between Purdue and Virginia Tech, writers from the two universities highlighted the collaborative turfgrass research between the two universities. Research from Dr. Jada Powlen and Dr. Cale Bigelow were highlighted in the article. Opponents on the field, collaborators off: Virginia Tech and Purdue researchers work together to[Read More…]
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