On August 14, the HLA Department gathered for its annual Fall Retreat at the Beck Center, focusing this year on enhancing support for students. Dean Bernie Engel provided an update on the current state of the College of Agriculture, setting the stage for a day of learning and discussion. Speakers included Carl Krieger, Director of[Read More…]
After the children’s illustrated book on Indiana Native Plants (Monsters Love Native Blooms) was officially included in ASLA’s initiative, “STEM Literacy by Design,” ASLA invited the authors to a national webinar to discuss their reflections and inspirations regarding the journey. They will be featured in the 2nd Meet the Authors: STEM Literacy by Design series,[Read More…]
HLA professor Lori Hoagland traveled to Chivay, Peru to meet with the advisory panel for the Arequipa Nexus Institute’s Phase 3 research and engagement projects. The goal of the projects is to help the people of the Colca Canyon become more productive and sustainable by transitioning to organic agriculture, improving alpaca fiber quality, and developing[Read More…]
Hi everyone! My name is Brandy Pinkard, and I am the new Student Success Specialist in the Undergraduate Student Services office. Although I am new to the department, I am not new to higher education. In 2006, I began my journey at Ivy Tech Community College and joined Purdue in 2013. In my most recent[Read More…]
On Wednesday John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher traveled to Indianapolis to prepare the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana State Fair. Purdue Extension Master Gardener volunteers from across the state will staff the booth to help answer any gardening and lawn care questions from fair patrons and[Read More…]
Ashley Adair wrote an article for the Flanagan State Bank Specialty Growers Ag Newsletter entitled “Raw Manure, Raw Produce – New Research at Purdue to Investigate Crop-Livestock Integration and Produce Safety” featuring Moriah Bilenky’s integrated crop-livestock study with poultry and sheep. FSB is a bank in central Illinois that specializes in ag lending and has a strong history[Read More…]
After the Small Farm Field Day last week the IMPACT^2 Team met with a group of small farmers and Extension educators to pilot two serious games. These games help farmers and educators think through the impacts of climate change on agriculture and what management strategies they can use to help mitigate those impacts. HLA folks[Read More…]
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