We are delighted to announce 3 staff promotions effective January 1. Please join us in congratulating them all! Chris Adair has been promoted from Farm Operations Manager to Senior Farm Operations Manager in recognition of his leadership at the Purdue Student Farm, including overseeing the successful CSA program, leading applied research at the farm, mentoring other small[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spin Doctors Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 16 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points launching our team into 5th place. Good Thyme Gang placed 1st in all four categories scoring a team scratch game of 690, team scratch[Read More…]
The Diverse Corn Belt Team (Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Ishraq Awashra, and Emily Usher) hosted a Reimagining Agricultural Diversity (RAD) team in Illinois this week. Around 35 participants attended and had great discussion about priorities and visions for the future of Midwestern agriculture as well as opportunities and barriers for increasing diversification on the landscape.[Read More…]
On December 14 the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program announced its list of 2023 Research and Education Awards (NCR-SARE’s 2023 Research and Education Awards – SARE North Central). A project entitled “Exploring Underutilized Weed Management Methods on Indiana Small Farms Through On-Farm Research, Community Learning, and Farmer-to-Farmer Education” was awarded $249,669.[Read More…]
Chloe Henscheid Horticulture Crops Research Manager Throckmorton-Purdue Agricultural Center, Purdue University Thursday November 30th, at 3:30pm, HORT117 or join via Zoom “The Meigs Horticulture Facility. One of Purdue’s Leading Vegetable and Fruit Crop Research Centers” Abstract: Chloe Richard is the Horticultural Crops Research Manager at the Meigs Horticultural Facility, which is part of the Purdue[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spoilermakers II Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 12 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won 4 out of 8 points, keeping us 9th place. For the Top Team Scores, Our team placed 1st with team handicap game scoring a 947. In the[Read More…]