The Biological Approaches to Sustainable Mint Production SARE project team will host its final workshop at Fair Oaks Farm on January 19, 2023. The workshop will focus on presenting our research findings to the project Advisory Committee, the Indiana Mint Market Development & Research Council (IMMDC) board, and Indiana mint growers and industry stakeholders. Presentations[Read More…]
Liz Maynard attended the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo in Grand Rapids, MI, to present No-Till Sweet Corn after Winter Rye Cover Crop with Dan Quinn (Purdue Agronomy) on Dec. 6, and Selecting Growing Media for Organic Transplants on Dec. 8. Wenjing Guan, Petrus Langenhoven and Lori Hoagland contributed to the information[Read More…]
Purdue University received a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the USDA for the Developing a Novel Multi-Year Production System for Strawberries Grown on Plastic Mulch in Indiana project. Stephen Meyers and Wenjing Guan are leaders on this project. Purdue University will address two of the greatest barriers to the profitability and sustainability of multi-year plasticulture[Read More…]