The Purdue Horticulture Society and Purdue Student Farm Organization learned about grape harvesting from Miranda Purcell and picked apples for Food Finders on September 9th. In addition to harvesting, the students had the opportunity to taste several grape cultivars.
The Hort 317 (Landscape Contracting and Management) and Hort 318 (Field Production of Horticultural Crops) visited several horticultural businesses on September 7th. Leaving campus at 7:00 am, with only a couple of complaints of an early Saturday morning, the classes first travelled to Van Drunen Farms in Momence, IL. Van Drunen is a large, international…Read more about HORT Classes Visited Regional Horticultural Businesses[Read More]
USDA recently announced recipients for its Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant program (https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/09/10/usda-invests-nearly-121m-specialty-crops-research-and-organic). Stephen Meyers is a member of a team of scientists receiving a planning grant for their proposal entitled “Identifying needs and overcoming barriers for adopting novel weed control technology in perennial crops”. The project is led by Lynn Sosnoskie at Cornell University with…Read more about Weed Scientists Awarded USDA Planning Grant[Read More]
HLA Professor Lori Hoagland and her team received $3.5M from the NIFA OREI program to continue working on their Tomato Organic Management and Improvement (TOMI) project. This is the third round of funding the team has received for their project aimed at developing new ways to control foliar diseases in tomato. In TOMI3, they will…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland and Team Receives Additional Funding for TOMI Project[Read More]
