Welcome to the off-farm edition of this week’s email! As much as I would love to talk about our pest struggles for the third week in a row, we’re at a point in the season where a lot of the on-farm happenings are more of the same, more of the same. To avoid the redundancy…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Welcome back to another beautiful week on the Purdue student farm! The heat has been punishing, but we’re rewarded (or perhaps further punished) with increasing harvest loads, specifically of our zucchini and tomatoes. Though last week was the true pest edition of this email, numbers are still on the rise across the board. A new…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Andrew Flachs discussed his new book, Feeding the World as if People Mattered with Civil Eats, exploring landscapes and communities in India, Bosnia, and the Midwest who are weathering pandemics, climate disasters, and authoritarian politics while nourishing life.
Shivika Aggrawal, from Dr. Aaron Thompson’s lab in the Center for Community & Environmental Design (CCED), delivered an oral presentation titled “How to Study Social–Ecological Memory in Agroecosystems: Methodological Insights from Empirical Research” at the 2026 annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS) and the Association for the Study of Food…Read more about Shivika Aggrawal Shares Research at AFHVS/ASFS Annual Meeting[Read More]
Andrew Flachs published Feeding the World as if People Mattered with the University of Arizona Press. Drawing on 15 years of anthropological research across South India, Eastern Europe and North America, Flachs explores how small farmers are building a sustainable food system by investing in creating more farms and farmers, not just higher yields. This…Read more about Andrew Flachs Publishes New Book on Reimagining Sustainable Agriculture[Read More]
Andrew Flachs spoke about the social value of sustainable agriculture on the Down To Earth Podcast, drawing from his research with small farmers in South India, Eastern Europe, and the US Midwest and forthcoming book Feeding the World as if People Mattered. Amid rising global fuel and fertilizer costs Dr. Flachs published an op-ed about…Read more about Andrew Flachs Discusses Social Value of Agriculture on Podcast, Calls for Local Food Investment in Op-Ed[Read More]
This past weekend, Moriah Bilenky organized the Fundamentals of Farming with Draft Horses workshop, hosted by Cameron Howard of Old Capitol Farm in Corydon, Indiana, in collaboration with Ben Burgess of Burgess Logging. Together, Bilenky, Howard, and Burgess provided eight participants with foundational knowledge for farming with draft horses. This event was funded through NCSARE…Read more about Moriah Bilenky Hosted Farming with Draft Horses Workshop[Read More]
“I love participating in the Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass because not only do I get fresh, local, amazing vegetables every week, but I also get to support an important educational opportunity for Purdue students.” — Stephanie Masta, Season Pass Subscriber Support student learning and enjoy fresh, Purdue‑grown produce with the 2026 Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass…Read more about Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass Now Available[Read More]