A great time at the Student Farm Banquet last Thursday. Eighty students in attendance from department, college, and beyond. Student-created recipes. Student-prepared food. Huge thanks to chef Darcy Smink for leadership and kitchen space. Kudos to Natalia Rodriguez and the Purdue Student Farm Organization for planning and running a great evening!
Dr. Maria I. Marshall Professor, Purdue University James and Lois Ackerman Endowed Chair in Agricultural Economics; Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development; Director, Purdue Institute for Family Business Thursday, October 13, at 3:30 PM, HORT 117 or join via Zoom. “The Family Farm: Competence, Control, Cohesion”
The 2022 Small Farm Education Field Day was held earlier today, Friday, July 29, at the Purdue Student Farm. Participants from HLA included Ashley Adair, Chris Adair, Miranda Purcell, Wenjing Guan, Liz Maynard, Emerson Espinoza, Petrus Langenhoven, Lian Durón, Eduardo Miranda, Stephen Meyers, Luis Medina, and Lori Jolly-Brown. Other participants included Amanda Deering, Scott Monroe,…Read more about 2022 Small Farm Education Field Day[Read More]
July 26: Turf and Landscape Field Day July 29: Small Farm Education Field Day August 9: Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day
The Purdue Exponent wrote an article on the Purdue Student Farm and the Boiler Vegetable Season Pass in the Monday, June 27 print edition.
July 21: Purdue Fruit, Veg & Hemp Field Day July 26: Turf and Landscape Field Day July 29: Small Farm Education Field Day August 9: Pinney Purdue Vegetable Field Day
On Thursday, June 2, Lori Hoagland, Karen Mitchell with Nathan Shoaf (Purdue Extension/Urban Agriculture Program) partnered with SWCD’s Urban Soil Health Director, Elli Blaine, to host the “Get the Dirt: Urban Soil Health Conference” for over 100 participants. The conference was followed by a farm tour and dinner at Maple Hill Farm in West Point.
On March 18, Petrus Langenhoven and Chris Adair participated in a Soil Health in High Tunnels webinar series hosted by the Indiana Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts. Petrus Langenhoven talked about ‘Pepper Production and Soil Health in High Tunnels‘ and Chris Adair shared information about ‘High Tunnel Crop Rotation and Cover Cropping‘.