Ariana Torres was part of the panel of Purdue ag economists interviewed by the US Farm Report on September 8th. The U.S. Farm Report is a syndicated television show focusing on agriculture and agribusiness, hosted by Tyne Morgan, and was filmed at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. The interview is available at https://www.agweb.com/us-farm-report?fbclid=IwAR3lGLQlibkilLI-Inj5djNFoMr8Bx-a-7VI65YlX6G4hB2bmiCpK98qYDs.
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this…Read more about A Busy Month for Dr. Linda Prokopy[Read More]
Ariana Torres and coauthors published a paper titled “Investigating Drivers of Native Plant Production in the United States Green Industry”. Citation: Rihn, A.L.; Knuth, M.J.; Peterson, B.J.; Torres, A.P.; Campbell, J.H.; Boyer, C.R.; Palma, M.A.; Khachatryan, H. Investigating Drivers of Native Plant Production in the United States Green Industry. Sustainability 2022, 14, 6774. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116774
Ariana Torres traveled to Peru for the kick-off of the PERU-Hub project. The project is part of the latest collaboration of Dr. Torres funded by the USAID with the goal to improve the economic conditions of farmers in the Huallaga Valley, building a collaborating base for the generation and extension of innovative technologies, promoting sustainable…Read more about Ariana Torres and Colleagues Kicks Off the PERU-Hub Project[Read More]
Ariana Torres received funding from the HRI (Horticulture Research Institute) to work on the Marketplace Acceptance of Native Plants. She will be working with collaborators from University of Tennessee, University of Delaware, and Michigan State University to investigate consumers’ demand, preferences, and attitudes for native plants.