Ariana Torres gave a presentation to the Urban Annie’s program on direct marketing on March 7th.
Ariana Torres and Ben Van Dyke are co-leading a Spring Break Study Abroad program to Southern Spain. They and 18 students will visit the largest greenhouse fruit and vegetable production (13,000 hectares) in El Ejido. Other production systems included in the program are: olive oil, manchego cheese, bullfighting breeding, horse breeding, citrus production.
Ariana Torres attended the S1087 multi-state meeting in Miami, FL. The multistate group titled Sustainable Practices, Economic Contributions, Consumer Behavior, and Labor Management in the U.S. Environmental Horticulture Industry met to discuss project’s outcomes and new data collection efforts. We also visited ornamental growers in Florida adopting automated machinery and growing specialty ornamentals.
Petrus Langenhoven and Ariana Torres were quoted in the ag industry magazine Fastline Big Ag Farm‘s article: “Vertical Farming: More than Lettuce Fields in the Sky.” Read it online: https://www.fastline.com/digital-editions/big-ag-farm/2022/03/
Ariana Torres and Wenjing Guan are part of a $3.7M project that explores high-tunnel pest management, rural-urban variations in high-tunnel pest management, and creates an online tool for farmers to calculate whether an investment in an integrated pest management strategy or crop diversification will be profitable. This project is led by Elizabeth Barnes in Entomology. …Read more about Ariana Torres and Wenjing Guan Part of $3.7M Project[Read More]
Ariana Torres and Purdue researchers and educators just released a new online course The Six Pillars of Farm Risk Management. This online course allows participants to earn a Purdue Certificate! Open enrollment is available through November 2022, but early enrollment is encouraged. Link https://bit.ly/PurdueSixPillars