Thanks to a generous donor, two freight farms that will be used for controlled environment demonstrations and research will soon hit the road to West Lafayette. They are scheduled to arrive Monday morning, April 28, at the Purdue Student Farm. All are welcome to view their arrival. An official celebration will be scheduled at a…Read more about Sneak Peak: Purdue Freight Farms Are On Their Way![Read More]
Krishna Nemali and others hosted a tour for 19 visitors that included ag advisory members and farmers from Hungary to showcase HLA’s Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) program. This included a short presentation about CEA faculty and research, teaching, and extension activities and several graduate and undergraduate students shared research activities. The group visited the greenhouses…Read more about Visitors from Hungary Toured Controlled Environment Agriculture Program[Read More]
Cale Bigelow shared lawn care advice during drought conditions on Indianapolis’s WTHR 13 News on July 21: https://www.wthr.com/article/life/purdue-turf-expert-discusses-lawn-health-in-extreme-heat-grass-drought-watering-fertilizer/531-401930ee-150f-4dd8-bb03-3bdc700fda05. Krishna Nemali was quoted in this article from the Indianapolis Star on vertical farming in Indiana: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2022/08/03/growing-up-massive-new-vertical-farm-opening-in-muncie-to-grow-greens/7360426001/
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/