Erin Percevault, HLA faculty and staff, and Purdue Extension educators are partnering with Watch Us Farm to support planning and design efforts for their future campus in Zionsville, Indiana. The organization, which helps adults with disabilities find meaningful employment, was recently featured in the Indianapolis Business Journal (https://www.ibj.com/articles/zionsville-organization-helps-adults-with-disabilities-find-work – subscription required), highlighting their impactful mission[Read More…]
Purdue University’s Center for Community & Environmental Design has published a new article titled, “Generative AI text-to-image for community participation in landscape planning,” in Landscape and Urban Planning showcasing. The research, led by graduate research assistant Ishraq Awashra and Dr. Aaron Thompson, introduces a new approach that streamlines the process of translating community feedback into[Read More…]
The Diverse Corn Belt Team (Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Ishraq Awashra, and Emily Usher) hosted a Reimagining Agricultural Diversity (RAD) team in Illinois this week. Around 35 participants attended and had great discussion about priorities and visions for the future of Midwestern agriculture as well as opportunities and barriers for increasing diversification on the landscape.[Read More…]