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.
High Plains Journal highlighted the research of Dr. Lori Hoagland and Dr. Philipp Simon of the ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin on endophytes that help carrots fight disease and promote growth: https://www.hpj.com/ag_news/fungi-and-bacteria-team-up-with-carrots-for-better-health/article_fae27978-df03-11ec-a0b8-275aaf1a15a4.html.
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA) and the College of Agriculture (CoA) are vital partners of the Indiana Mint Market Development and Research Council (IMMDC). Meredith Cobb (CoA research administration specialist), Petrus Langenhoven, Lori Hoagland, Stephen Meyers (HLA), and Elizabeth Long (ENT) support Midwest mint grower efforts with research projects on peppermint and…Read more about 2022 Midwest Mint Growers Conference[Read More]
Former ESE-HLA graduate Kyle Richardville published the first article from his MS thesis titled ‘Leaf mold compost reduces waste, improves soil and microbial properties and increases tomato productivity’ in the journal Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20022. Co-authors include Lori Hoagland, Amit Jaiswal, Aaron Thompson (HLA), Andrew Flachs (ANTH), Dan Egel (BPP) and Dan…Read more about Former ESE-HLA Graduate Published Article from MS Thesis[Read More]
Lori Hoagland presented an invited talk at the Organic Horticulture Symposium 2020 (III International Organic Fruit Symposium and I International Organic Vegetable Symposium), which was held online and hosted by the University of Catania. Her talk focused on her lab’s research investigating how changes in soil and root microbiomes induced by soil and crop management practices…Read more about Lori Hoagland presented talk at the Organic Horticulture Symposium 2020.[Read More]