At the Indiana Small Farm Conference 2025, Anna Paltseva joined Gabriel Filippelli from IU and Nathan Shoaf from Purdue Extension for the session “Lead Ahead: New Insights for Safer Soil Practices,” where they explored the challenges of legacy lead contamination in soils and its impact on food safety and farm sustainability. Their discussion highlighted how science-driven solutions[Read More…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, and three practicing professionals, Daniel Overbey (Director of Sustainability of Browning Day), Brett Schlachter (urban designer and landscape architect at Browning Day), and Alan Rosenwinkel (Senior associate at Rundell Ernstberger Associates) spoke about carbon reduction and sustainable site development strategies during a panel discussion at the Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference[Read More…]
Anna Paltseva was invited to present “Heavy Metals and Microplastics in Urban Soils” at the Indiana Association of Soil Classifiers meeting on Feb. 24 in Danville, IN, where she discussed the growing concern of microplastic contamination in urban soils alongside heavy metals. Her presentation highlighted the sources, impacts, and research challenges surrounding these emerging pollutants, sparking insightful discussions[Read More…]
Last week Anna Paltseva attended and presented at the Indiana Green Expo 2025 (Feb. 10-12,) in Indianapolis, the largest Green Industry conference in the state. In her presentation “Soil Health and Its Role in Sustainable Landscaping” she discussed soil management strategies for greener urban spaces. On Feb. 18th, Anna was the featured guest expert at SYNKD’s Virtual Happy[Read More…]
Vegetable specialists joined colleagues from across the Midwest and Northeast at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory in Fort Wayne Feb. 4-6 for networking, education, and planning the Midwest Vegetable Production Guide. HLA faculty attending and their presentations: Stephen Meyers: An Introduction to Purdue Vegetable Weed Science Petrus Langenhoven: A Two-System Approach to Soil Health and Nutrient[Read More…]
