A feature from FARMWISE Indiana highlights the work of Dr. Petrus Langenhoven and the Purdue Student Farm in bridging the gap between specialty crop production and culinary education. Through research trials with crops like Scotch Bonnet peppers, the Student Farm provides culinary students and aspiring chefs with firsthand exposure to specialty varieties, flavor profiles, and…Read more about Purdue Student Farm Connects Specialty Crop Research with Future Chefs[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus Hi!!! It’s been a pretty blah week, on many fronts. But as I write to you today, I feel a really sweet sense of light and happiness. This is the second to last email you will receive from me this year, as we close in on the end of this program! Obviously,…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus CSAsons Greetings! This week, I almost felt like a tourist on the farm. Fall is in full force, and I scampered around trying to capture some of the autumnal beauty on my paltry iPhone. While I’m limited photo-wise by the nature of an email, I hope you enjoy what I can share:…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
The Purdue Student Farm, managed by the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, is more than a place where students learn to grow vegetables. This year it also became a classroom for Indiana’s produce industry. The farm served as the real-world setting for a new four-part video series from Safe Produce Indiana that walks growers through…Read more about Purdue Student Farm Helps Create a New Food Safety Resource for Indiana Growers[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus Boo! Does the end of the CSA scare you? It certainly evokes a level of fear within me. We’re on Week 19, though you’d never know it from the summery weather we’ve been having. In specific farm updates, we will have a new patio! This beauty is courtesy of Kyle Daniel and the…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Since 2010, the Purdue Student Farm has given students a place to learn by doing. Founded by Dr. Steve Hallett and a group of undergraduates, the farm started operations at the new Cherry Lane location in 2017, where long-cropped corn and soybean ground has become a diversified vegetable farm with four high tunnels, six rotational…Read more about The Purdue Student Farm: A Partner for Purdue Extension[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus It’s been another beautiful week, and we’re back. Well, not all of us. Chris, our manager, has left for a short vacation, leaving us interns unsupervised and up to no good. I jest, of course, we’re all very responsible and invested in the farm’s success. But since he’s out, please direct any…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
On Thursday, October 22, the Purdue Student Farm hosted 55 visitors from Lone Jack High School in Lone Jack, Missouri: 50 FFA members and five teachers, led by Agricultural Education and FFA Advisor Dusty Davidson. The chapter had only one day open for tours while they were in Indiana, and they chose to spend part…Read more about Missouri FFA Members Visit the Purdue Student Farm During National FFA Convention Week[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus Happy week seventeen! I issue a warm Welcome back! to everyone, including me and many of the other interns. This week was Purdue’s fall break, so it has been a minute since I’ve set foot on the farm. With how overwhelming the semester has been, a break was much needed. I spent…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus Hello Hello Hello! We’ve been busy bees on the farm leading up to fall break, but we have a few fun updates for y’all! Our kale has almost fully recovered from its earlier run in with the cross striped cabbage moth. This means it will be back this week, and available for…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]