On Friday, November 6, the HLA community gathered to celebrate a landmark milestone: the centennial of the Horticulture Building. Faculty, staff, students, retirees, and longtime departmental friends filled the space to share memories and mark a century of work, study, and growth within its walls. Guests enjoyed celebratory cake alongside local apples and fresh apple…Read more about Marking 100 Years of the HORT Building[Read More]
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]
Liz Maynard, Ashley Adair, and Steve Meyers partnered with Northwest Region educators Becca Koetz, Marty Huseman and Nikky Witkowski for the Nov. 6 Small Farm Equipment Demonstration Day at Pinney Purdue Ag Center. Demos included flame weeding, bed preparation with BCS implements including vertical plow and power harrow, transplanting with paperpot transplanter, and winterizing small…Read more about Local Farmers and Educators Connect at Pinney Purdue’s Small Farm Equipment Event[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]
Get creative this Thanksgiving! Purdue HORT 370 invites the HLA community to a Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement Workshop on November 23 from 6–8 p.m. in the Horticulture Greenhouse, Room 1104. Participants will get hands-on experience designing and creating a fall-inspired centerpiece featuring seasonal blooms and rich foliage. All flowers and materials are provided, and light refreshments…Read more about Create a Thanksgiving Floral Arrangement at HORT 370 Workshop[Read More]
Faculty and staff are encouraged to share a Spring 2027 HLA Extension internship opportunity with undergraduate students interested in gaining hands-on experience in horticulture, communications, education and outreach. The intern will work alongside Purdue HLA Extension specialists and educators to create research-based resources and programs for audiences across Indiana. Projects may include developing graphics and…Read more about HLA Extension Internship Offers Hands-On Experience for Undergraduates[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]
Congratulations to Jose Cabezas Alvarez, a former M.S. student in Moriah Bilenky’s lab and current Ph.D. student in Animal Sciences, on the publication of “Organically raised meat chicken performance and carcass traits in an integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS) are not affected by cover crop management.” Published open access in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, the…Read more about Cabezas Publishes Research on Organic Poultry in Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems[Read More]
Drs. Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow received an Award at the annual Crop Science Society of America (CANVAS) meeting in Portland Oregon this week for “Outstanding Paper in Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management Journal” for the manuscript entitled “Seeded bermudagrass establishment as affected by nitrogen source, rate, and application frequency” Each year the Editorial Board…Read more about Drs. Powlen and Bigelow Receive Outstanding Paper Award[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]
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