Lori Hoagland and colleagues Daniel-Leon Salas (Purdue Polytechnic), Tali Zohar and Jozsef Kadar (Arava Institute for Environmental Studies) received funding from the BARD US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund to host a workshop this coming October in Israel titled ‘Food Security and the Nexus to Water-Energy in the Face of Climate Change’. The workshop…Read more about Lori Hoagland and Colleagues Receives Funding for Hosting Upcoming Workshop[Read More]
Petrus Langenhoven and visiting scholar Dennis Gustavo Toc Mo presented a Soil Health and Pepper Production research update at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center on June 28, 2023. We discussed the impact of soil management practices on soil health and talked about what we have learned so far in the ongoing 4-year USDA-funded Soil to Market grant.
This week Dr. Kathryn Orvis and Vicki Stirm hosted sessions for the 4-H Round Up. There were fourteen students (from various counties in Indiana), two chaperones, and one Youth Ambassador. The session was titled “Inside Out Plants,” which included a scavenger hunt in the Jules Janick Horticulture Garden, followed by flower dissections in the classroom.
Purdue Department of Agriculture released a story about the continuing collaboration between the Purdue Student Farm and the Native American Educational Cultural Center (NAECC) on the Three Sisters Garden. Read more about this unique collaboration: https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/06/student-farm-naecc-three-sisters.html.
Department Head, Linda Prokopy, traveled to Chicago this week with April Shepherd from Ag Development. Highlights of the trip included visiting with Ball Horticulture’s 3 Purdue interns (including Ian Kelly, a HORT major, and Kayla Grennes, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Ying Li’s lab) and visiting with Distinguished Ag Alum, Dr. Marvin Miller.
Peter Hirst was in Washington DC last week to give a presentation during the reporting on the project “Cultural Restoration in Post-Conflict Northern Iraq”. He was joined with colleagues from Purdue, IU, Notre Dame, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and partners from the University of Duhok in Kurdistan Iraq. He also updated staff from…Read more about Peter Hirst Presented in Washington DC[Read More]
Ashley Adair, Lori Hoagland, and Liz Maynard traveled with Indiana Urban Soil Health and NRCS staff to Frith Farm in Scarborough, ME last week. Daniel Mays, owner of Frith Farm, hosted the group for a no-till organic vegetable workshop on June 15th. Frith Farm emphasizes soil health in all its production practices, including minimizing tillage,…Read more about HLA Faculty and Specialists Visit to Frith Farm in Maine[Read More]
Last week Drs. Jada Powlen and Cale Bigelow attended the Global Conference on Sandy Soils in Madison Wisconsin. They presented their research paper titled: Sand Rootzone Water Repellence and Localized Dry Spot Recovery as Affected by Surfactant Chemistry, Seaweed Extract and Soluble Nitrogen.
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