Robert Colangelo – Founder CEA Technology, Inc. Thursday October 17th, at 3:30pm, HORT 117 or via Zoom. “An approach to make indoor vertical farms profitable: An entrepreneur’s perspective.” As urban populations grow, the demand for fresh, locally-grown produce will increase. Indoor vertical farms can present a sustainable solution if the CAPEX can be reduced to[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Here-4-Beer Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 7 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points, placing our team in 2nd! Only 2 points behind first place! In the Team Category: Good Thyme Gang placed 3rd with team scratch game scoring a 679, placed 2nd with team scratch series[Read More…]
Wenjing Guan attended Berry Field Night at the Ohio State University South Centers on August 28, 2024. Following the event, she visited Bapst Berry Patch in southern Ohio, where she interviewed Mr. Brad Bapst. Brad generously shared his knowledge on plasticulture strawberry production with Indiana growers. The interview was featured in the latest episode of[Read More…]
Several HLA faculty members were recently featured in the media. Purdue’s College of Agriculture highlighted the recent grant for Dr. Lori. Hoagland’s TOMI Project: Purdue-led TOMI project receives $3.5M grant to turn a decade of data into new tools and strategies for tomato farmers Purdue’s College of Agriculture also featured Dr. Ariana Torres’s work on[Read More…]
Week 16! First frost out here, and with the current forecast for next week, we’ve got a dread couple of days close to freezing in our future. Woe is the Purdue Student Farm. And among other weather gripes, still no rain, which is only to our benefit in that we spend less time mowing. Our[Read More…]
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