The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture congratulates Ashley Adair on 10 years of service to Purdue University. Ashley’s dedication and contributions have helped support Purdue Extension and the department’s mission and community over the past decade. We thank Ashley for this milestone achievement and look forward to many more years of success.
A recent Purdue Today feature highlights Steve Hallett‘s new book, Ancient Wisdoms for Modern Crises: Learning From Laozi’s Daodejing. The book explores how the ancient Chinese philosophical text offers insights into modern environmental and social challenges, emphasizing themes of humility, simplicity, compassion, and sustainable living.
Dr. Ariana Torres and members of the Torres Lab, Visiting Scholar Alvaro Hernandez and Postdoctoral Researcher Juliano M.R. Marques, examined how food-label preferences among agricultural buyers relate to sourcing from diversified farms. Using survey data from procurement managers, the study identified distinct buyer segments based on preferences for certified and non-certified sustainability labels and found…Read more about New Research Connects Food Label Preferences to Diversified Farm Purchasing[Read More]
Master’s student Maria Celeste Ortez, mentored by Dr Ariana Torres, evaluated the economics of incorporating cut sunflowers into diversified specialty-crop operations using the Purdue HortCalculator framework. Under the study’s baseline assumptions, a 1,000-ft² sunflower planting generated $4,760 in gross revenue and $629 in net returns, with profitability highly sensitive to marketable yield and price….Read more about Graduate Research Explores Profitability of Cut Sunflowers Using HortCalculator[Read More]
by Karen Sullivan We are getting an early start installing scarecrows in the Janick Garden. PSLA Club initiated on Wednesday evening by creating their own scarecrow using flannel shirts, jeans, burlap and various other accoutrements. It ROCKS!! Watch out for a few more scarecrows within the next month designed by the Horticulture Club and the Student…Read more about Fall Arrives Early as PSLA Installs First Janick Garden Scarecrow[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus Welcome back to what has been another extraordinarily ordinary week on the Purdue student farm! When people ask me, “Good news or bad news first?”, I always pick bad news. I think anticipation can be really powerful, and anticipating something bad always scares me more than whatever it ends up being. If…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
by Sophia Chiparus. Broccoli and Cabbage Drafted in Final Transplant Rounds As the season nears its end, broccoli and cabbage, the last picks, were given a chance by farm manager Mr. Adair to show their skills in the field. When asked what he expects from their performance, Adair said, “Cabbage? -good things. Broccoli? – no…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm (Headline Edition)[Read More]
Ten educators from across Indiana gathered at the John S. Wright Center on September 10 for the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Coordinator Train-the-Trainer program. Organized by John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher, the day-long workshop focused on plant disease diagnosis and hands-on educational activities designed to support local Extension Master Gardener programming. The morning…Read more about Purdue Extension Master Gardener Coordinators Gather for Train-the-Trainer Session[Read More]
Welcome to Week 11! Can you believe we’ve made it halfway through this program already? I feel like I’ve spent the last two weeks running around like a chicken with its head cut off, and voila- 1/8 of the semester has gone by. I have a love hate relationship with describing time fractionally. It really…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
Krishna Nemali, Sangrak Son, Jin Wei-Kocsis, Amanda Deering, and Lori Hoagland published their research article, “Smart Fertigation: Automated Fertilizer Application Based on Plant Growth Using Digital Sensors with IoT Capability,” in the journal PLOS ONE. The study evaluated a smart fertigation system that uses digital sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to automatically regulate…Read more about Nemali Lab and Colleagues Published Smart Fertigation Study in PLOS ONE[Read More]
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