Karen Mitchell, consumer horticulture extension specialist, reassures gardeners in an Indy Star article, “Here’s what Indiana’s sub-zero forecast means for your garden.” Mitchell emphasizes the resilience of Indiana perennials to extreme cold, but mentions that winter injury may occur and should be assessed in April and May. She advocates a proactive prevention strategy for protecting[Read More…]
Purdue Agriculture Communications released two stories on the work of Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Natalia Dudareva, and their labs. “Plant metabolism proves more complicated than previously understood” highlights the recent opinion piece published in Trends in Plant Science with co-author Erich Grotewold (Michigan State University): “Enough is enough: feedback control of specialized metabolism.” “Stop and[Read More…]
We are delighted to announce 3 staff promotions effective January 1. Please join us in congratulating them all! Chris Adair has been promoted from Farm Operations Manager to Senior Farm Operations Manager in recognition of his leadership at the Purdue Student Farm, including overseeing the successful CSA program, leading applied research at the farm, mentoring other small[Read More…]
Our team Good Thyme Gang played against Spin Doctors Monday afternoon at Mike Aulby’s Arrowhead Bowl for Week 16 of the Purdue Staff and Students league. We won all 8 points launching our team into 5th place. Good Thyme Gang placed 1st in all four categories scoring a team scratch game of 690, team scratch[Read More…]
The Diverse Corn Belt Team (Linda Prokopy, Aaron Thompson, Ishraq Awashra, and Emily Usher) hosted a Reimagining Agricultural Diversity (RAD) team in Illinois this week. Around 35 participants attended and had great discussion about priorities and visions for the future of Midwestern agriculture as well as opportunities and barriers for increasing diversification on the landscape.[Read More…]
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