HLA Ambassadors Brody Piel (Turf Management & Science) and Sarah Stewart (Pre-Landscape Architecture) introduced horticulture and landscape architecture to 9-12 year olds at the ABC’s of Ag event at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds on Friday, March 10.
Department Head, Linda Prokopy, spent the last 2 weeks in Trinidad visiting horticultural farms and training staff at the Ministry of Agriculture about how to increase farmer adoption of improved agricultural practices. This was part of Purdue’s USAID funded farmer-to-farmer program led by HLA’s Dr. Raghothama. She saw crops we’re all familiar with like watermelon…Read more about Linda Prokopy Travels to Trinidad for USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program[Read More]
PI Chloe Richard and Co-PI’s Jay Young, Stephen Meyers, Petrus Langenhoven, Laura Ingwell, and Elizabeth Long were awarded a Mary S. Rice grant. Funding will be used to purchase a Hylio AG-110 unmanned aerial vehicle for the application of pesticides at Meigs. The grant title is Acquisition of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for spray applications to…Read more about Co-PI’s Stephen Meyers and Petrus Langenhoven Awarded Mary S. Rice Grant[Read More]
Liz Maynard, Becca Koetz (Purdue Extension Lake County), Petrus Langenhoven, and Ashley Adair were awarded a grant from the Mary S. Rice Foundation titled “Equipment for Small Acreage and Urban Vegetable Farms.” The grant will fund purchase of equipment for use at the Pinney Purdue Agricultural Center in intensively managed production systems.
Emily Usher, Liz Maynard and Becky Traldi were joined by Carmen Blubaugh (University of Illinois) in presenting “Imagining a Diverse Corn Belt” on March 10 as part of the Soil Health Week organized by the Illinois Stewardship Alliance.
Shannon Stirling (Dudareva Lab) received a travel grant for the American Society of Plant Biologist Midwest Conference.
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