After the Small Farm Field Day last week the IMPACT^2 Team met with a group of small farmers and Extension educators to pilot two serious games. These games help farmers and educators think through the impacts of climate change on agriculture and what management strategies they can use to help mitigate those impacts. HLA folks…Read more about IMPACT^2 Team Piloted Games Highlighting Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture[Read More]




Jean Zavala (Torres Lab) participated in the 2024 USDA AMS/GSS Local Food Economics Data Visualization at the AAEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, where his team placed 3rd. He was also selected as a finalist in the Graduate Student Extension Competition and presented his research at the meeting.


On Wednesday John Orick, Karen Mitchell, and Pam Fisher traveled to Indianapolis to prepare the Purdue Extension Master Gardener Plant Info to Go Booth at the Indiana State Fair. Purdue Extension Master Gardener volunteers from across the state will staff the booth to help answer any gardening and lawn care questions from fair patrons and…Read more about Purdue Extension Master Gardener State Office Prepared for Indiana State Fair[Read More]


Ashley Adair wrote an article for the Flanagan State Bank Specialty Growers Ag Newsletter entitled “Raw Manure, Raw Produce – New Research at Purdue to Investigate Crop-Livestock Integration and Produce Safety” featuring Moriah Bilenky’s integrated crop-livestock study with poultry and sheep. FSB is a bank in central Illinois that specializes in ag lending and has a strong history…Read more about Ashley Adair Authored New Article[Read More]



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