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Purdue Student Farm shares food with community
Student farm shares vegetables, food with community October 19th 2021 By MALINI NAIR AND SEAN MURLEY Staff Reporters Petrus Langenhoven, one of the co-directors of the Purdue Student Farm, said after COVID-19, the farm needed to find a way to make new revenue after donating about $32,000 worth of vegetables. When the dining courts switched to […]
Purdue Student Farm collaborates with campus cultural centers
Located on the edge of Purdue’s campus, the Student Farm emphasizes the education of undergraduate students through sustainable methods. Student groups enrolled in the “Small Farms Experience” courses manage day-to-day farm operation, with volunteers from the Purdue Student Farm Organization, part-time undergraduate interns and full-time undergraduate summer interns. From L to R: Chris Adair, Carina […]
Student Farm Featured in Inside Indiana Business
Purdue Student Farm Prepares for New Season Friday, May 14th 2021, 2:51 EDT By Wes Mills, Content Manager (photo courtesy: Purdue University) WEST LAFAYETTE – Organizers say the Purdue University Student Farm will again offer fresh, locally grown vegetables once again to community members. Now in its second year, the farm says its Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass […]
Purdue Student Farm Offers Vegetable Season Pass
Story by Nyssa Lilovich May 3, 2021 The Purdue Student Farm will provide fresh locally grown vegetables to community members for the second year in a row. The Purdue Student Farm started their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in 2020 to support the local community and to respond to their own challenges with the closure […]
WLFI – Purdue Student Farm Making Produce Available to the Public
Posted: Aug 5, 2020 6:34 PM Posted By: Balint Szalavari WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – After one of the most productive years at the Purdue Student Farm, produce is being made available for purchase to the public. Each week, customers will be able to pick up a box of seasonal vegetables grown on the farm. They […]
Purdue Student Farm sees record yields, brings produce to the public
The Purdue Student Farm has started selling to the public. This service will run into the fall, until a date to be determined. Customers will be able to pick up a box of seasonal vegetables grown at the farm once a week for $25. Pickups will begin at the student farm, located at 1491 Cherry Ln., West […]
Purdue Exponent – Student farm continues to grow greens, despite losing money
BY JORDAN SMITH Summer Reporter Jun 18, 2020 “Land, you son of a …” Chris Adair says while stalking the white cabbage moths that eat his leafy greens.Jordan Smith | Summer Reporter Chris Adair stoops over, steps between heads of spinach and swings his hand toward a white moth fluttering around his crop’s leaves. “Cabbage […]
Root & Vine – Purdue Student Farm to Food Bank
May 11th, 2020 Agricultural Administration Building (Purdue University/Rebecca Wilcox)x Typically Purdue University’s Student Farm sells its fresh produce to the campus’ dining venues, offering a true farm-to-table experience for students and faculty. However, with the campus dining rooms closed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Purdue College of Agriculture wanted to ensure their produce […]
WYFI – Student-Run Purdue Farm Raising Produce For Food Banks
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University students who operate a small community farm are raising crops for local food banks to help feed students and local residents alike during the coronavirus pandemic. The Purdue Student Farm usually sells its produce to Purdue food services, which serves those vegetables at the university’s dining service. But […]
Purdue Student Farm is helping to stock local food pantries with fresh produce
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Amid rising economic insecurity and heightened uncertainty, the Purdue Student Farm is doing all it can to keep its local community healthy and well-fed. The usual outlets the farm sells to, mainly campus dining venues, are closed due to the COVID-19 virus, but the farm is still active and producing. Currently, the farm […]