{"id":4659,"date":"2024-03-27T00:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2024-07-08T00:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T00:43:51","slug":"this-seasons-boilermaker-vegetable-pass-available-for-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q1\/this-seasons-boilermaker-vegetable-pass-available-for-purchase","title":{"rendered":"This season\u2019s Boilermaker Vegetable Pass available for purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>The Greater Lafayette community can support the Purdue University Student Farm in the 2024 growing season while enjoying an array of delicious vegetables by purchasing a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/studentfarm\/boilermaker-vegetable-season-pass\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass<\/a>. This year\u2019s Community Supported Agriculture program will offer two share options as well as the option to pay with a credit or debit card.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Full weekly share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>22 weeks, June-November<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total cost: $649<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Biweekly share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 weeks, June-November<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total cost: $389<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking with the Purdue Student Farm team has been a delight,\u201d says Pamela Sari, director of the Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center. \u201cThey not only share their skills in small farm experience but also share energy that empowers students, faculty and staff to bring the wholeness of our identities into garden planning and implementation, as well as encourage us to do so with community building and impact as a goal.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, the Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass has provided an educational experience for students as well as fresh vegetables and herbs to local community members. The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/purdueag.exposure.co\/purdue-student-farm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seed to sales<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;structure starts in the classroom. Purdue students have the opportunity to take Small Farm Experience courses (SFS 210 and SFS 211) to gain hands-on, practical experience in all aspects of vegetable and herb production. Students learn about seeding, transplant production, bed preparation, planting, irrigating, weeding, harvesting, and since 2020, marketing and sales. The farm is also the outdoor lab for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/hla\/academics\/prospective-students-sffs.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sustainable food and farming systems major<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the student farm, it is all about food,\u201d says Petrus Langenhoven, director of the Purdue Student Farm and clinical assistant professor in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/hla\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture<\/a>. \u201cWe aim to create an environment that educates and stimulates hardworking, creative minds in sustainable local food production and marketing. It\u2019s always gratifying seeing the progress students make while working at the farm while enjoying the fruits of their labor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_9tpp7WvblQSJyiW\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a>&nbsp;today for the Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass to get your weekly or biweekly bag of Purdue-grown vegetables and herbs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Address for pick up:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1491 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette, IN 47906<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make checks payable to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue Student Farm<br>Horticulture Building<br>625 Agriculture Mall Drive<br>West Lafayette, IN 47907<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Purdue University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University is a public research institution demonstrating excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and with two colleges in the top four in the United States, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across modalities and locations, including nearly 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 13 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap \u2014 including its first comprehensive urban campus in Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and Purdue Computes \u2014 at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; The Greater Lafayette community can support the Purdue University Student Farm in the 2024 growing season while enjoying an array of delicious vegetables by purchasing a&nbsp;Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass. 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