Virtual Beginning Farmer Program November 14, 2024 - From Issue: 747 By: Amy Thompson Read More Farmer Recourse Planning for the Small-Scale Market Farmer Virtual via Zoom Get Your Farm Off To A Great Start! The goal of this 8-session program is to help new and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Beginning Farmer Education Virtual
Fall and Winter Conferences October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Our colleagues at the Great Lakes Vegetable Working Group have compiled a list of some of the most important conferences and other meetings in the Midwestern region and elsewhere in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Education
Homesteading Conference Will Feature Hands-on Workshops For Experts and Beginners October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Amy Rumschlag Read More Purdue University Extension’s 2024 Rooted & Resilient Homesteading Conference will take place on November 1 and 2 in Kendallville, IN, at the Community Learning Center. Attendees will gain practical skills[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Conference Education Homesteading
Seed Your Future Horticulture Internship Study October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Internships are a key part of training our students to be successful. With that in mind, Seed Your Future and NC State University have teamed up to help more students[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Seed Your Future Survey
Webinar Series on Financial Tools for Leafy Green Growers October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Ariana Torres, Juliano Marques and Jean Pierre Zavala Varela Read More The growth of local food movements offers small farmers economic opportunities to access attractive, high-value markets for sustainably and locally grown leafy greens. Still, farmers face a myriad of decisions[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Agribusiness HortCalculator
Safe Produce Indiana Welcomes New Team Member October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Scott Monroe, Amanda J Deering and Tari Gary Read More On October 1, the Safe Produce Indiana team welcomed Katheryn Parraga as its newest team member. Katheryn will serve as a Food Safety Research and Outreach Specialist in the Department[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety New Hire
A Chill Is In The Air – Online Tools for Monitoring and Climatology October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Beth Hall Read More While our daytime highs across the state have been in the upper 70s, our nighttime lows have been in the 40s. This is a great time to start thinking about[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather
Contingency Planning for Cash Flow Shortfalls October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Michael Langemeier Read More Introduction A contingency plan is a course of action to help a business determine how to respond to possible future events. Contingency plans are often referred to as “Plan B”.[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Business Contingency Planning
Policies before Problems: Setting Expectations in Your Family Business October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Maria Marshall Read More Families can create policies without realizing it. A decision made about who can come into the business and when they can come into the business can develop into an expectation[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Family Business
From The Editor’s Desk October 17, 2024 - From Issue: 746 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Welcome to the Vegetable Crops Hotline (VCH), Purdue Extension’s exclusive newsletter for people in the business of growing vegetables. This is our last issue for 2024. I cannot believe that[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Editor's Desk
