Meet Purdue’s new Extension vegetable pathologist, Dr. César Escalante, and hear about the cucurbit diseases he found in 2024. Learn from Indiana’s cover crop guru, Dr. Eileen Kladivko–she doesn’t speak often at events focused on vegetable crops, so this is a unique opportunity to hear from someone who knows our soils and how cover crops…Read more about Fifteen Reasons to Attend the Indiana Hort Conference January 14-15, 2025[Read More]
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Southern Indiana Vegetable Growers Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with Illiana Watermelon Association Convention (IWA). The meeting will take place on January 17th in French Lick, Indiana. The meeting agenda is posted below. Additional details about the event can be found on the IWA website. Registration and booth questions should be directed to…Read more about Southern Indiana Vegetable Growers & Illiana Watermelon Accociation Winter Meeting[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 beginning farmers find success through the creation of a practical action plan. The program helps farmers set goals, identify assets and challenges, and become aware…Read more about Virtual Beginning Farmer Program[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 and knowledge needed to build a thriving, self-sufficient homestead. The hands-on conference will bring together local experts and passionate homesteaders, who will lead workshops on…Read more about Homesteading Conference Will Feature Hands-on Workshops For Experts and Beginners[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 complete internships and help employers offer internships. The information will be used to create the following resources: Best Practices Guide for Creating and Managing Horticultural…Read more about Seed Your Future Horticulture Internship Study[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 regarding what markets to sell into and which technologies to invest in. Access to costs and financial information can hinder farmers’ ability to set the…Read more about Webinar Series on Financial Tools for Leafy Green Growers[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 of Food Science. She will be stationed at the Purdue Extension Food Safety Training Hub in Vincennes. Katheryn received her Ph.D. and master’s degree in…Read more about Safe Produce Indiana Welcomes New Team Member[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 the timing of the first frost and freeze events of the season when the 7-day average 4-inch soil temperature falls before 50°F, and the viability…Read more about A Chill Is In The Air – Online Tools for Monitoring and Climatology[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”. One of the most common contingency plans used by small businesses relates to how to respond to the departure or absence of key personnel. Contingency…Read more about Contingency Planning for Cash Flow Shortfalls[Read More]