Dear Valued VCH Readers, Welcome to This Week’s Vegetable Crops Hotline – Our Final Issue for 2025 As we close out the 2025 growing season, this marks our final newsletter issue of the year. We’ll return with our next regular issue on February 20, 2026. Should any urgent matters arise during our winter break, we’ll…Read more about From the Editor’s Desk[Read More]
If you’re considering transitioning your farm to organic production, we have an event coming up in November that’s perfect for you! The Indiana Organic Network and Marbleseed are teaming up to host an Organic University event in Indiana at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on November 6, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This event…Read more about Marbleseed and Indiana Organic Network to host Organic University in November[Read More]
What began in 2010 as a modest student initiative in a field of honeysuckle has blossomed into one of the country’s most dynamic educational farms. Today, the Purdue Student Farm operates on 3.5 acres on the northern edge of campus, serving as a living example of how a land-grant institution can integrate teaching, research, and…Read more about Purdue Student Farm: Growing Leaders, Knowledge, and Community[Read More]
Here, at the end of the 2025 production season, you may find yourself wishing you had better records of plantings, treatments, harvest dates, yields, etc. That information is valuable to you for both financial records and future planning. This seemed like a good time to remind (if you’ve seen this before) or inform (if you…Read more about Digital Records are Easy and Useful[Read More]
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