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Digital Ag Club’s Scarecrow-bot making its debut at Boiler Gold Rush

Thumping hind legs. Two pointed ears. White, fluffy cottontails. The markers of an enemy to gardeners and farmers worldwide. When Jeanine Arana,...

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Registration is now open for upcoming Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day

Register for the Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day, an event featuring an array of demonstration stations featuring best management practices...

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Purdue Student Farm serves as 1 of nearly 40 entomology research sites across the United States

The Purdue Student Farm, located on campus on Cherry Lane, is just one of the nearly 40 sites that an entomology research team visits once per...

National Farmer's Day

Celebrating a passion for farming

October 12 marks National Farmer’s Day, honoring the people who work hard to feed the world. This year, we’re celebrating three Purdue...

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Cocina con Carina: How a garden connects agriculture, food and heritage

It’s lunchtime at the Purdue Latino Cultural Center (LCC), and the aroma of warm arepas invites you in the multicolored house on Waldron...

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Registration is now open for upcoming Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day

Visit the Purdue Student Farm and connect with other small farmers to learn about topics like drip irrigation, organic pesticide options, high...

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Purdue Student Farm collaborates with campus cultural centers

Since 2018, the Student Farm manager, Chris Adair, has collaborated with the Latino Cultural Center (LCC) to provide vegetable plants for an...

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Student farm shares vegetables, food with community

"The Boilermaker Vegetable Season Pass directly supports the student farm's foundation: to teach students about small-scale agriculture,...

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Student Farm Featured in Inside Indiana Business

Organizers say the Purdue University Student Farm will again offer fresh, locally grown vegetables once again to community members. Now in its...

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Purdue Student Farm Offers Vegetable Season Pass

The Purdue Student Farm will provide fresh locally grown vegetables to community members for the second year in a row. The Purdue Student Farm...

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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...

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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...

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Purdue Exponent – Student farm continues to grow greens, despite losing money

The spinach, kale and other leafy greens Adair, the manager of the Purdue Student Farm on Cherry Lane, protects so fervently eventually make their...

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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...

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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...