Articles from 2024
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The Blueberry Growers of Indiana 2024 Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, June 17 at Blueberry Ranch (54743 Buckeye Road Mishawaka, IN 46545). The farm tour will begin at 4:00 PM EST. The main part of the meal, along with drinks and paper products will be supplied. Please bring a side dish or dessert[Read More…]
Take the Indiana Food Vision survey! https://www.indianafoodvision.org The Indiana Food Vision is for every Hoosier who eats or grows food and who wants to have a voice in shaping our future! Together, we are creating a road map for cultivating a robust, nourishing, and equitable food system where all communities in Indiana thrive. The Indiana[Read More…]
Many readers will remember when a massive brood of periodical cicadas (Brood X) emerged throughout Indiana back in 2021. With their dark bodies, red eyes, and orange wings, these insects look like something straight out of the X-files, am I right?? There was lots of noise (male cicadas singing for the females!), lots of cast[Read More…]
Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors register here: Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day July 25, 2024 The 2023 Purdue Small Farm Education Field Day was held at the Purdue Student Farm in West Lafayette, Indiana. With 105 participants registered, the in-person event featured an array of on-farm demonstrations and was[Read More…]
Donating Produce to Food Banks and Food Rescue Organizations in Indiana Many produce farmers donate food to various organizations around the area. At a time when food pantries are seeing high numbers of people coming for assistance with food insecurity, the fact that farmers can help out is wonderful. My goal is to give you[Read More…]
I have been seeing a lot of reports around the state about overly wet conditions with impacts such as running field tiles, high-leveled lakes and streams, field ponding, and difficulty getting into the fields for planting. It certainly feels likes it has been raining a lot around the West Lafayette area. Figure 1 shows how[Read More…]