Recognizing visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Cooperative Extension announced the 2022 Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity. USDA-NIFA, APLU, and Cooperative Extension have sponsored the awards since 1991.
Christian Butzke, Purdue Extension Enologist, Purdue Food Science professor and Purdue Agriculture Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow was named a recipient of the 2022 APLU North Central Region Excellence in Extension Award. Butzke was recognized for his exceptional national Extension leadership serving the wine industry.