Discover our latest impacts and outreach initiatives across Indiana.
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Purdue CARET NewsDiscover our latest impacts and outreach initiatives across Indiana.
Purdue Extension presented Shelly Powell from the Tipton County Public Library with the 2025 Friend of Extension award at this year’s Purdue...
Before you started buying holiday decorations, Christmas tree growers were seven years ahead of you — the average time it takes to grow a tree.
Purdue Extension invites Indiana farmers and agricultural families to attend Farm Shield: Protecting Your Legacy From Life’s Uncertainties....
Purdue Extension, in partnership with the National AgrAbility Project and Indiana AgrAbility, offers resources to help veterans pursue their goals,...
Unsure what to make for dinner, you check your kitchen. A loaf of bread. A bag of baby carrots. A can of pumpkin puree. A package of chicken...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Assistive technologies are critical for the success of farmers with disabilities and other functional limitations. As...
As the assistant manager at Growing Minds Farm Stop, Lilly Cox understands how much work running a business can be. She creates work schedules,...
Purdue Extension’s Rooted and Resilient Homesteading Conference will return to Kendallville on Nov. 7-8 for its second year. The event brings...
Cora Reinbolt, who has been an Extension educator in Bartholomew County for six years and has over 20 years of experience raising sheep, began an...
As tree leaves flourish into bright fall colors, home gardens are fading into collections of brown leaves and stems. Just because the growing...
Purdue Extension is hosting a MarketReady training session from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT Nov. 20 in Evansville, Indiana. As the state’s local...
After nine years in the making, J. Long Memorial Second Street Park made its grand opening to the residents of Connersville, Indiana. Once ...
According to 2021 data from the Centers for Disease Control, half of children in Indiana between the ages of 1 to 5 don’t eat a daily...
Purdue Extension is hosting a MarketReady training session from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET Sept. 18 in Greensburg. As Indiana’s local food...
In 2006, when Purdue Extension’s community development director Michael Wilcox joined the National Association of Community Development...
Purdue University’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology will host Weed Science Field Day on June 26 at the Throckmorton Purdue...
Small but mighty, pollinators contribute to everything from aster to apples to almond butter. June marks National Pollinator Month, the perfect...
The National AgrAbility Project, housed at Purdue University’s Breaking New Ground Resource Center in the Department of Agricultural and...
Youth who have just completed grades 3-12 are invited to attend a free crop and soil science workshop, titled “Experience 4-H: Crop and Soil...
Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture will offer a one-day workshop about hydroponic crop production July...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program (Indiana S&W) is seeking candidates for two district seats...
In community development, we are always concerned about our success and impact on communities, so we focus on measurement and evaluation, or...
March 4 marked the first renewable energy regional workshop and bus tour hosted by the Center for Energy Education, Purdue Extension community...
Purdue Extension partnered with Indiana Grown for Schools in 2018, when the program first began to take shape from a USDA Farm to School grant....
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On April 11, Purdue University’s Indiana AgrAbility Project, in cooperation with Huntington University and...
Purdue Extension will offer the virtual Farmers Market Certificate program over four sessions in April to train market managers and vendors on best...
The Indiana State Fair is a well-known part of 4-H, but it’s only one piece of the program. In counties across the state, 4-H is offering...
The annual meeting for the Indiana Forage Council (IFC) will take place Thursday, March 6, at the Branch Gathering Place + Coffee House in...
The 2025 Indiana Small Farm Conference will take place at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on March 4-5. The conference, hosted by Purdue...
Purdue Extension and its partners will offer training and networking opportunities to area child care providers during the Wabash Heartland Child...
Indiana 4-H led 22 science and engineering programs for youth. Fluid Power was statewide, and several were county-based (Ag Tech SPARK Club,...
Many 4-H activities and opportunities involve animals. Knowledge and skill are needed for proper and safe care of animals as companions or for food...
In U.S. military deployments since 2001, more than 2.5 million soldiers have deployed overseas; 60% were married, 44% had children, and 25% had...
Purdue Extension recognized many outstanding individuals during its annual Professional Development Conference. On Dec. 5, Purdue Extension...
Purdue Extension presented Rachel Peden McCarty with the 2024 Friend of Extension award at this year’s Purdue Extension Professional...
Indiana 4-H includes opportunities to explore future endeavors. During school and after graduation, youth successes in college and career...
Interest in homesteading has grown over the past five years. Google Trends records that in Indiana search terms related to homesteading, like...
Purdue Extension has partnered with the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF), a leading agricultural ecosystem services program, to provide Indiana...
Purdue Extension held 51 workforce development programs on 33 dates and in 32 Indiana counties, or virtually. Programs had a variety of titles,...
The Indiana Forage Council’s (IFC) Hoosier Hay Contest, which accepted entries from June through September, concluded Nov. 12 at the 2024 Hay...
Purdue’s Center for Regional Development Research & Policy Insights’ “Impact of Remote Work” suggests better broadband...
Purdue Extension collaborates with the National Restaurant Association to offer ServSafe Manager food safety training and ServSafe Food Handler...
Purdue Extension with other pond experts implemented train-the-trainer and public pond management workshops. Train-the-trainer programs were in...
Have questions about pesticide safety or other farm safety topics? Fred Whitford will track down answers to those questions and more with his keen...
Purdue Extension is focusing on workforce development for Indiana’s wood products industry. An approach is to provide potential employment...
Assistive technologies are critical for the success of farmers with disabilities and other functional limitations. As the average age of farmers...
Purdue Extension offers Forest Management for the Private Woodland Owner, in-person and virtually. The in-person program has eight 2.75-hour...
Through family engagement workshops, Juntos 4-H clubs, success coaching, and summer programming, the Juntos 4-H program has been a powerful tool in...
Corn is an important part of our daily lives; it literally fuels us, as a food and when turned into ethanol. The grain is essential to...
Every year, Hispanic Heritage Month invites us to reflect and celebrate the vibrant contributions and rich cultural heritage of the Latino...