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2025 Friend of Extension award winner improves Tipton County through volunteering, creating connections — 11 December 2025

Purdue Extension presented Shelly Powell from the Tipton County Public Library with the 2025 Friend of Extension award at this year’s Purdue...

Why you might be a tourist this holiday season — 01 December 2025

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 workshop offers strategies to future-proof farms — 20 November 2025

Purdue Extension invites Indiana farmers and agricultural families to attend Farm Shield: Protecting Your Legacy From Life’s Uncertainties....

Supporting veterans year-round with resources for success — 11 November 2025

Purdue Extension, in partnership with the National AgrAbility Project and Indiana AgrAbility, offers resources to help veterans pursue their goals,...

Meal prep made easy with AI: Tips from an Extension educator — 14 October 2025

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...

Oct. 16 expo features assistive technology for agriculture — 06 October 2025

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Assistive technologies are critical for the success of farmers with disabilities and other functional limitations. As...

Confidence grown in 4-H leads to unexpected connections and career path — 02 October 2025

As the assistant manager at Growing Minds Farm Stop, Lilly Cox understands how much work running a business can be. She creates work schedules,...

Rooted and Resilient Homesteading Conference will offer hands-on learning for experts, beginners, youth — 26 September 2025

Purdue Extension’s Rooted and Resilient Homesteading Conference will return to Kendallville on Nov. 7-8 for its second year. The event brings...

Strengthening knowledge of sheep, goats through new Purdue Extension resources — 24 September 2025

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...

5 things to avoid this fall when putting your garden to bed — 19 September 2025

As tree leaves flourish into bright fall colors, home gardens are fading into collections of brown leaves and stems. Just because the growing...

Evansville MarketReady producer training will share tips, tricks for thriving in today’s marketplace — 15 September 2025

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...

Community Unites to Build Award-Winning Park — 11 August 2025

After nine years in the making, J. Long Memorial Second Street Park made its grand opening to the residents of Connersville, Indiana. Once ...

Fueling Fun: Turning healthy choices into easy choices for students — 24 July 2025

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...

MarketReady training in Greensburg will support producers expanding to wholesale markets — 26 June 2025

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...

Community Development’s close ties to NACDEP continue with next association president — 12 June 2025

In 2006, when Purdue Extension’s community development director Michael Wilcox joined the National Association of Community Development...

Weed Science Field Day offers research tour, info sessions, networking — 05 June 2025

Purdue University’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology will host Weed Science Field Day on June 26 at the Throckmorton Purdue...

What’s buzzing in your backyard? Learn about protecting pollinators, beekeeping with Purdue Extension — 03 June 2025

Small but mighty, pollinators contribute to everything from aster to apples to almond butter. June marks National Pollinator Month, the perfect...

New AgrAbility publication explores accessible design for farm shops — 29 May 2025

The National AgrAbility Project, housed at Purdue University’s Breaking New Ground Resource Center in the Department of Agricultural and...

4-H workshop lets youth explore crop and soil science — 28 May 2025

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...

Hydroponic crop production workshop will be offered for home and commercial growers — 20 May 2025

Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture will offer a one-day workshop about hydroponic crop production July...

Sheep Checkoff seeks candidates for board — 15 May 2025

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Indiana Sheep and Wool Market Development Program (Indiana S&W) is seeking candidates for two district seats...

Sine Qua Non (An Ode to Kris Parker) — 06 May 2025

In community development, we are always concerned about our success and impact on communities, so we focus on measurement and evaluation, or...

Community leaders can learn about wind, solar energy during R-STEP workshops and bus tours — 22 April 2025

March 4 marked the first renewable energy regional workshop and bus tour hosted by the Center for Energy Education, Purdue Extension community...

Purdue Extension supports local agriculture, youth education through Farm to School (and you can too!) — 01 April 2025

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....

Indiana AgrAbility expo to highlight assistive technology for agriculture — 28 March 2025

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On April 11, Purdue University’s Indiana AgrAbility Project, in cooperation with Huntington University and...

Purdue Extension will host virtual Farmers Market Certificate program in April — 21 March 2025

Purdue Extension will offer the virtual Farmers Market Certificate program over four sessions in April to train market managers and vendors on best...

The secret behind how Indiana 4-H continues growing after 100 years — 06 March 2025

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...

Indiana Forage Council will host annual meeting in Greensburg — 19 February 2025

The annual meeting for the Indiana Forage Council (IFC) will take place Thursday, March 6, at the Branch Gathering Place + Coffee House in...

Indiana Small Farm Conference will feature speakers, trade show for small and diversified farmers — 16 January 2025

The 2025 Indiana Small Farm Conference will take place at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds on March 4-5. The conference, hosted by Purdue...

Child Care professionals can learn, network at Wabash Heartland Child Care Summit — 07 January 2025

Purdue Extension and its partners will offer training and networking opportunities to area child care providers during the Wabash Heartland Child...

Learning How Science Can Be Used to Help Solve Everyday Problems — 06 January 2025

Indiana 4-H led 22 science and engineering programs for youth. Fluid Power was statewide, and several were county-based (Ag Tech SPARK Club,...

Indiana 4-H Youth Demonstrate Proper and Safe Care of Animals — 30 December 2024

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...

Military Teen Adventure Camps Develop Leadership, Self-Confidence and Teamwork — 23 December 2024

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 announces winners of 2024 Paul B. Crooks Award, Eric G. Sharvelle Award and Director’s Award — 20 December 2024

Purdue Extension recognized many outstanding individuals during its annual Professional Development Conference. On Dec. 5, Purdue Extension...

2024 Friend of Extension awarded to Monroe County Extension board member and advocate — 18 December 2024

Purdue Extension presented Rachel Peden McCarty with the 2024 Friend of Extension award at this year’s Purdue Extension Professional...

Indiana 4-H Programs Help High School Youth Identify Future Career Options — 16 December 2024

Indiana 4-H includes opportunities to explore future endeavors. During school and after graduation, youth successes in college and career...

Preserving and sharing homesteading skills within Indiana communities — 12 December 2024

Interest in homesteading has grown over the past five years. Google Trends records that in Indiana search terms related to homesteading, like...

New incentives for climate-smart farming available to Indiana farmers — 10 December 2024

Purdue Extension has partnered with the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF), a leading agricultural ecosystem services program, to provide Indiana...

Earning Credits Toward Certification While Learning to Safely Apply Pesticides to Field Crops — 09 December 2024

Purdue Extension held 51 workforce development programs on 33 dates and in 32 Indiana counties, or virtually. Programs had a variety of titles,...

Hoosier Hay Contest winners announced at 2024 Hay Quality Seminar — 04 December 2024

The Indiana Forage Council’s (IFC) Hoosier Hay Contest, which accepted entries from June through September, concluded Nov. 12 at the 2024 Hay...

Remote Work Certificate Participants Gained Skills for a Virtual Career — 02 December 2024

Purdue’s Center for Regional Development Research & Policy Insights’ “Impact of Remote Work” suggests better broadband...

ServSafe Training Helps Many Comply with New Food Safety State Laws — 25 November 2024

Purdue Extension collaborates with the National Restaurant Association to offer ServSafe Manager food safety training and ServSafe Food Handler...

Helping Professionals and the Public Gain Skills for Healthy Pond Management — 19 November 2024

Purdue Extension with other pond experts implemented train-the-trainer and public pond management workshops. Train-the-trainer programs were in...

Protecting Indiana communities one safety presentation at a time — 15 November 2024

Have questions about pesticide safety or other farm safety topics? Fred Whitford will track down answers to those questions and more with his keen...

Furniture Production Addresses Workforce Development and Rebuilds Lives in Indiana — 12 November 2024

Purdue Extension is focusing on workforce development for Indiana’s wood products industry. An approach is to provide potential employment...

Assistive technology at AgrAbility Expo — 08 November 2024

Assistive technologies are critical for the success of farmers with disabilities and other functional limitations. As the average age of farmers...

Private Woodland Owners Make Decisions and Take Actions to Improve Acreage Value — 04 November 2024

Purdue Extension offers Forest Management for the Private Woodland Owner, in-person and virtually. The in-person program has eight 2.75-hour...

The Transformative Impact of Juntos 4-H: Perspectives from School Administrators — 04 October 2024

Through family engagement workshops, Juntos 4-H clubs, success coaching, and summer programming, the Juntos 4-H program has been a powerful tool in...

Purdue field specialists will work with farmers to address effects of fungal diseases in corn — 02 October 2024

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...

Celebrating Heritage and Building Futures: The Juntos 4-H Initiative — 27 September 2024

Every year, Hispanic Heritage Month invites us to reflect and celebrate the vibrant contributions and rich cultural heritage of the Latino...