WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Connect with other small farmers during Small Farm Education Day on July 29, presented by Purdue Student Farm and Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.
Topics to cover include:
- Demonstration of the BCS roller seamer
- Black Soldier Fly Composting
- Drip irrigation
- Effectiveness of biological pesticides to control Colorado beetle and potato caterpillars
- Production of table grapes in high tunnel
- Selection and production of high tunnel pepper varieties
- Post-harvest food safety considerations
- Use of spray equipment on small plots
- Raised beds for vegetable production
- Reading fertilizer labels and calculating application rates
The Purdue Student Farm is located at 1491 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette. Sign up to attend at puext.in/3HiXaAs. A food truck will be on hand for those wishing to purchase lunch after the educational demonstrations have concluded.
Writer: Abby Leeds, 765-494-7817, [email protected]
Source: Lori Jolly-Brown, [email protected]
Agricultural communications: 765-494-8415;
Maureen Manier, Head of Department, [email protected]
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