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Purdue Ag Week reaches consumers during 2025 event
The president of the Purdue Ag Week Task Force says this year’s event reached a record number of students across campus.
Marnie Schwartzkopf says it’s important for consumers to be knowledgeable about agriculture.
“Our goal is to really just empower the Purdue community to learn about their food system, learn about the ag industry, and learn about the farm to fork process so that they know what they’re getting when they go into the grocery store,” she says.
She tells Brownfield the organization started in 2012 and has continued to grow to reach more than 4,000 students this year.
“It’s really just evolved into this partnership with industry professionals, students, and option clubs,” she says. “It’s really just brought together the Purdue community and even since COVID how we had some smaller numbers and have been able to come back even stronger. It’s so cool that we’ve been able to just expand and expand since then.”
As a part of the week’s activities, the group packed 66,096 meals during their Hammer Down Hunger event.
AUDIO: Marnie Schwartzkopf, Purdue University Senior in Agricultural Communication
