Purdue Extension-Perry County

05/08/2026

05/01/2026

If you're interested in Food Preservation here's a good course coming up!

We are offering a course this June in Mastering Home Food Preservation. We would love to have YOU join us! Sign up at the link below or call 812-882-3509 for help with any questions about the program.
https://shorturl.at/l18QG

04/29/2026

Purdue Day Of Giving is TODAY!!! Please donate to the Perry County Specific link below for Outdoor Adventures Spark Club. 🍀

Thank you for making a difference in our community!

04/16/2026

Sign up for 4-H Mini Day Camp🍀

04/01/2026

Learn about food labeling and why it's important to your health. Complimentary lunch provided. RSVP required. Call Jo Gilreath at 812-897-6100 or email [email protected] for more information or to RSVP

02/26/2026

Things are getting egg-citing! 🤣

Everyone cross your fingers, toes, and maybe even your eyeballs 👀🥚 because today we candle our chicken embryology eggs! We’re hoping to see some exciting signs of embryo development and not just very expensive scrambled eggs in progress.

Please send all the good vibes to our 4th graders and their creatively named future chickens. We’ve got some very serious scientists over here… even if their eggs are named things like “Sir Eggington,” “Duckling,” "Egglon Musk" and “George.”

Stay tuned — will we see veins? Movement? Tiny future peepers? The suspense is egg-streme! 🐣

09/18/2025

Sharing mental health information and broader Purdue Extension resources at the Community Stand Down event. We will be here from 10-3 today. Come see us! See post below for details.

08/08/2025

Sharing Purdue Extension HHS resources at the MAIA conference at USI. Come say hi!

07/24/2025

Check out the impact that we are making through our partnership with Upgrade in our local schools and all across our region!

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 vegetable, and two-thirds drink at least one sugar-sweetened beverage a week. These behaviors can be difficult to change, but Purdue Extension and the Welborn Bapti...