Purdue will re-name its 175-acre forestry farm in honor of long-time Indiana Sen Richard Lugar, the university announced. A former chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Foreign Relations committee, Lugar was senator for 36 years until losing a primary election in 2012. As part of events on Nov 11 to rename the farm, Lugar is to speak on global food security at the Stewart Center on the Purdue Campus. Lugar was a leader on conservation and renewable fuels while in the Senate and promoted global food security.