The climate in Kansas presents challenges to growing and supplying produce during much of the year. However, season extension activities (SEAs) can help those growing local produce overcome challenges and extend the growing season. Season extension activities range from common agricultural practices, such as selecting cold-weather hearty
Resources
A Resource for High Tunnel Berry Growers Berry growers in the Upper Midwest and Northeast can access information specific to growing berries in tunnels at the TunnelBerries website: www.TunnelBerries.org. TunnelBerries is a seven-state research and extension project designed to provide growers with the knowledge needed to expand raspberry,
Want to know more about crop biostimulants, especially their use in sustainable-organic vegetable production? Growers and others can find out more about these popular but often confusing products. This website is setup as a hub for biostimulant/biofertilizer information, events, and farmer-focused research. Register to participate in call-in conversations
Growing Under Cover 2 is here!! Written by Tom Buller, Kansas Rural Center; Dr. Cary Rivard, Kansas State University, Fruit and Vegetable Extension Specialist; and Kim Oxley, Research Extension Associate, Kansas State University, Growing Under Cover: A Kansas Grower’s Guide, provides success stories from Kansas farmers who use
Below are links to other resources high tunnel related resources. If you have a link suggestion, please email us at https://www.eckman.co.uk/resources/organic-gardening/ http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/beginners-guide-seed-saving http://www.planetnatural.com/composting-101/
Below is a list of associations related to high tunnel (hoophouse) construction and production American Society for Plasticulture www.plasticulture.org Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas www.attra.org Growing Growers Training Program www.growinggrowers.org Healthy Farmers, Healthy Profits Project bse.wisc.edu/hfhp High Tunnels Growers Network www.hightunnelnetwork.org Market-Farming.com www.market-farming.com National Sustainable Agriculture
http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/hightunnels/General content including structures, ‘wind proofing’, growing crops, plasticulture and general production techniques http://www.hort.cornell.edu/hightunnel/Help farmers profit from the use of high tunnels to extend their growing season and produce higher quality vegetables, fruit and flowers. http://msucares.com/crops/hightunnels/index.htmlWorkshops, suppliers, videos, publications http://plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/H-tunnels.htmCrop information, technologies (high tunnels, plastic mulches,
Coming Soon
The Healthy Farms, Healthy Profits Project has compiled a list of work efficiency tip sheets. Visit their website now:http://bse.wisc.edu/HFHP/tipsheetpage2.htm Partnered with: The University of Wisconsin-Madison,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
If you would like to be added to the directory, please email us at info@hightunnels.org.