Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 15:33:05 +0000
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: Register Now for Cooperative Extension’s High Tunnel Workshop
The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a High Tunnel Production workshop as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Monday, March 3, 2014 from 9:00 am-5:00 pm at the Silk Hope Farm Heritage Center in Silk Hope, NC. High tunnels can be used to extend the growing season and enhance growth, yield, and quality of a wide variety of horticultural crops. North Carolina’s top high tunnel experts will share their many decades of research and experience with successful high tunnel production.
Topics: Microclimates and Environmental Factors for Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops in High Tunnels; Crop Scheduling for Year-round Production in High Tunnels; Crop Budgets: Economic and Labor Choices for High Tunnel Management; Fall Strawberry Production in High Tunnels; High Tunnels at Peregrine Farm: Overview + Focus on Tomato Production
Speakers: Dr. Sanjun Gu, North Carolina A&T State University; Alex Hitt, Peregrine Farm; Steve Moore, Elon University; and Debbie Roos, NC Cooperative Extension
Details and registration information are on Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://go.ncsu.edu/gsf-
Registration deadline is February 24; our workshops often fill up so don’t wait until right before the deadline to register!
Save the date for our second High Tunnel Workshop…March 26: Organic Soil and Disease Management in High Tunnels. Workshop will be from 9:00 am-3:00 pm in Silk Hope Details will be released soon!
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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