SARE releases free online resources for advanced growers

In photo: Drip irrigation is used in this solar-heated greenhouse on Santa Cruz Farm in Espanola, N.M.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) has released SARE’s High Tunnels and Other Season Extension Techniques, a collection of practical resources for experienced growers and those who are new to season extension.

With support from a SARE grant, West Virginia University Extension Specialist Lewis Jett and his colleagues taught hundreds of growers how to use season extension successfully. The project contributed to an increase in the adoption of high tunnels, which allowed growers to meet a growing demand for healthy, locally raised food. “It’s really helped our farm-to-school program,” Jett says. “That used to be an unattainable option for growers, but now that we have tunnels in place, it’s really an option.”

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This topic brief is a companion to SARE’s High Tunnels and Other Season Extension Techniques Topic Room, an online collection of dozens of free books, bulletins, fact sheets, case studies, videos and more. Topics covered in the print brief and online include structure types and construction, cultivar selection, and management of fertility, pests, water and temperature.

High Tunnels and Other Season Extension Techniques is free of charge can be handed out at conferences and field days to farmers, ranchers, educators and community members.

Photo courtesy of SARE