High tunnel farming
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A high tunnel, or “high hoop,” growing tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, stands on the grounds at the University of Minnesota-Crookston, June 25 during a tour of North Dakota producers. The high tunnel, without artificial heat or light, is able to withstand 120 mile-per-hour winds and is capable of growing produce 10 months of the year in northern Minnesota.
CROOKSTON, Minn. – Terry Nennich was hoping a certified organic produce farm near this northwest Minnesota community would be the last of four stops by a North Dakota tour group. Instead, the best example of high tunnel vegetable production in Minnesota may have been shown first, followed by several other plots including Nennich’s own produce farm. Nennich, an instructor at University of Minnesota Extension, led a tour of high tunnels and vegetable farming areas June 25 and 26 in Thief River Falls, Erskine, Bagley and Crookston. The group, that included 47 gardeners, farmers’ market vendors, N.D. Department of Agriculture officials, educators and several county Extension personnel, was briefed on building a high tunnel system, which is a greenhouse without artificial eat or light. Nennich, who first learned of high-tunnel production in France in 1999, called it a no-brainer.
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