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Planning and Maintaining a High Tunnel or Greenhouse

• Thursday, March 2, 2023, 6:00 PM - Saturday, March 18@ 7:30 PM

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS COURSE.

This is one of three courses offered as part of the 2023 Ag & Food Producers Academy. Participants can sign up for 1, 2 or all 3 courses. Each course has its own registration page and costs $50.

Course Description:

Season extension can be a valuable asset in the North Country. High tunnels and greenhouses allow one to start seeds and seedlings early, protect crops from early frosts and overwinter greens. Discover the steps needed to determine if protected culture is a good fit for your business with considerations for funding, constructing, and manage a high tunnel or greenhouse. This course is good for people considering or already maintaining high tunnels or greenhouses as the instructor has two decades of experience and welcomes questions from the group.

Are there limits to who can sign up?:

For this course the priority is participants from St. Lawrence County. If you are located in one of the other 5 northern NY counties (Essex, Franklin, Lewis, Clinton or Jefferson) but would like to participate, complete the course registration and you will be added to a waitlist. You will be notified 2 days prior to the course start date if space is available. 

Class Times:

• Online:
  • March 2, 6:00-7:30pm
  • March 9, 6:00-7:30pm
  • March 16, 6:00-7:30pm
• Field trip:
  • March 18th, approximately 10am-3pm
    • Snow Date: March 25th

Course Participants will learn:

• The benefits of growing “indoors”
• How to choose the best site for a high tunnel or greenhouse
• Structure and technology options
• Crop considerations
• How to properly manage soil, water, and nutrients
• Production techniques for common crops
• Crop rotation options including relevant economic data
• Overview of funding sources, including NRCS programs
• Marketing and selling products

Instructor Bios:

Judson Reid is a Senior Extension Associate with Cornell University Cooperative Extension. In this position he manages a series of research and education projects for greenhouse, high tunnel and field production of fresh market vegetables. Judson is involved in the evaluation of grafting on tomatoes, biological pest control, cover cropping techniques and soil nutrient management in protected agriculture. Judson has conducted educational sessions with farmers in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia on these topics. Having spent his youth on a Northern New York dairy farm, Judson earned an undergraduate degree in International Agriculture and a graduate degree in Plant Pathology from Cornell University.

Lindsey Pashow is the Agriculture Business Development and Marketing Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Harvest New York team. Her focus of work includes agritourism, food safety, industrial hemp, produce auctions, marketing, cut flowers, and farm to institution. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing and Master's in Administration and Leadership from Plattsburgh State University. Lindsey also owns Adirondack View Lavender located in Keeseville, New York. 

Note:

Once you have registered for the course, you will be directed to Paypal, our credit card payment provider. You DO NOT have to join Paypal to pay. Please look under the form on the first Paypal page you are directed to and click on "PAY BY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD". This way you can pay without opening a Paypal account.

Fee: $50

If you are a veteran or active military, the full registration fee for one or more of these courses can be paid by FarmOps, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County. Continue to the registration page and complete sign up for courses of your choice.

Learn More

https://stlawrence.cce.cornell.edu/agriculture-natural-resources/ag-and-food-producers-academy-2023

Register

https://pub.cce.cornell.edu/event_registration/main/events_landing.cfm?event=agandfood23_3_240

Location

This event is online

Last updated February 28, 2023