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W.Va. part of pilot program to study low-tech greenhouses
US: Money now available for high tunnels
One of the latest trends in vegetable and flower farming is high tunnels or hoop houses, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to know if the low-tech greenhouses work.
"A three-year, 38-state study sponsored by the USDA is designed to verify if high tunnels are effective in reducing pesticide use, keeping vital nutrients in the soil, extending the growing season, increasing yields and providing other benefits to growers," according to a news release announcing the pilot program.
As part of her "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative, USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan launched the study in mid-December, and West Virginia farmers can apply for financial assistance through the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to set up high tunnels, according to the release.
Merrigan was Friday's featured speaker at the 11th annual Future Harvest-CASA conference at the National Conservation Training Center outside Shepherdstown.
"There is great potential for high tunnels to expand the availability of healthy, locally grown crops - a win for producers and consumers," she said in the news release. "This pilot project is going to give us real-world information that farmers all over the country can use to decide if they want to add high tunnels to their operations. We know that these fixtures can help producers extend their growing season and hopefully add to their bottom line."
Plastic sheeting is stretched over ribs made of plastic or metal pipes to form high tunnels, which are set over rows of vegetables or flowers.
"Unlike commercial greenhouses that cost up to $20 per square foot to construct, high tunnels can cost as little as 50 cents per square foot," according to Hightunnels.org.
Financial assistance will be provided through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQIP, the EQIP Organic Initiative and the Agricultural Management Assistance program, according to the USDA news release.
NRCS will fund one high tunnel per farm, and high tunnels in the study can cover as much as 5 percent of one acre, the news release states.
The deadline to apply for financial assistance through the pilot program is April 1.
Source: journal-news.net
US: Money now available for high tunnels
One of the latest trends in vegetable and flower farming is high tunnels or hoop houses, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to know if the low-tech greenhouses work.
"A three-year, 38-state study sponsored by the USDA is designed to verify if high tunnels are effective in reducing pesticide use, keeping vital nutrients in the soil, extending the growing season, increasing yields and providing other benefits to growers," according to a news release announcing the pilot program.
As part of her "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative, USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan launched the study in mid-December, and West Virginia farmers can apply for financial assistance through the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to set up high tunnels, according to the release.
Merrigan was Friday's featured speaker at the 11th annual Future Harvest-CASA conference at the National Conservation Training Center outside Shepherdstown.
"There is great potential for high tunnels to expand the availability of healthy, locally grown crops - a win for producers and consumers," she said in the news release. "This pilot project is going to give us real-world information that farmers all over the country can use to decide if they want to add high tunnels to their operations. We know that these fixtures can help producers extend their growing season and hopefully add to their bottom line."
Plastic sheeting is stretched over ribs made of plastic or metal pipes to form high tunnels, which are set over rows of vegetables or flowers.
"Unlike commercial greenhouses that cost up to $20 per square foot to construct, high tunnels can cost as little as 50 cents per square foot," according to Hightunnels.org.
Financial assistance will be provided through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, or EQIP, the EQIP Organic Initiative and the Agricultural Management Assistance program, according to the USDA news release.
NRCS will fund one high tunnel per farm, and high tunnels in the study can cover as much as 5 percent of one acre, the news release states.
The deadline to apply for financial assistance through the pilot program is April 1.
Source: journal-news.net
Publication date: 1/18/2010
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