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Introduction to High Tunnels in Organic Systems

September 3, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Free

Join this webinar to learn about general organic management practices in high tunnel systems. Participants will learn the differences between open field and high tunnel production and then receive an overview of general management practices include nutrients, weeds, insect pests and irrigation as well as different high tunnel structures. This is the first webinar in a three-part series focused on organic management of high tunnels.

Speakers:

Dr. Julie Grossman
Associate Professor of Soil Agroecology and Organic Food Systems and the Organic Programs Coordinator at the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota

Dr. Krista L. Jacobsen
Associate Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture

Dr. Cary Rivard
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist at Kansas State as well as the Director of the Kansas State Research and Extension Center

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