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2018 Farmer Education Workshop: Extending the Growing Season

Farm Workshop: Extending the Growing Season, High Tunnels 101

When: Thursday, October 4 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm

Where: SAHC Community Farm

Are you interested in learning more about growing crops during the colder months?

Join Christina Newhouse from Southwestern NC Resource Conservation & Development Council as she discusses season extension.

In this informative workshop, you will learn how to extend your growing and marketing seasons while making more money. 

We will start in the classroom, discussing cool season crop production, varietal selection, and how daylight hours effect your planting dates.  Then we will tour SAHC’s Farmer Incubator Program season extension infrastructure to see some of the techniques discussed.

This  workshop is open to the public; everyone is welcome!

Cost: $20

Questions? Contact Chris Link at Chris@appalachian.org or 828.490.2565. Pre-registration is required; space is limited. Rain or shine.

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SAHC’s Farmer Education Workshop Series is funded in part by a grant from The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program under award number 2016-70017-25341  for Farm Pathways:  Integrating Farmer Training with Land Access. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Aloft Downtown Asheville Volunteers

We’d like to give a HUGE thank you to the terrific team of volunteers from Aloft Downtown Asheville who came out to work on our Community Farm on Tuesday, October 17. This energetic crew arrived ready to get their boots dirty and do some good! They helped our Headwaters Market Garden incubator farmers harvest carrots, beets and kale, wrapping up summer production in the fields and preparing to transition to cold-weather operations. Read more

Farmer Education Workshop: Extending the Season – High Tunnels 101

Are you interested in learning more about growing crops during the colder months?

Join Christina Newhouse from Southwestern NC Resource Conservation & Development Council as she discusses season extension.

In this informative workshop, you will learn how to extend your growing and marketing seasons while making more money. 
We will start in the classroom, discussing cover crop protection, varietal selection, and construction of the various types of hoop houses.  Then we will tour SAHC’s Farmer Incubator Program season extension infrastructure to see some of the techniques discussed. This workshop is open to the public; everyone is welcome! Cost: $20

For questions or additional info, contact Chris Link at Chris@appalachian.org or 828.490.2565.

2017 Extending the Season: High Tunnels 101 Workshop Registration

  • First NameLast NameEmail 
  • By providing your phone number, you ensure that we have a way to contact you in the rare event of any last-minute changes.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.


This workshop is part of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Farmer Education Workshop Series, funded in part by a grant from The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. This work is supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant number 2016-70017-25341  (Farm Pathways: Integrating Farmer Training with Land Access) from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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