Managing Hoophouses and High Tunnels for Year-Round Farming Success
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EmailThe Managing Hoophouses and High Tunnels for Year-Round Farming Success course is focused on year-round production and covers topics such as site selection, construction recommendations, crop planning, crop scheduling, soil management, and more.
Course Description
Whether you are a seasoned hoophouse farmer or new to using hoophouses, this six week, self-paced course will provide you with cropping information, management strategies, and other resources from hoophouse farmers and experts to put you on a path to success. Participants will have access to recorded presentations with extensive use of pictures and diagrams, previously unavailable detailed written course materials in an easy to read format, additional printable materials plus weekly chat/hang-out time with course instructor(s) that have more than 25 years of combined hoophouse/high tunnel experience.
The course is scheduled to begin Oct. 19, 2015. You will receive an email prior to Oct. 17, 2015 with a username and password to log into the Michigan State University Desire2Learn (D2L) Course Management System. Starting on Oct. 19 you will be able to log into the course at http://d2l.msu.edu and access the materials.
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Course Instructors:
- Adam Montri, farmer and owner Ten Hens Farm; Hoophouse outreach specialist, Michigan State University Department of Horticulture and MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
- John Biernbaum, Professor, Michigan State University Department of Horticulture
Course Cost: $150
Course Length: 6 weeks, self-paced
Preview the course here: hrt.msu.edu/videos/hoophouse-trailer
Online registration for Online Managing Hoophouses and High Tunnels for Year-Round Farming Success is open.
The last day to register online is October 15, 2015.
Accommodations
Michigan State University is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by contacting the event contact two weeks prior to the start of the event. Requests received after this date will be honored whenever possible.
Contact Information
For more information contact Adam Montri at hhonline@msu.edu or 517-353-0407.
