Resources

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High Tunnel Production Manual for Commercial Growers. 2010 revised. Available from UM High Tunnels
The Hoophouse Handbook. 2003. by Lynn Byczynski and Growing for Market Available from the Growing for Market Online Store	read farmer review
The Northlands Winter Greenhouse Manual. 2009. by Carol Ford and Chuck Waibel Available from Garden Goddess Enterprises
Walking to Spring by Paul and Alison Weidiger. Available from Au Naturel Farm	read farmer review
The Winter Harvest Handbook. 2009. by Eliot Coleman Available from Chelsea Green Publishers	read farmer review

Reports & Manuals

So You Want to Put Up a Hoophouse (PDF). 2010. by Harriet Behar and Angie Sullivan Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service.
High Tunnels Manual. 2007. by Ted Blomgren and Tracy Frisch Univ. of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
Minnesota High Tunnel Production Manual for Commercial Growers. 2004. by T. Nennich, D. Wildung, and P. Johnson. online version Available in print from MN Fruit & Vegetables Grower Association
High Tunnel Raspberries and Blackberries. 2009. by C. Heidenreich, M. Pritts, M. J. Kelly, and K. Demchak. PDF, 3.52 Mb.
Season Extension Introduction and Basic Principles. by D. Roos and D. Jones.
Season Extension Techniques for Market Gardeners (PDF, 1.4 Mb). 2005. Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
Thermal Banking Greenhouses. 2009. by Steven Schwen Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education

Au Naturel Farm, Paul & Alison Weidiger. aunaturelfarm.homestead.com	read farmer review
Cornell University High Tunnels www.hort.cornell.edu/hightunnel
Growing for Market, by Lynn Byczynski. www.growingformarket.com	read farmer review
Hightunnels Website www.hightunnels.org	read farmer review
Organic Vegetable Production Systems, Season Extension eXtension.org eXtension.org/organic%20production
Penn State Center for Plasticulture, High Tunnels plasticulture.cas.psu.edu/H-tunnels.html
Tunnel Facts (United Kingdom) www.tunnelfacts.co.uk
University of Minnesota High Tunnel Production hightunnels.cfans.umn.edu

Blogs & Listservs

Hightunnels Listserv	read farmer review
The Hoophouse Blog, by Adam Montri	read farmer review
Loonatics Journal
Eat Better News from Rock Spring Farm by Chris Blanchard
Harmony Valley Farm Blog
The Tiny Farm Blog

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Structures	read farmer review
Farm-Tek
Gothic Arch Greenhouses
Poly-Tex
Rimol Greenhouse Systems
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www.hightunnels.org Supplier List -- General Supplies
www.hightunnels.org Supplier List -- Drip Irrigation
www.hightunnels.org Supplier List -- Seed


Ray Hansen, Iowa State Extension Value-Added Ag Extension email: hansenr@iastate.edu; phone: 515-294-3890	Iowa--Ames
Sally Worley, Practical Farmers of Iowa communications director email: sally@practicalfarmers.org; phone: 515-232-5661 ext. 304	Iowa--Ames

Karl Foord, University of Minnesota Extension economics of high tunnels email: foord001@umn.edu; phone: 651-480-7723	Minnesota--St. Paul
Carol Ford & Chuck Waibel Garden Goddess Enterprises winter greenhouse farmers email: info@gardengoddessenterprises.com; phone: 320-734-4669	Minnesota--Milan
Vince Fritz, Southern Research & Outreach Ctr plant pharmaceuticals production in high tunnels email: vafritz@umn.edu; phone: 507-837-5620	Minnesota--Waseca
Terry Nennich, University of Minnesota Extension high tunnel specialist email: nenni001@umn.edu; phone: 218-281-8690	Minnesota--Crookston
Steve Poppe, West Central Research & Outreach Ctr high tunnel raspberry research email: poppesr@morris.umn.edu; phone: 320-589-1711	Minnesota--Morris
Carl Rosen, Department of Hort Science soil fertility specialist email: rosen006@umn.edu; phone: 612.625.8114	Minnesota--St. Paul
Emily Tepe, Department of Hort Science high tunnel researcher email: tepe004@umn.edu; phone: 612-625-0858	Minnesota--St. Paul