Growing Undercover - Climate Smart Agricultural Practices Video 4

What does it mean to grow under cover and what are the benefits? We’ll visit with Jason Hirtz (Box Turtle Farm) and Curtis Millsap (Millsap Farm) to answer these questions and more!
New Growth MO Food Systems is dedicated to helping local Missouri farms reach more local plates though business building connections, business assistance, funding opportunities, and more. Visit newgrowthmo.org
And, visit the 5-state (Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma) Heartland Regional Food Business Center for more regional connections and funding opportunities heartlandfoodbusiness.org/
Key Topics:
Low tunnel, caterpillar tunnel, high tunnel, hoop house, greenhouse, maintenance, efficient growing, longer growing season, decreasing carbon footprint, controlled environment for increased crop production, higher quality produce, increased produce production.
Special thanks to all the local farms who generously shared for this video series:
Jason Hirtz, Box Turtle Farm: www.boxturtlefarm.farm/about-us/
Curtis Millsap, Millsap Farms: www.millsapfarms.com/about
Tom Riggeri, Fair Share Farm: fairsharefarm.com/wp2/
Dave Redfearn, Where the Redfearn Grows Natural Farm: redfearnfarm.com/
Karin Valez, Wolf Creek Family Farm: www.wolfcreekfamilyfarm.com/
Ryan Tenney, Sankara Farm: www.sankarafarm.com/on-the-farm
Editors note: spelling CORRECTION - Tom Ruggieri with Fair Share Farm

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Amazing!

[@ThriveGarden]

Great work

[@newgrowthmo]

Thank you so much 😀

[@White_Rabbit63]

Can’t exchange one evil for another.

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@@the_p03t92 I think this person is being dogmatic about the plastic. There are many developments for how to sustainably deal with plastics, like mycelium that can feed on them. Plastics, like oil, and other "non-sustainable" practices are not evil in and of themselves. When a poor family in India burns coal in their home furnace to survive the winter because they can't afford anything else, it's not evil. Ignore the person, the guy in the video is correct. The computer/phone that person is using to even comment on this video is a million times worse, using slave labor, produced unethically by corrupt corporations conspiring with unethical governments to take advantage of people and resources. It's a million times worse than a organic farm using a bit of plastic to be more efficient and effective, they're being a hypocrite. Some people need to just be ignored.