Spring cover crops in the Haygrove tunnel at Peregrine Farm.

The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a High Tunnel Production workshop as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Silk Hope Farm Heritage Center in Silk Hope, NC. The focus will be on Organic Soil and Disease Management in High Tunnel Production Systems.

Topics: Peregrine Farm High Tunnel System: How We Manage Soils and Diseases Organically; Cover Crops, Crop Rotation, & Fertility in High Tunnels; Managing Soil-borne Diseases in High Tunnels; Managing Foliar Diseases in High Tunnels; Resources for Soil & Disease Management in High Tunnels

Speakers: Julie Grossman, NCSU; Alex Hitt, Peregrine Farm; Frank Louws, NCSU; Lina Quesada, NCSU;  and Debbie Roos, N.C. Cooperative Extension

Details and registration information are on the workshop section of the Growing Small Farms website.

Registration deadline is March 19; our workshops often fill up so don’t wait until right before the deadline to register!