CAFE (Clinch Appalachian Farmers Enterprise) would like to invite farmers to a workshop about sustainable options for providing or supplementing heat in hoop house/greenhouses on Saturday January 10, 2009 from 9:00am-2:30pm. More information follows.
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This is a one day workshop for exploring several “green”, innovative options, used to heat season extension structures.
Location: St Henry’s Catholic Church
114 Hwy 70N, Rogersville, TN 37857
Date: January 10, 2009
Time: 9 am to 2:30 pm.
Cost: free
Lunch will be provided. Pre-registration required
A small stipend will be provided to growers, for travel costs, if pre-registered by January 1, 2009.
There will be a tour of Martin’s Greenhouses (in Rogersville) after lunch. We will have a chance to see some innovative heating methods in action.
Moderator: Dr. Annette Wszelaki, UT Extension’s Vegetable Ext. Specialist
Presenter: Anthony Flaccavento, Director of Appalachian Sustainable Development in Abingdon, VA, will teach us about using low tunnels within high tunnels.
Presenter: Tamara McNaughton, M.A., Ex. Director of Appalachian Native Plants Inc. in Mt. City, TN, will give an overview of the subterranean heating and cooling system used in their greenhouse.
Presenter: Yonatan Strauch, M.A., Affordable Bioshelters Project Director, Appalachian State University will educate us on heat storage strategies and systems for high tunnels, and affordable, effective super insulated greenhouses.
Sponsors: Clinch Appalachian Farm Enterprises (CAFÉ), with help from Farm 2 School Project, and funded by a grant from Southern Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education. (SSARE)
For further information and pre-registration contact Lisa Long at 423-357-8073 or email
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