Education / Horticulture Program Manager Karlee Pruitt’s master’s thesis project tested biopesticides in high-tunnel plasticulture strawberries.

The Choctaw Nation hosted one of the Kerr Center’s popular hoop house workshops at its Community Center in Poteau on October 7. The workshop treated participants to a hands-on experience assembling an affordable, 1,700 square-foot hoop house in under three hours. (Many hands, prior preparation, and experienced educators made this timing possible, but a pair…

via Southern SARE: A University of Arkansas study has found that using high tunnels in berry production can increase yields, extend the harvest season, and improve fruit quality compared to field production. However, care must be taken to manage pests. In the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SSARE)-funded project (LS12-250), “Extending the Market Season…

Texas Food Education & Discovery is offering two new free online courses for farmers market vendors – online and at your own pace.

SARE’s newest book, the fourth edition of Building Soils for Better Crops, is updated to reflect new science and developments in soil health.