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Recent Resources
- Storage Crops, Soil Health, Marketing and an Electric Tractor at High Meadows Farm
On Wednesday September 23 the VT Vegetable and Berry Growers Association and UVM Extension hosted a workshop at High Meadows Farm in Putney, VT. Howard Prussack has farmed in Putney since 1979. He grows a dozen acres of certified organic vegetables in the field and has 30,000 square feet of high tunnels. Sales are at… Read more: Storage Crops, Soil Health, Marketing and an Electric Tractor at High Meadows Farm - Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – October 1, 2026REPORTS FROM THE FIELD (Burlington) Fall is hopping with harvests. Most of our fresh pick and storage crops look good. Appreciating our great team this time of year, persevering as the weight and frequency of harvest increase after a busy spring and summer. Finishing winter squash harvest this week, with sweet potatoes next week, completing our… Read more: Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – October 1, 2026
- Testing Organic Soluble Fertilizers — Part 1
Providing the right amount of nitrogen (N) to high tunnel crops at the right time in the growing season is a common challenge, especially for organic growers who typically use fertilizers that require microbial activity to release the N they contain. Our previous work has shown that vigorous, indeterminate tunnel tomatoes need 2 to 3.5… Read more: Testing Organic Soluble Fertilizers — Part 1 - Reap the Rewards of Improved Summer Tunnel Fertility Management
High tunnels create a distinct growing environment with altered soil health characteristics due to the intensity of production, high inputs, and lack of rainfall — which makes managing tunnel soil year after year challenging. Furthermore, many growers are limited in their ability to implement fundamental soil health practices such as crop rotation and cover cropping… Read more: Reap the Rewards of Improved Summer Tunnel Fertility Management - Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – September 2, 2026REPORTS FROM THE FIELD (Westminster) There’s nothing like a food-borne illness to spur sales of greens – they’ve been off the charts. We just began irrigating more intensely to give a boost our kale crop and for new transplants but hope that we’ll get a good rain in the next week. The nice weather has… Read more: Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – September 2, 2026