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Recent Resources
- 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
- High and HOT — Managing Heat Stress in High Tunnels
The summer of 2025 is barely behind us, leaving a lot of lessons learned about how to manage tunnel crops during hotter, drier summers. For most warm season tunnel crops (peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers), optimum growth temperature is between 70°–75°F. Above 85°F, plant growth slows and stress symptoms such as wilting, marginal scorch, leaf roll,… Read more: High and HOT — Managing Heat Stress in High Tunnels - Growing Upwards: Trellising Peppers and Eggplants in Tunnels
Growing peppers and eggplants in tunnels has the potential to diversify early summer crop offerings and improve fruit yield and quality compared to field production. The greenhouse industry in many other parts of the world have been cultivating eggplant and peppers in protected culture for decades, but adoption has been slow in the U.S., especially… Read more: Growing Upwards: Trellising Peppers and Eggplants in Tunnels - Reduced Tillage, Insect Scouting, and NRCS Practices on a Small-scale Diversified Vegetable and Flower Farm
Jess Purks and Connor Self grow certified organic vegetables and flowers at a human-powered scale with minimal tillage on one acre. The pasture surrounding the farm is used for a small flock of sheep and a few alpacas. This is their fourth growing season at Stone’s Throw Farmstead in Shrewsbury, Vermont. Products are sold through… Read more: Reduced Tillage, Insect Scouting, and NRCS Practices on a Small-scale Diversified Vegetable and Flower Farm - Medicinal Herb Production and Processing at Zack Woods Herb Farm
On Wednesday August 5 the VT Herb Grower Growers Initiative, in partnership with the VT Vegetable and Berry Grower’s Association, hosted a workshop at Zack Woods Herb Farm in Hyde Park, VT. Jeff and Melanie Carpenter shared a wealth of information during the farm tour. Farm Background Zack Woods Herb Farm started in 1999. This is their 27th year growing… Read more: Medicinal Herb Production and Processing at Zack Woods Herb Farm