By Scott Weybright,CAHNRS CommunicationsPULLMAN, Wash. — When you’re a teaching farm at a university, or the winter and early spring months require creativity and innovation.“There just isn’t much for students to attain in the fields in the spring semester,” said Brad Jaeckel, manager of the Washington State University’s Eggert Family Organic Farm. “So using season extenders, or like our hoophouses,is really valuable for them to salvage some hands-on experience.”Low-tech but efficientThe farm has around 4500 square feet of farmable soil underneath three separate hoophouses, Jaeckel said. The buildings, or constructed with a ... » More ...The post Hoophouses give WSU organic farm an early launch appeared first on WSU News.
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