High Tunnel Build

May 2012

It takes team work to construct a high tunnel, which can add at least three months to the market season in Iowa. About 30 volunteers helped with this High-Tunnel Build in April at TableTop Farm southeast of Nevada. The owners qualified for a federal grant to cover part of the cost of the tunnel. The Leopold Center supported part of the cost of this event, organized by Practical Farmers of Iowa.

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