Starlight Gardens To Host On-Farm Workshop About Greenhouse, High-Tunnel Growing

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The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (CT NOFA) invites gardeners, farmers and anyone interested in extending their food-growing season, to our upcoming workshop “Greenhouse & High Tunnel Winter Growing”

The workshop will be led by David Zemelsky at his organic farm,Starlight Gardens at 54 Fowler Avenue in Durham, CT on March 20 from 9:00am to 12:00pm.  Mr. Zemelsky will lead a tour of his greenhouses and high tunnels while instructing workshop participants in his methods of season extension.  Mr. Zemelsky is a certified organic grower of a variety of greens for farmers’ markets and wholesale.

John W. Bartok, Jr.,a Uconn Extension Professor Emeritus and Agricultural Engineer will also be at the workshop to address greenhouse design and to talk about ways to improve greenhouse efficiency and function.

Following the workshop, we are planning a Beginning Farmer lunch.  Farmers with less than ten years of experience are welcome to join us to talk more with Mr. Zemelsky and with fellow beginning farmers.  To RSVP for the free lunch please e-mail the Beginning Farmer coordinator, Kristiane Huber at kristiane@ctnofa.org. 

The workshop cost is $20 for CT NOFA Members and $30 for non-members.  To pre-register for the workshop, please visit www.ctnofa.org and view the “Upcoming Events” listed on our homepage.  You may register online, print and send in a registration form, or call the office at 203-888-5146. 

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CT NOFA is the Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association.  CT NOFA is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the practices of ecologically sound farming and gardening, and to the development of local sustainable agriculture.

Funding for this workshop has been provided by the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, awarded and administered by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture.