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NOFA/RI CRAFT
Workshop is for farmers, farm workers, apprentices and gardeners and is co-hosted by Sustainable Aquidneck & Garman Organic Farm. For directions, click here.
Low tunnels are a simple, cost effective method for extending the growing season. Spring plantings can be started earlier, harvests can be extended past early frosts and tender plantings can be overwintered safely under low tunnels. Lightweight, rain-permeable low tunnels offer pest protection.
Participants will learn how pipe benders can create hoops in various sizes for a different farm applications. Pipe and cover material and anchoring options will be discussed as well as harvesting access. Hosts will show their small high tunnel built with pipe benders and discuss the challenges and successes of its construction.
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NOFA/RI has a full set of pipe benders available for loan to members and rental to non-members. Learn more here.
Island Community Farms will also demonstrate their human-powered compost sifter.
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Sustainable Aquidneck is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 to foster sustainable practices and enterprises on Aquidneck Island. Island Community Farms, a project of Sustainable Aquidneck is located on 8.3 acres of farmland leased from the Aquidneck Land Trust, and includes a community garden, food forest, children’s garden and heirloom garden as well as micro-farm plots available for lease by organic growers.
Garman Organic Farm is family-owned and operated, specializing in growing heirloom vegetables and small fruits on approximately two acres at Island Community Farm.
This Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) workshop shares farmer experiences and best practices between farmers, farm workers, apprentices and gardeners. These workshops are free to everyone thanks to a generous Farm Viability grant from the RI Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Agriculture which seeks to enhance farmers’ ability to grow and market their crops. Registration is not required.
