Great Ideas from Growers classes start Jan. 26
What commercial crops grow well in Nevada? How do successful niche growers throughout the Silver State make money on those crops? These and many other topics will surface when producers throughout Nevada gather at their local University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offices for the 2015 Great Ideas from Growers series.
Growers come together to discuss successes and failures to improve their businesses faster. Learn about growing in hoop houses, soil and fertilizing, site preparation, agritourism and more.
Beginning Monday, Jan. 26 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., veteran and novice commercial growers will share their successes and failures in the first of many town-hall style meet-ups. As part of the UNCE, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute for Food and Agriculture and Beginning Farmers & Ranchers Program, video conferences will stream throughout 15 Nevada cities and towns — connecting commercial growers throughout the state.
After the first classes on Jan. 26, new workshops will be held February 2, 9, 23. The form and function of the classes is truly in the hands of Nevada growers.
The Great Ideas from Growers discussion of small farmers is video linked to Carson City, Douglas, Hawthorne, Lincoln, Pahrump and Eureka extension offices as well as Owyhee high school, Churchill School District office in Fallon and The Great Basin College in Elko.
To confirm the locations, attend the workshops in person or by videoconference or for more information, call Holly Gatzke at (775) 962-1300 or (775) 726-3109 ext. 106 or email her at gatzkeh@unce.unr.edu.
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