Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview
Cost-effective high tunnel systems as a protected production tool hold great potential for offering multifaceted benefits to vegetable growers in Florida beyond season extension. The adoption of high tunnels in the U.S. has been largely fueled by the NRCS High Tunnel System Initiative. Various high...
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Cost-effective high tunnel systems as a protected production tool hold great potential for offering multifaceted benefits to vegetable growers in Florida beyond season extension. The adoption of high tunnels in the U.S. has been largely fueled by the NRCS High Tunnel System Initiative. Various high tunnel structures may be adapted to the Florida environment for growing high-value vegetable crops. In particular, high tunnels can help improve crop yield and quality in organic vegetable production. This article provides an overview of high tunnel structures and environment, growth of high tunnel production and the organic produce sector, major advantages of using high tunnels to enhance organic vegetable production, and challenges of high tunnel management in Florida. Some online resources for high tunnel vegetable production are provided, and future research needs are also pointed out for improving the long-term environmental and economic sustainability of high tunnel production systems.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0d3aebb3b934e569b329ce450c588ec2024-04-23T04:26:27ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092023-09-0120235Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an OverviewShufang Tian0Xin Zhao1Isaac R. Vincent2Tian Gong3Zachary T. Ray4Jesusa Legaspi5Alejandro Bolques6Timothy W. Coolong7Juan Carlos Díaz-Pérez8University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research ServiceFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia Cost-effective high tunnel systems as a protected production tool hold great potential for offering multifaceted benefits to vegetable growers in Florida beyond season extension. The adoption of high tunnels in the U.S. has been largely fueled by the NRCS High Tunnel System Initiative. Various high tunnel structures may be adapted to the Florida environment for growing high-value vegetable crops. In particular, high tunnels can help improve crop yield and quality in organic vegetable production. This article provides an overview of high tunnel structures and environment, growth of high tunnel production and the organic produce sector, major advantages of using high tunnels to enhance organic vegetable production, and challenges of high tunnel management in Florida. Some online resources for high tunnel vegetable production are provided, and future research needs are also pointed out for improving the long-term environmental and economic sustainability of high tunnel production systems. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/131654 |
| spellingShingle | Shufang Tian Xin Zhao Isaac R. Vincent Tian Gong Zachary T. Ray Jesusa Legaspi Alejandro Bolques Timothy W. Coolong Juan Carlos Díaz-Pérez Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview EDIS |
| title | Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview |
| title_full | Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview |
| title_fullStr | Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview |
| title_short | Using High Tunnels to Enhance Organic Vegetable Production in Florida: an Overview |
| title_sort | using high tunnels to enhance organic vegetable production in florida an overview |
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