Trade show planned on farming tunnels

Published 12:00 am Sunday, February 27, 2011

Mississippi State University will hold a trade show for the operators of small- to medium-sized farms, on building high tunnels to help extend the growing season.

The High Tunnel Field Day will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 10 at MSU’s Truck Crops Experiment Station, 2024 Experiment Station Road, Crystal Springs.

Topics include high tunnel construction, marketing, MSU high tunnel research findings and organic certification.

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Admission is $15 before March 1 and $25 after. Lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact Dr. Mengmeng Gu 662-325-1682 or mgu@pss.msstate.edu.