PCSWCD Farm Tour

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    HIGH WIND TUNNEL — Workshop participants listen intently to presenter Sunny Stutzman of Sunny Skies Design as he speaks about the performance of the innovative, wooden, Gothic arch high tunnel on Stutzman’s Farm during a recent farm tour hosted by the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) in partnership with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). The high tunnel was developed through a United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant administered by the PCSWCD and the tour was held as part of the outreach about this project.

The tour also highlighted the USDA-NRCS and MOFGA conservation practices and programs the Stutzmans are implementing on their farm. For more information about this project, please contact the PCSWCD at info@piscataquisswcd.org, 564-2321, extension 3 or by stopping into the Dover-Foxcroft USDA Service Center at 42 Engdahl Drive.

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    GREEN AND GROWING — Workshop participants tour a working greenhouse at the Stutzman’s Farm Tour held by the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) in partnership with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) at Stutzman’s Farm in Sangerville. The tour was provided by a United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant administered by the PCSWCD, and focused on the differences in performance of the greenhouse and innovative mobile wooden high tunnel. The tour also highlighted the USDA-NRCS and MOFGA conservation practices and programs the Stutzmans are implementing on their farm.

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    ANCHOR’S AWAY — Workshop participants study the “duck bill” anchor used to secure the innovative, mobile wooden high tunnel at Stutzman’s Farm in Sangerville. The high tunnel was developed through a USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant administered by the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD). The Stutzmans have been conducting research trials in the high tunnel for the past two years. Pictured, left to right, are Sid Stutzman, Stutzman Farm owner/operator; Bruce Talley of Autumn Echo Farm, Joyce Martin; Juan Hernandez, USDA NRCS State Conservationist; and Jim Roberts.