Presentations and Proceedings
Growing Over to the Dark Side: Building a Successful Enterprise with Winter Vegetable Production and Sales, UMass/UConn/CISA/SEL-sponsored program
Sturbridge, MA. March 6, 2014
Skip Paul, Wishingstone Farm, Little Compton, RI
Slideshow: Winter Greens Production: Building a Context for Being a Winter Grower 
Jeremy Barker-Plotkin, Simple Gifts Farm, Amherst, MA
Slideshow: Winter Production and Marketing
Andre Cantelmo, Heron Pond Farm, South Hampton, NH
Slideshow: Establishing Great Direct Seeded Plant Stand for Winter Growing
Slideshow: Winter Slideshow
Engineering Storage Facilities for Winter Vegetable Crops, UConn/UMass sponsored program
Windsor, CT. February 20, 2014
Ben Weil, Faculty & Luke Doody, graduate student, UMass Building & Construction Technology
Slideshow: Low-cost ways to provide optimal storage conditions for a variety of commonly stored vegetable crops, with a focus on energy saving technologies that control humidity, temperature and ventilation.
Ruth Hazzard, UMASS Extension
Slideshow: Results of SARE—funded winter storage study for maintaining quality in carrots.
Rob Johanson, Goranson Farm, Dresden, Maine
Slideshow: Retrofitting an existing building to store winter vegetables and utilize exhaust heat from a cooler compressor to heat separate winter squash and onion storage rooms.
Laura Tangerini, Tangerini Spring Street Farm, Millis, MA
Slideshow: Construction and engineering of 3 tandem earth—bermed storage facilities to provide separate temperature and humidity conditions for winter vegetables.
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
Hershey, PA. January 30, 2014
Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts Extension
Slideshow: Extending Vegetable Harvest and Sales Using Tunnels, Row Covers and Winter Storage: An Overview of How New England Growers are Riding the ‘Buy Local’ Wave through the Winter
New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference
Manchester, NH. December 17-19, 2013
Amanda Brown, UMass Extension
Slideshow: Carrots for Winter Sales: Varieties, Planting Dates and Post-Harvest Care
Proceedings: Carrots for Winter Sales: Varieties, Planting Dates and Post-Harvest Care
Ruth Hazzard, UMass Extension
Slideshow: From Field to Storage: High Quality Carrots
Proceedings: From Field to Storage: High Quality Carrots
NOFA Summer Conference
Amherst, MA. August 1, 2013
Luke Doody, UMass Building Sciences
Slideshow: Meeting Needs of Vegetables for Winter Storage: Crop Storage Facilities
New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference: Postharvest & Storage
Manchester, NH. December 14, 2011
Stephen Belyea, Maine Department of Agriculture
Slideshow: Engineering Winter Storage for Vegetable Crops
Winter Growers Meeting
December 2010
Ruth Hazzard, UMass Vegetable Program
Slideshow: Maintaining Quality of Winter Vegetables in Storage
