Growing Vegetable Crops Under Cover Bolsters Field Growing
Growing vegetables under cover comes in a many forms. On the controlled-environment side, production ranges from containers to tractor farming to hydroponics. There’s just as much variety in structures with no automated systems, including low tunnels.
We spoke with Ryan Voiland, owner, Red Fire Farm. He’s typical of open-field growers who have protected agriculture divisions. He grows diverse vegetable crops in a variety of structures for different reasons.
Farm Extends Its Season
Montague, MA-based Red Fire Farm (located about halfway between Boston, MA, and Albany, NY) grows just about every vegetable on the Northeast market on its roughly 200 acres.