They’re thriving in a specialized “deep winter” greenhouse, letting farmers Tom Prieve and Sue Wika grow fresh vegetables year round — without a crushing electric bill. Their plants ...

Similar structures — called deep winter greenhouses — have been built in the program since 2016. To date, farmers have been able to profitably grow a variety of salad greens that are sold to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — On a cold, colorless day in Minneapolis, an oasis is quietly growing in plain sight. "You walk in and your lungs fill with humidity and greenery and there's a hammock where you can ...

and a deep winter greenhouse that will offer innovative, year-round food growing. The campus will include a distribution center to accommodate FeedMore’s partner hunger relief agencies ...

Daniel Handeen, research fellow at the University of Minnesota, talks about deep winter greenhouses at the Urban Ag Conference hosted by the Minnesota Farm Bureau on Jan. 13 at the St. Paul campus ...