The seasons are changing once again, and as the weather gets colder and colder, Farmer Ric – and Farm & Table – becomes more and more dependent on the Sol Harvest hoop-house. Produce from Ric’s hoop-house is what sustains us through the winter; it’s what allows Ric to grow year-round. During those cold, dead-of-winter months, Ric packs the hoop-house from top to bottom. You can barely walk in there, he utilizes every single inch of it.
Hoop-house space is so important to the sustainability of our farm that Ric has launched a project to double its size and add wooden doors on both ends. Last year, just as Ric finished adding on to the hoop house, a tremendous wind ripped through the farm and caused damage to the newly completed structure that set the farm back several weeks. Doors on both ends of the hoop house would not only create more warmth inside, but it would protect this vital structure from brutal New Mexico winds.
Increasing Farmer Ric’s ability to grow during the winter will help ensure the sustainability not just of Sol Harvest Farm, but also of Farm & Table and New Mexico’s local food economy.
You can find more information, and donate to Sol Harvest’s hoop-house project on their Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/905774811/sol-harvest-farm-we-feed-people-and-now-you-can-to. The first 50 people to donate $50 or more will also be invited to a special launch party for the project, with Farm & Table appetizers, a champagne toast and live music on the Farm & Table patio!