Farm-Scale Deep Winter Greenhouse Open House

The University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships  or RSDP and Tintah Beach Farm will co-host an open house Saturday, Nov. 22nd from 1-4 p.m to celebrate the completion of their farm-scale deep winter greenhouse.

Supported by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the project brings together small- and medium-scale fruit and vegetable growers in Minnesota to develop the next generation of innovative, sustainable winter food production technology.

Five farms across Minnesota were selected through a competitive process to partner with the University: Tintah Beach Farm in Thief River Falls, Honeydew Farm in Park Rapids, Chelsea Morning Farm in Two Harbors, New Story Farm in Hutchinson and Owl Bluff Farm in Houston.

The Tintah Beach Farm greenhouse was designed by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Building Research. This greenhouse is heavily insulated and designed with a south-facing wall to capture solar heat in the daytime. This heat is drawn underground and stored in a thermal system for use at night to for growing crops throughout the winter such as brassicas, Asian greens, lettuces, and potentially some more exotic crops such as ginger and tropical perennial fruits.

Mandatory CWD Testing in Areas this Hunting Opener 

The Minnesota Deer Gun season kicked off Saturday, and if you’re one of those hunters who was lucky enough to bag a deer this past weekend, you may be required to test your deer for Chronic wasting disease or CWD, depending on where you’re hunting. Rob Baden with the Minnesota DNR explains.

Deer must be registered before sampling.  All deer, including fawns, harvested in any season cannot be moved out of a management zone until a “not-detected” test result is received. Baden also says there will also be carcass movement restrictions for some hunters as well, those carcass movement restrictions are in place. You can see more information on the movement restrictions and CWD management plan by going to the DNR website.

State Of Lung Cancer Report

The American Lung Association of Minnesota has released its 2025 State of Lung Cancer report. Pat McKone, senior director of advocacy for the American Lung Association, tells us how Minnesota compares to other states when it comes to lung cancer.

McKone says there are positives for Minnesota in this study.

You can see the State of Lung Cancer report at lung.org