Friday, December 16, 2011

Stone Barns Young Farmers Conference Highlighted on NPR's "All Things Considered"

Johnny's has been a major supporter of the Young Farmers Conference for the past two years. The conference was held recently at the beautiful Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Tarrytown, NY.

Last week, National Public Radio aired a story about the conference on its "All Things Considered" program. You can hear a replay of the show on the NPR website.

In addition to supporting the conference financially, Johnny's participates in the demonstration seminars. This year, our Tools and Supplies Manager, Adam Lemieux, was on hand to talk about some of our innovative season extension tools and techniques.

Moveable Caterpillar Tunnel at Stone Barns

Adam set up a Moveable Caterpillar Tunnel on the grounds and demonstrated some of Johnny's Quick Hoops™ Benders. He wrote about the experience in his "Tool Dude" blog. It's an interesting read and includes photos from the conference.

2 comments:

b_kind2animals said...

Hope to see a post someday on how the "moveable" is accomplished on your Moveable Caterpillar Tunnels.

Or by moveable, do you mean dismantle and relocate?

David said...

Page 24 of our Moveable Caterpillar Tunnel Bender Manual lists instructions on how to move the tunnel. Find it here: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/Assets/Information/7000MoveCatTunnelBenderManual.pdf#page=24