The University of Minnesota is a leader in the development of 'Deep Winter Greenhouses'.  These structures allow for crop edible crop production - especially edible greens - in low input greenhouses for personal consumption, or for marketing to local restaurants and grocery stores.  Information below provides the basics of building and producing in crops in these structures.

Deep Winter Greenhouses:
Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships - Deep winter greenhouses
Cold-Climate Greenhouse Resource Manual

High Tunnels:
​Minnesota high tunnel production manual for commercial growers
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