About Me
Scenic Valley Farms’ fruits and vegetables are USDA organically certified and produced in fifteen high tunnels (sometimes called hoop houses) located in Southwest Wisconsin and Southeast Minnesota. High tunnels are unique compared to traditional hydroponic greenhouses because the crops are planted directly in the ground “dirt”. This ensures that the fruits and vegetables maintain that distinct field grown flavor, texture, and firmness while the protected growing environment helps improve the appearance. Some of our high tunnels are heated with solar thermal energy and all are monitored and managed by a PC based controller that is remotely accessible. For the last five years we have been developing a vertical growing system to allow us to grow day neutral strawberries from May 1 through December. We are just a few years away from commercialization. But as last year we will again have a limited supply this year. Unlike other vertical grow strawberry systems that use a water based hydroponic growing system ours system grows the strawberries in a “dirt” based substrate providing twice the berry sugar contend (brix) as when grown hydroponically. Our December strawberry brix level is 14. Sugar water is 22.
