Remember at the peak of COVID when there was a meat shortage across the Unites States? Long story short, that issue stemmed back to our heavy reliance on a few major meat packaging factories. If we had more ways of obtaining out meat, that probably wouldn't have happened.

This was the example Greg Shweser gave when talking about the goal of deep winter greenhouses.

Imagine if places like Alaska, Canada and the Midwest could grow food through the snow all winter long. If cold places could provide food for themselves year-round, they could avoid a potential food shortage if tragedy disrupts the food system elsewhere. It's called localizing the food system baby.

In this episode, Cassidy talks to Greg Schweser from the University of Minnesota about the new ways in which he's making winter farming possible. But it comes at a price... tag... of like $40,000. Stay tuned for this extra creative episode of the podcast.

Special Guest:
Greg Schweser
University of Minnesota Extension
More information about deep winter greenhouses:
Deep Winter Greenhouses | UMN Extension

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