National Contacts

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Below is a list of Extension Specialists and Researchers involved in high tunnel production nationwide. The goal of this page is to provide contact information for regional experts in high tunnels to growers and others interested in high tunnel production. If you are interested in being added to this list, contact crivard@ksu.edu.

Steve Bogash, Regional Horticulture Educator
Penn State Extension
http://extension.psu.edu/directory/smb13

Tim Coolong, Associate Extension Professor, Vegetable Crops
University of Kentucky
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Horticulture/personnel.html

Sanjun Gu, Extension Horticulture Specialist,
North Carolina A&T University

Laurie Hodges, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://agronomy.unl.edu/hodges

Lewis Jett, Extension Specialist – Commercial Horticulture Expert
West Virginia University
http://ext.wvu.edu/people/jett_lewis

Matt Kleinhenz, Associate Professor, Extension Vegetable Specialist
The Ohio State University
http://hcs.osu.edu/vpslab/content/matt-kleinhenz-0

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Frank Louws, Professor and Extension Specialist
North Carolina State University
http://plantpath.cals.ncsu.edu/faculty/frank-louws

Carol Miles, Vegetable Extension Specialist
Washington State University
http://horticulture.wsu.edu/people/miles/

Adam Montri, Hoophouse Outreach Specialist
Michigan State University
http://www.hrt.msu.edu/adam-montri/

Steve Moore, Lecturer – Environmental Studies
Elon University
http://www.elon.edu/directories/profile/?user=smoore24

Ajay Nair, Department of Horticulture Faculty
Iowa State University
http://www.hort.iastate.edu/directory/profile/98

Terrance Nennich, Extension Professor
University of Minnesota
http://localfoods.umn.edu/terrynennich

James Quinn, Horticulture Specialist, Cole County, East Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
http://extension.missouri.edu/directory/people.aspx?C=3478

Judson Reid, Extension Vegetable Specialist
Cornell Cooperative Extension
http://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/specialist.php?id=8

Cary Rivard, Extension Specialist
Kansas State University
http://www.hfrr.k-state.edu/p.aspx?tabid=637

Elsa Sanchez, Associate Professor of Horticultural Systems Management
Penn State
http://plantscience.psu.edu/directory/ess11

Annette Wszelaki, Vegetable Extension Specialist
The University of Tennessee – Knoxville
http://plantsciences.utk.edu/wszelaki.htm

Xin Zhao, Assistant Professor
University of Florida
http://hos.ufl.edu/faculty/xzhao