Eliot Coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in Maine who has helped popularize the idea of four-season farming.His ideas about hoop houses sounded good to John Biernbaum in the Horticulture(园艺)Department at Michigan State University.

　　Professor Biernbaum tried hoop houses on the Student Organic Farm at Michigan State and had success.Project director David Conner says it was a“test drive(试车)”for the research on private farms.The agricultural economist points to the demand for locally grown crops.“People are hungry for good，fresh vegetables，”he says.

　　Topic

　　Hoop houses

　　Design Shape Like a high tunnel：

　　Some round；others like a 1.______ greenhouse.

　　Material Metal frame；

　　Plastic or other all-weather material

　　2.______ The warmth of the sun

　　Research

　　project

　　in

　　Michigan The

　　program It is 3.______ by the US Department of Agriculture；

　　Michigan was chosen due to its short 4.______ season；

　　Nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house；

　　It is greatly inspired by the ideas from Eliot Coleman.

　　5.______ High-quality crops can grow in well-managed hoop houses；weeds also grow faster in hoop houses.

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