Steve Upson Ag Consultant NF1 Team sdupson@noble.org

• Master of Science in horticulture, 1980, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
• Bachelor of Science in horticulture, 1978, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.

Upson has been with the Noble Foundation since 1988 and works with both NF-1 and NF-2 cooperators. He oversees Noble Foundation research and demonstration of raised bed gardening techniques and has promoted and implemented community gardening projects. In commercial horticulture, he specializes in modified environmental (hoop house) vegetable and small fruit production.

Before coming to the Foundation, he managed a commercial vegetable farm and was an Extension horticulture agent for Oklahoma State University.

Upson authored the video and publication Permanent Raised Bed Gardening as well as the publication Hit and Miss: The Cumulative Experiences of an Ex-Vegetable Grower.

Online publications include:
Necessity Leads to Hoop House Invention
Give Your Lawn a SIP
Compost: There's More to It than Meets the Eye
Hoop House Survey Provides Glimpse of Fledgling Industry
Revised Raised Bed Gardening Manual Now Online
Permanent Raised Bed Gardening
Oklahoma AgWeather: Online Ag Tools
New Program Links Oklahoma Farms and Schools
Use These Moisture Management Tips for Landscapes, Gardens
Agri-tourism: Alternative Income Opportunities for Farm and Ranch Families
A Pint-Sized Hoop House for the Limited Resource Gardener
Hoop House Strawberry Trial: Year Three
Use These Tips to Manage Hoop House Soil Salinity
Communication Can Help Reduce the Incidence of Herbicide Drift Damage to Alternative Crops
The Pros and Cons of Backyard Pecan Production
Feel the Burn: 2004 Hoop House Hot Pepper Trial
Hoop House Strawberry Trial: Same Song, Second Verse
Time Nitrogen Applications for Best Results
A Raised Bed Designed With Your Back In Mind
The Future of Fresh Market Fruit, Vegetable Production in Oklahoma
Hoop House Strawberries: Taking Berry Production to the Next Level
Coming Soon: Removable Top Hoop Houses
Consider Transplant Size when Looking for Extra-Early Hoop House Tomato Yields
Youth Garden Projects 'Growing' in Popularity
Study Reveals "Berry, Berry" Good News
Hoop House Heat: A Double Edged Sword
In Search of the Elusive Hoop House Tomato
Swap Your Thighmaster
Small Farms: Perceptions vs. Realities
Trellised Cucumbers - Another Promising Crop for Hoop House Production
To Water, or Not to Water?
Economic Feasibility of Hoop House Tomato Production
Hooping It Up: Observations from Three Years of Hoop House High Value Crop Trials
How-to Hoop House Construction Tips
Hoop House Cut Flower Trial, 1998
Hoop House Production: Color It Pepper
Strawberry Fields Forever
Urban Sprawl: Opportunity or Threat?
1998 Hoop House Cut Flower Trial
Summer of 1980 Revisited
Hooping It Up: Observations from Two Years of Hoop House Vegetable Trials
Hit and Miss: The Cumulative Experiences of an Ex-Vegetable Grower
Hoop House Pepper Study
Seeing Is Believing
Early Results from Hoop House Tomato Study
Hooping It Up: Observations from Two Years of Hoophouse Vegetable Trials

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