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Part 3: Publicly Funded Research is Key in Driving Agriculture and Horticulture Growth
Author: Chris Higgins
Part 2: Public funding for agricultural R&D continues to decrease
This month I had the pleasure of attending the 2017 North Central Extension & Research Activity (NCERA-101) annual meeting. It was an excellent opportunity to meet […]
Urban Ag News continues to evolve
Even as Urban Ag News’ method of delivering information on the controlled environment agriculture industry changes, it will continue to diligently work to provide a […]
Why should you attend the International Congress for Controlled Environment Agriculture 2017? Part 2
As I posted earlier this month, I have been fielding a lot of questions from industry peers asking why Hort Americas continues to support, sponsor […]
Why the International Congress for Controlled Environment Agriculture 2017? Part 1
Recently I have been fielding a lot of questions from industry peers asking why Hort Americas continues to support, sponsor and even have a booth […]
International Congress on Controlled Environment Agriculture – Networking
(I bet you all thought I forgot! Nope, just needed to take a little vacation after a really busy spring.) Day 2 As promised here is […]
Controlled Environment Ag: Powerful tool Amazing opportunities Part 1 of ICCEA 2015
Wow! The International Congress on Controlled Environment Agriculture in Panama was simply amazing. Vendors, speakers, panelist and participants all had only positive comments regarding the content of the presentations […]
Headed to Panama to Learn About Controlled Environment Agriculture
I am writing this post from my flight to Panama for the International Congress on Controlled Environment Agriculture (for those following on social media #ICCEA […]
International Congress on Controlled Environment Agriculture is Almost Here! ICCEA 2015
Spring is simply flying by! Its been one month since we released the Issue 9 of Urban Ag News. This was by far our best […]
Indoor Ag-Con Done, Next Up…Lighting up ICCEA 2015
The 2015 Indoor Ag-Con Las Vegas was (like always) an excellent event. It was a chance to hear from business leaders from outside the industry, […]
Headed to Vegas
Its Sunday evening and I am on a flight headed to Las Vegas, Nevada. Fortunately, I will be skipping the Strip, the mega hotels and […]
Busy Spring for Controlled Environment Ag
The next few of months are shaping up to be an amazing spring if you are interested in learning about opportunities, ideas, innovations, inspirations and […]
Panelist at the International Congress on Controlled Environment Ag
One of the most impressive features of the International Congress on Controlled Environment Agriculture, also know as the ICCEA2015 (http://www.icceapanama.org/), is the ever growing list […]
North American Strawberry Growers Association
It is not often that I get a chance to go to a new event that relates to issues and topics that are likely to […]