Tag: Controlled Environment Agriculture

Current by GE Launches 2019 Product Suite to Enhance Productivity for Channel Partners and Customers

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Patented technology delivers the industry’s fastest linear suspended retrofit product. Product engineering and design goes beyond energy to deliver multi-level efficiencies. Digital solutions save time and money in cities, supermarkets and conference rooms. PRESS RELEASE – PHILADELPHIA – May 20, 2019 – Current, powered by GE unveiled a series of new products and digital solutions at LIGHTFAIR International that […]

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Environmental Uniformity and Climate Control in Plant Factory with Artificial Lighting

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Environmental Uniformity and Climate Control in Plant Factory with Artificial Lighting” by Dr. Murat Kacira (University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center). Indoor Ag Science Café in April was full of data on climate uniformity, crop productivity as well as energy use in indoor farming, presented by Dr. Murat Kacira.  Murat is a professor and the […]

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Green Sense Radio: Renewable natural gas/Indoor farming update

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Zero-carbon renewable energy gas sounds like the fuel of the future. But, Clean Energy Fuels recently announced that it’ll be available in about six years. We’re joined by Ashley White, Director & Head of Corporate Sustainability for Clean Energy Fuels Hydroponic vegetable production, vertical farming, urban agriculture continues to be an area of focus as […]

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Working with numbers to assess your productivity – g/kWh & g/mol PAR

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In this month’ Indoor Ag Science Café, Chieri Kubota at the Ohio State University, reviewed two metrics that scientists and indoor growers can use to assess the crop productivity grown under electric lighting. ‘Working with numbers to assess your productivity – gram yield per kWh & gram yield per mole PAR’ was a number-intensive talk […]

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Indoor Ag Sci Cafe discusses lighting strategies for energy savings

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The second ‘Indoor Ag Science Café’ of this month had Dr. Cary Mitchell, as a speaker. Funded by NASA and USDA SCRI, Cary has a long research history focusing on energy savings while maximizing crop productivities through his in-depth understanding of plant physiology under controlled environment.  In his presentation ‘Lighting Strategies for Energy Savings’ introduced […]

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Indoor Ag Sci Cafe discusses how industry and academia can work together

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This month’s ‘Indoor Ag Science Café’ featured Robert Colangelo, Founder of Green Sense Farms, as a speaker. In his presentation ‘Growing the Vertical Farming Industry – How Industry and Academia can Work Together’, Colangelo discussed the current status of indoor farming industries, gaps and cultural differences between businesses and academia, as well as possible strategies […]

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New vertical farm forum created by controlled environment ag scientists

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Join three CEA scientists (Chieri Kubota, Erik Runkle and Cary Mitchell) who are organizing an online monthly forum series, called ‘Indoor Ag Science Café’. This online forum has been designed to discuss the science and technologies that can contribute to indoor controlled environment agriculture (AKA vertical farms). According to Chieri, “we wish to make the […]

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2018 Virginia Smart Farming Conference POSTPONED

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Because of unexpected scheduling and weather concerns, the Virginia Smart Farming Conference on Using Controlled Environment Agriculture has been postponed until March 5, 2019. Our team is extremely sorry for this inconvenience but is continuing its work and is excited for what will be delivered when we gather in the Richmond area on March 5, 2019. […]

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BioBee USA and Hort Americas partner to bring growers biologically-based IPM

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BioBee Biological Systems, headquartered in Sde Eliyaho, Israel, is at the forefront of implementing biologically-based integrated pest management (IPM) solutions in controlled environment agriculture and open-field production systems. BioBee USA, a subsidiary of BioBee, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., has partnered with horticultural supplier Hort Americas in Bedford, Texas, to work together to educate and provide […]

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Hydroponic Intensive Workshops at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center

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The Controlled Environment Agriculture Center of the University of Arizona presents Hydronic Intensive Workshop event on October 12-15, 2018. Why Intensitve Workshops? Education Immediately meets application CEAC’S unique facilities support a quality learning experience, where knowledge from classroom lectures is immediately applied in the greenhouse. Substancial time for immersion The length and thoroughness of CEAC Intensive […]

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Virginia Smart Farming 2018 Conference

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2018 Virginia Smart Farming Conference Using Controlled Environment Agriculture Thursday, September 13, 2018 Location: The Institute for Advanced Learning and research 150 Slayton Avenue; Danville, Virginia 24540 www.ialr.org From farms to greenhouses to warehouses, controlled environment agriculture is growing in the field of agriculture. Join academic and industry experts for this one-day event focused on […]

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You don’t have to live near a large urban area to commercially grow hydroponic leafy greens

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mGardens is growing hydroponic leafy greens in rural Kansas and marketing them to local grocery stores, restaurants and a farmers market. While much of the country’s indoor hydroponic food production is being done by growers located near large urban areas, mGardens in Gorham, Kan., is bucking the trend. Tom Murphy, who is the company’s operator, […]

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New partnership to drive innovation in perennial fruits

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AgTech solutions company Autogrow and Plant & Food Research today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) confirming their intention to collaborate in the development of protocols to maximize yield and enable continuous production of perennial fruits. The agreement was signed by Autogrow CEO Darryn Keiller and Dr Kieran Elborough, General Manager Science – New Cultivar Innovation […]

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What are the production and training issues facing controlled environment agriculture growers?

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Ohio State University professor Chieri Kubota is focused on helping to resolve the production and training challenges facing controlled environment growers. Trying to produce vegetables in hot, humid conditions can be difficult for controlled environment growers whether growing in a greenhouse or a warehouse. “The challenges of greenhouse growing in Ohio and the Midwest are […]

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