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Winter 2024 Issue

Flexible & Crop-Focused

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A Whirlwind at Global Produce & Floral Show

by Jennifer Polanz

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Flexible & Crop-Focused

Flexible & Crop-Focused

Indoor fruit, vegetable and leafy greens production is unique, but there are some similarities to indoor floriculture production and lessons that can be learned (on both sides).

FEATURES

Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners

Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners

Pierre-Marc de Champlain

Growing mix selection for long-term savings

Highlogeny

Clade 9’s revolutionary approach to growing and thinking about cannabis.

Maximizing Plant Potential: Substrate Innovation Explained

Maximizing Plant Potential: Substrate Innovation Explained

Jose Chen Lopez

Today we have new technologies to study the interaction between plants and their microbiome, especially in the root system.

Rebates Sweeten the Deal

Rebates Sweeten the Deal

Kerstin Poehlmann

A look at rebates and incentives available for growers who make the switch to LED lighting.

Re-check Your Checklist

Re-check Your Checklist

A safety consultant’s guide to managing greenhouse risks.

The Race to Autonomy

The Race to Autonomy

Cheaper hardware and smarter software, along with the promised benefits (whether real or imagined) of artificial intelligence are accelerating the race to bring autonomous technology to greenhouses and vertical farms. In fact, it’s happening so fast, we can barely keep up. Here is a brief roundup of a few projects. We have no doubt there are dozens more on the drawing board.

What’s Underneath the Surface?

What’s Underneath the Surface?

Jennifer Polanz

Researchers are taking a much closer look than they ever have before at the microbial level related to soilless media and the results are fascinating.

PEST MANAGEMENT

An Essential Part of Your Future

Dr. Michael Brownbridge

Biofungicides are increasingly seen as essential components of Integrated Plant Health Management (IPHM) programs. How can they help you? More specifically, how can they help you produce healthier plants and a healthier bottom line? Let’s start with some background information to set the stage for the discussion that follows.

COLUMNS

From Your Editor

Following the Story

Jennifer Polanz

Sometimes story topics lead to a more nuanced look than we first considered.

Covering Environments

Media: Out of Sight, But Not to Be Ignored

Gene Giacomelli

Understanding and utilizing substrates for growing plants is a science all to itself.

INSIDER

$300K Grant Awarded for Food Safety in Lettuce

APHIS Decision on Rugose

CEA Alliance and Indoor Ag-Con Partner for 2025 Meeting

CEA Alliance Releases Framework

Certhon’s Lettuce Yield Software

Mastronardi’s Berry Acquisition

Texas A&M Approves $7.4 Million CEA Facility

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