This presentation was given by Dr. Paul Fisher at the University of Florida during our 16th cafe forum on February 20th, 2020. Indoor Ag Science Cafe is organized by the project team funded by the USDA SCRI grants program.

Questions?

Please visit the Indoor Ag Science Cafe QA forum at Public Good Ag website and ask your questions. OptimIA team is collaborating with Penny McBride to develop an information-sharing site with the lively discussion platform to better understand indoor farming.

Submit Your General Questions

for 'Indoor Ag Sci Queries'!

Please submit your questions (anonymously if you wish) about the sciences and technologies of indoor farming to this submission site.  Any questions are welcome! The site is always open for your questions. Selected questions will be discussed in our future Indoor Ag Science Queries series.

Indoor Ag Science Cafe is organized by the OptimIA project team funded by USDA SCRI grants program.

Previous café recordings are available on the OptimIA project website.

Please contact for more info: kubota.10@osu.edu

Upcoming Cafes:

• March 10th, 1:30 PM EST 'Controlled Environment Production for Safer Leafy Greens' by Paul Lightfoot (BrightFarms)

• April 14th, 12 PM EST 'Photons = Flavor, the case study of basil' by Dr. Roberto Lopez & Kellie Walters [Michigan State University]

• May 26th, 11 AM EST 'How to fund your indoor farm' by Nicola Kerslake [Contain Inc.]

Interested in giving a talk to share your thoughts and experiences? Please contact us!

Related Events:

• March 15-18, 2020 - NCERA-101 Committee on Controlled Environment Technology and Use Annual & International Meeting (Tucson, AZ) [More Information]

• June 8-12, 2020 - ISHS International Symposium on Light in Horticulture (Malmö, Sweden) [More Information]

• July 10, 2020 - Plant Empowerment Workshop - Advanced learning to optimize crop production (Columbus, OH) [More Information]

• July 11-14, 2020 - Cultivate '20 (Columbus, OH) [More Information]

• July 29, 2020 - OptimIA Annual Stakeholder Meeting (East Lansing, MI) (more information TBA)