March Indoor Ag Science Cafe - March 30th Tuesday 11 AM Eastern US Time

This month's Café Will Introduce A Funding Opportunity

For Small Businesses‘ R&D.

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"USDA SBIR Grants Program Overview"

Dr. Steven Thomson & Melinda Coffman
USDA NIFA

SBIR = Small Business Innovation Research

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• Indoor Ag Science Cafe is an open discussion forum, planned and organized by OptimIA project team supported by USDA SCRI grants.

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August Indoor Science Cafe August 25th, Tuesday 11:00 AM EST

This month's cafe will discuss a most frequently asked question -- "Are indoor grown veggies more nutritious?"

"Nutritional Composition of CEA Leafy Greens: a Case Study on Carotenoids of Kale Grown in Field, Greenhouse, or Indoors"

by
Dr. Neil Mattson (Cornell University)
Dr. Marianne Nyman (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

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• Indoor Ag Science Cafe is an open discussion forum, organized by Chieri Kubota (OSU), Erik Runkle (MSU), and Cary Mitchell (Purdue U.) supported by USDA SCRI grants.

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Cafe Archive & QA Forum

Please visit the Indoor Ag Science Cafe page in OptimIA website and ask your questions.

Submit Your General Questions for 'Indoor Ag Sci Queries'!

Please submit your questions (anonymously if you wish) about 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 in the OptimIA project website.

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