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

OptimIA Free Indoor Ag Webinar - July 29, 2020 - 1 PM EST

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By urbanagnews

July 6, 2020

OptimIA offers free indoor ag webinar on July 29, 2020

The OptimIA (Optimizing Indoor Agriculture) project team invites indoor farmers, allied trades, and professionals to their first annual meeting to share recent research results with leafy greens and discuss future activities. OptimIA is a USDA-supported Specialty Crop Research Initiative project to advance the emerging indoor farming industry to become more profitable and sustainable through critical research and extension activities. 

TENTATIVE AGENDA / TOPICS

• Promotion of lettuce growth under an increasing daily light integral depends on the light intensity and photoperiod

• Influence of light intensity and CO2 concentration on dill, parsley, and sage growth and development at harvest

• Major energy savings during production of baby greens

• Managing nutrient disorders of hydroponic leafy greens

• Improving air distribution and humidity management in vertical farming systems

• Critical elements of CEA economics

View the agenda and register at http://scri-optimia.org/stakeholder2020.php. The webinar is free, but space is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

OptimIA Director and PIs

• Erik Runkle, Michigan State University (Project Director)

• Murat Kacira, University of Arizona

• Chieri Kubota, The Ohio State University

• Roberto Lopez, Michigan State University

• Cary Mitchell, Purdue University

• Simone Valle de Souza, Michigan State University

OptimIA Collaborators

• Jennifer Boldt, USDA ARS

• David Hamby, OSRAM

• H. Christopher Peterson, Michigan State University

• Nadia Sabeh, Dr. Greenhouse Inc.

TAGS Indoor Ag Sci Cafe Indoor Ag Technology Leafy Greens science webinar

VIDEO: May 2020 - Indoor Science Cafe Recording is Now Available - How to Fund Your Indoor Farm

This presentation 'How to Fund Your Indoor Farm' was given by Nicola Kerslake (Contain Inc.) during our 19th cafe forum on May 26th, 2020. Indoor Ag Science Cafe is organized by the OptimIA project team funded by USDA SCRI grant program.