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OptimIA Free Indoor Ag Webinar - July 29, 2020 - 1 PM EST
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
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.
ONLINE WORKSHOP - The Ohio State University Empowerment Plant Workshop, July 9-10, 2020
The goal of this Workshop is for growers to empower crop production through a balanced growing method, through an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments
— Live Education —
The Ohio State University, in partnership with Gotham Greens and Hort Americas, will be organizing the Plant Empowerment Workshop Online on July 9-10, 2020 (10 am – 2:30 pm EDT).
Advanced learning and discussion for growers towards “an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, leading to a balanced growing method for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments
Instructor: Dr. Peter van Weel
Author of ‘Plant Empowerment’
Expert in greenhouse climate control
Former PI at Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
Host: Dr. Chieri Kubota
The Ohio State University
Ohio CEA Center
The goal of this Workshop is for growers to empower crop production through a balanced growing method, through an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments
Textbook (optional): ‘Plant Empowerment’ available at www.plantempowerment.com
Plant Empowerment Workshop Online
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (EDT), July 9-10, 2020
Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Part 1: Introduction to Plant Empowerment, The Theories
Basic knowledge about physics and physiology that play an important role in a greenhouse and for plantsPlant empowerment, from experience-based control to sensor-based control
Friday, July 10, 2020 | 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Part 2: The Practical Applications of Plant Empowerment
Introduction to the sensors, the software tools and the value of data analysis
Registration is open through July 1.
Workshop fee is $20 per person.