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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.

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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

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  • 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

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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.

Register now!

For more information, contact Dr. Chieri Kubota, kubota.10@osu.edu

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