The Canadian Greenhouse Conference has prepared a speaker program that addresses the challenges faced by today’s flower, vegetable and nursery growers. Two full days of sessions is aimed at equipping growers with information necessary to thrive in today’s marketplace. Complete details are on the website www.canadiangreenhouseconference.com Here are some highlights:
Vertical farming
What are vertical farms and what is all the hype about? There has been a rapid increase in the number of vertical farming operations and technology companies around the world. Henry Gordon Smith explores technical examples of vertical farms and business models. Will vertical farming be the answer to a space-challenged society?
Picture of a vertical farm opened this year in Belgium.
IPM
OMAFRA specialist, Cara McCreary will talk about the increased use of non-traditional pest management techniques such as beneficial microbials and bio-inoculants to improve plant health.
Lighting
Silke Hemming, Wageningen University & Research Centre, provides insight into future technologies discussing research that has shown improved production under diffuse light conditions and innovative materials now under development. Dr. Xiuming Hao reports his latest findings from his research on various lighting strategies and climate control to increase yield and quality and improve the response of greenhouse vegetables to long photoperiod of lighting in year-round production. Details of a study conducted at seven commercial greenhouses looking at various HPD/LED lighting configurations on different greenhouse vegetable crops will be presented by Todd Graham, OGVG.
Grow your business and your network; time invested at the conference pays dividends throughout the year. Register in advance to take advantage of discount pricing.
Complete conference information is available at www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com
Announcements
Job Offers
- Operational Grower - Strawberries
- Retail Key Account Manager
- Sales Representative Southeastern US
- Bedding and Perennials Sales Manager Europe
- Horticultural Technician
- Agronomist
- Head Grower Strawberries, Norway
- Tissue Culture Laboratory Scientist
- Manager Operations & Logistics
- Vegetable Advisor (Permanent)
"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 - yesterday
- "The point isn't to eliminate human labor, but to make the work easier for my employees”
- LED trial in cucumbers that even non-cucumber growers should 'see for themselves'
- Challenges and opportunities in Mexico: an overview
- "Growing white strawberries organically leads to higher market returns"
- "Ontario grows almost three-quarters of Canada's greenhouse vegetables"
Top 5 - last week
- 10% increase of tomato production in the new Looije greenhouses
- How growers boost crop yields with greenhouse film EVO AC®
- Stronger plants & higher production with autonomous growing in Mexico
- AU: Provenance Propagation construction close to completion
- Thanks to air-conditioned greenhouses, Emirati producers can grow tomatoes during 45 °C summer
Top 5 - last month
- 10% increase of tomato production in the new Looije greenhouses
- A greenhouse full of cherry blossoms in Hungary
- Combining aquaponics and hydroponics in a 2 hectare Bahrain facility
- UAE: New desert greenhouse near Abu Dhabi opens
- "Same productivity, but without the energy costs from artificial lighting"
October 5 & 6, 2016, Niagara Falls, Canada
Vertical farming at the Canadian Greenhouse Conference
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