2021 Online Greenhouse Crop Production & Engineering Design Short Course

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Registration will close Friday, February 26th at 11:59pm MST

Details:

Get your questions answered and increase your knowledge in Controlled Environment Agriculture and hydroponic growing at the 20th annual Greenhouse Crop Production & Engineering Design Short Course – A three-day online conference via Zoom put on by the University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center with lectures presented by leaders in academia and in the CEA industry.

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What you get:

  • Access to lecture materials
  • Ability to network with industry leaders
  • Tons of knowledge!!!

Schedule:

Our program will be hosted through the zoom platform on Wednesdays- 3/3, 3/10 & 3/17: 10am- 3pm (MST).

[*Note that Arizona does not change for Daylight Savings Time, and thus is GMT -6 during daylight savings; GMT -7 during standard time.]

 

Topics will include the following :

  • Wednesday, March 3rd- Day 1
    • Controlled Environment Greenhouse and Hydroponics- Limitless Opportunity
      • Merle Jensen- Professor Emeritus, School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona
    • Hydroponics, Medium Composition & Delivery Systems
      • Myles Lewis- Owner, Arizona Vegetable Company
    • Managing Plant Nutrition for Quality Crop Production
      • Stacy Tollefson- Asst. Professor, Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona
    • Greenhouse Structures- Glazing and Environmental Control
      • Gene Giacomelli- Professor, Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona
    • Monitoring Your Greenhouse Environment: Simple Tools to Technology Trends
      • Murat Kacira- Professor, Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona / Director of UA-CEAC
  • Wednesday, March 10th- Day 2
    • Pest Identification and Control Strategies
      • Stacy Tollefson- Asst. Professor, Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona
    • Fundamentals on Supplemental and Sole-Source Lighting for CEA
      • Erik Runkle- Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State University
    • Fertigation Systems in CEA – Simple to Complex
      • Neil Mattson- Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
    • The Indoor Farming Revolution – State of the Art Technology, Food Safety, Sustainability and Careers in the Growing Local Food Economy
      • Jenn Frymark- Chief Greenhouse Officer, Gotham Greens
  • Wednesday, March 17th- Day 3
    • Fundamentals of Hemp- Opportunities and Challenges in the Industry
      • Hope Jones- Co-Founder & President, Superior Phenos / CEO, Emergent Cannabis
    • Environmental Control in Greenhouses and Vertical Farms Based on Plant Physiology
      • Leo Marcelis- Professor, Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University
    • The Potential of Indoor Propagation: Environmental Optimization for a Better "Start"
      • Ricardo Hernandez- Asst. Professor, Horticultural Science, NC State University
    • Mushrooms in CEA
      • Barry Pryor- Professor, School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona

For questions, email arizona.ceac@gmail.com or call 520-626-9566.

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