Special Announcement - Food Production in Urban Greenhouse Program at OFA

[CEAC at ag.arizona.edu]

Dear CEA Enthusiast,

 

CEAC News/Events

As one of the largest of its kind, the OFA Short Course
<http://www.ofashortcourse.org/>  will be held July 13-16, 2013 at the
Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. OFA's focus was
recently expanded to various horticultural applications including food crop
production.  Here is one of the special workshops scheduled during this
year's OFA, relevant to CEA food crop production and features the CEAC's
Chieri Kubota. Although most of you cannot be in Columbus to hear these
talks, it may be informative to know what is going on in the world of CEA
and the OFA Short Course may be something to consider attending in 2014. 

Workshop: Food Crop Production in Urban Greenhouse

Date/time: Monday July 15th; 1PM - 4:30PM (Room E 172, Columbus Convention
Center, Ohio)

1:00 - 1:40PM    "Commercial Scale, urban greenhouse production in NYC" by
Viraj Puri, Gotham Greens <http://gothamgreens.com/> . 

Viraj Puri is Co-Founder and CEO of Gotham Greens, a New York City based
agribusiness that builds and operates commercial scale greenhouse facilities
in urban areas for fresh vegetable production. Since commencing operations
from its flagship rooftop greenhouse facility in Brooklyn, NY in 2010,
Gotham Greens has quickly become one of New York State's leading producers
of premium-quality, greenhouse-grown produce. 

1:40 - 2:20 PM "Local foods, local jobs, local wealth: Building a 3-acre
hydroponic greenhouse in urban Cleveland" by Mary Donnell, Green City
Growers Cooperative
<http://evergreencooperatives.com/business/green-city-growers/> . 

Mary is the CEO of Green City Growers Cooperative. She leads a new 3-acre
hydroponic greenhouse in urban Cleveland, Ohio. Through greenhouse vegetable
production, this project generates local jobs to support and develop the
local economy and human resources. Mary will talk about the challenges and
opportunities of using urban food production as a way to revitalize the
community while creating a more sustainable local food source. 

2:20 - 3:00 PM "The use of LEDs and other technology in horticulture and
controlled environment agriculture." by Johann Buck, Hort Americas
<http://hortamericas.com/> 

Johann is the Technical Services Manager of Hort Americas, LLC. He provides
technical support and assistance on projects involving the production of
horticultural crops and the products used to grow those crops in
greenhouses, city farms, and vertical farms.  He will discuss some of the
technology, particularly LED lighting, being used in vertical farming and
urban agriculture.

3:00 - 3:40PM "Maximizing flavor and taste - the most exciting quality for
urban food" by Chieri Kubota, University of Arizona Controlled Environment
Agriculture Center <http://www.ag.arizona.edu/ceac> . 

Chieri is a professor specialized in greenhouse plant physiology and
technology.  She will give a short presentation on some of the key
techniques of greenhouse crop production and environmental control to
improve the flavor and nutritional value. 

3:40 - 4:10PM Discussion  (max. extended to 4:30pm)

 

 

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