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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear CEA Enthusiast,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:#7030A0'>CEAC News/Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>As one of the largest of its kind, the <a href="http://www.ofashortcourse.org/" target="_blank">OFA Short Course</a> 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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Workshop: Food Crop Production in Urban Greenhouse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u>Date/time</u>: Monday July 15th; 1PM – 4:30PM (Room E 172, Columbus Convention Center, Ohio)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>1:00 – 1:40PM “Commercial Scale, urban greenhouse production in NYC” by Viraj Puri</b>, <a href="http://gothamgreens.com/">Gotham Greens</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0070C0'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>1:40 – 2:20 PM “Local foods, local jobs, local wealth: Building a 3-acre hydroponic greenhouse in urban Cleveland” by Mary Donnell</b>, <a href="http://evergreencooperatives.com/business/green-city-growers/">Green City Growers Cooperative</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0070C0'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>2:20 – 3:00 PM “The use of LEDs and other technology in horticulture and controlled environment agriculture.” by Johann Buck</b>, <a href="http://hortamericas.com/">Hort Americas</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#0070C0'>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.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>3:00 – 3:40PM</b> <b>“Maximizing flavor and taste – the most exciting quality for urban food” by Chieri Kubota, </b><a href="http://www.ag.arizona.edu/ceac">University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0070C0'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>3:40 – 4:10PM Discussion (<i>max. extended to 4:30pm</i>)</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>