The Doctor Is In

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s episode features Ian Baker of Joyn Bio. Ian is the head o...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s episode is the second part of our conversation with Joe S...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s guest is Joe Swartz, Vice President for AmHydro and co-ho...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s episode features the conclusion of our conversation with Tad Hussey! Thank you for growing with us.

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week's interview is with Emily Churchill, Director of Growing and Food Safety at Vertical Harvest Farms. Vertical Harves...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. Kathleen DeBrota is the Director of Horticulture Operations at AeroFarms, a leading indoor vertical farming company transform...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s episode is extra special, because we interviewed a few attendees of our Spring workshop at the Clunie Center in S...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. Starting in 2018, our CEO Wayne Bishop worked with a talented local grower, the City of Woodlake, and mutual contacts to find...

-15 degrees Celsius is 5 degrees Fahrenheit, and 47 Celsius is 116, almost 117 degrees Fahrenheit.

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week we’re speaking to Dr. Mark Lefsrud of McGill University. Timestamp Notes: 2:00 The Salad Machine and NASA 8:00 The...

A short and sweet interview with Merle Jensen, a forefather of the CEA industry and project leader in the design and development of the agricultural systems for ‘The Land’ EPCOT, Walt Disney World. ‘The Land’ was a $52 million project which has had over 200 million visitors since opening in 1982. Merle Jensen helped make the University of Arizona's CEAC a reality, and is Professor Emeritus of Plan...

Recently Dr. Greenhouse attended the University of Arizona’s CEAC Short Course, and got the chance to catch up with a few of the students and speakers about their work in Controlled Environment Agriculture. This week we’re sharing her conversation with Calder Bethke, a Biosystems Engineering Masters student. Unfortunately we did lose a part of Calder’s interview to the wind, but it’s all the reaso...

Recently Dr. Greenhouse attended the University of Arizona’s CEAC Short Course, and got the chance to catch up with a few of the students and speakers about their work in Controlled Environment Agriculture. This week we’re sharing her conversation with KC Shasteen and Chris Kaufmann in the University’s research vertical farm. KC Shasteen is a Biosystems Engineering Masters student, and Chris Kaufm...

Recently Dr. Greenhouse attended the University of Arizona’s CEAC Short Course, and got the chance to catch up with a few of the students and speakers about their work in Controlled Environment Agriculture. This week we’re sharing her conversation with Max Smith and Michael Blum in the University’s teaching greenhouse. Michael is a second year Biosystems Engineering Graduate student, studying plan...

Last week Dr. Greenhouse attended Univesity of Arizona’s CEAC Short Course, and after accepting this year’s Mission Award, she got the chance to catch up with a few of the students and speakers about their work in CEA. This week we’re sharing her interview with Megan Kane, PhD student working in the Lunar Mars Greenhouse. Thank you for listening.

For today’s episode, the doctor will be in the expo hall. Last week we attended Indoor Ag Con in Las Vegas, with more than 800 people in attendance. We got the chance to catch up with a few of them on the expo floor, and asked them about their insights and hopes for the indoor agriculture industry. Keep an ear out for Nadia’s own thoughts on the event before we flew home. Our interviewees, in orde...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week we’re speaking to Nick Denney of Holistic Industries. Nick...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week we're speaking to Mallory Quinn, Director of Cultivation fo...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. Born and raised in Salinas in a family of entrepreneurs and having a...

Join me as I talk to Michelle Hackett, President of Riverview Farms, a family-owned and vertically-integrated cannabis business in Monterey County. In Part 1, we talk about her experience of starting and operating a cannabis greenhouse operation in Salinas, California, the Salad Bowl of the nation, and how best practices learned from commodity field agriculture can be applied to cannabis. 02:00 Fa...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. Travis Higginbotham Jr. joined Harborside Inc. in 2021 as Vice Presid...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s episode features Jeremy Shechter. Jeremy is a Senior Part...

This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in other engineers, growers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave. This week’s guest is Tyler Baras, the chief science officer and co-fo...

The farmer wears many hats. As a farmer we need to be just as concerned about the 50% of the plant below the ground as we do the 50% above ground.    This podcast is full of pro tips and horticultural insights from a grower who knows his stuff! Learn why he has a love/hate relationship with root aphids and how in-house experiments and research can increase efficiency and production. Join...