Are you using or thinking about using grow lights to produce your controlled environment crops? If so, would you be interested in how to reduce the amount of electricity needed […]
Heliohex and Cornell University Researching Better LED Lighting for Plants
Heliohex—a New York-based manufacturer of horticultural LED lighting—and GLASE partner Cornell have teamed up to improve the uniformity of light produced by LEDs. The research has the potential to improve […]
Controlled-environment growers power their operations with cogeneration systems
The highest density of cogeneration systems in greenhouses is in the Netherlands. Cogeneration systems in Dutch greenhouses represent almost 25 percent of the electricity produced in the country. “Cogeneration is […]
Northeast greenhouse conference and expo
Dr. Neil Mattson from Cornell University will talk about Production Systems for Leafy Greens and Herbs and Lighting Decisions for Greenhouse Production at the Northeast Greenhouse Conference & Expo, Nov. 7-8, 2018, in Boxborough, Mass. The biennial […]
New real-time remote sensing technology to improve CEA lighting control systems
The production of food crops in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) can help mitigate food insecurity that may result from increasingly frequent and severe weather events in agricultural areas. Lighting is […]
Can you use LEDs in all production phases of controlled environment agriculture?
Shenandoah Growers in Harrisonburg, Va., began operating in 1989 as a small company producing culinary herbs in greenhouses and outdoors in the field. In 2007 the company built its first […]
Why does the horticulture industry need a lighting label?
The lighting facts label found on many residential and commercial lamp and bulb packages was developed by the U.S. Department of Energy. This label provides information on light output, efficiency […]
Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit
Drs. Neil Mattson (Cornell University) and Tessa Pocock (RPI) recently participated in the Indoor AgTech Summit which brought together more than 200 industry leaders and investors to discuss the current […]
The McCree Curve Demystified
Urban and periurban agriculture is rapidly becoming part of local economies. It is supported by increased consumer demand and preference for high-quality, locally produced foods. Socially, it is reacquainting people […]
Clearwater Organic Farms: Using technology to grow leaf greens responsibly
When Peter Ciriello and three other partners started Clearwater Organic Farms in Rochester, N.Y., in 2016 they saw an opportunity to grow leafy greens in an environmentally- and socially-responsible way. […]
GLASE Hosts Horticultural Lighting Meeting
Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium brought together many of the major horticultural lighting companies in the United States on March 20, 2018. The purpose of the web meeting […]
Scientific Advisory Board Member Spotlight: Morgan Pattison
With a PhD in materials science from the University of California-Santa Barbara, Morgan Pattison has long believed that light emitting diodes (LEDs) were going to eventually dominate the illumination market. […]
