40 Under 40
AFE to Offer Webinar for Young Hort Professionals
On May 30, the American Floral Endowment will be presenting a webinar on "Challenges & Opportunities for Young Professionals." The webinar will take place at 2 p.m. EDT. The 45-minute webinar will be presented by Brian... more »
Plant Health — The Journey and the Reward
For the past 10 years, I have owned an Iowa heirloom tomato farm called Butcher Crick Farms (and sometimes referred to as "my bad habit"). Today, my full-time career is the biologicals team lead at... more »
The Empowerment of Recognition
On Jan. 22, the Syngenta Flowers team had reserved the evening for the yearly Val-You Awards dinner. During the night, colleagues get recognized for their efforts and valued for their hard work. This recognition comes... more »
Improving Efficiencies with Direct Sticking
Since starting at ColorPoint in 2008, I have had a strong focus on two areas, keeping in mind the goal of improving growing efficiencies on a continual basis. First is implementing full- [caption id="attachment_71813" align="alignright"... more »
Plus Seven
Have you been meaning to to nominate an individual for GPN’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2019, but just haven't gotten around to it yet? The original deadline for nominations was today — but we... more »
A New Color, a New Column and a Deadline
If you haven’t already heard, last month the color experts at Pantone announced that Living Coral is their choice for Color of the Year for 2019 (see page 9). Pantone describes its selection as “an... more »
Soilless Culture: On the Forefront of Science and Innovation
It is common in academia for professors to have “split appointments,” which define (roughly) what our career focus and programmatic areas are at our respective universities. At North Carolina State University (NCSU), I have a... more »
40 Under 40 Nomination Deadline is Almost Here
In case you didn't already know it, the deadline to nominate someone for GPN’s 40 Under 40 is one week from today! We have been accepting nominations since last November, but next Monday (Jan. 21)... more »