Controlled Environment Agriculture

Project looks at pathogen risks, sanitation for CEA

Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) continues to grow in popularity worldwide, but little research has been conducted into potential pathogen risks and sanitation practices. Ana Allende, Ph.D., with the CEBAS-CSIC in Spain, is leading a project... more »

IUNU gears up for growth with new sales leader

IUNU, a leading automation provider in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), announced the appointment of Don Cronin as its new vice president of sales, marking a shift towards accelerated growth and market expansion. This move comes... more »

CEA Alliance hosts webinar on energy management

The Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance (CEA Alliance) will host its first webinar of 2024. “You Can’t Buy Power the Way You Buy Paper! Using Energy as a Competitive Advantage” is a free webinar that will... more »

Maximizing the greenhouse

Manufacturing greenhouse automation systems since 1985, Climate Control Systems Inc. has three flagship products helping growers maximize crop yields, improve water conservation and energy efficiency for commercial greenhouse operations across the globe. The company provides... more »

Technically Speaking: Crop acclimation

Plants are sessile organisms, meaning they can’t relocate when growing conditions become unfavorable. Thus, plants have developed mechanisms to perceive and acclimate to the environment so they can tolerate adverse conditions (to a point, of... more »

Striving for optimal greenhouse control

After labor costs, energy is typically the second largest expense in greenhouse crop production. Mechanization and automation can help reduce labor requirements as long as the technology is cost-effective. The economics of such technology investments... more »

Duets: Greenhouse energy curtains

Peter Konjoian had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Julie Dean, vice president and third-generation co-owner of Wadsworth Control Systems in Arvada, Colorado, about energy curtains. Julie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts... more »

CEA Alliance hosts workshop on the future of indoor grown produce

The Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance (CEA Alliance) is hosting a workshop called The Retail Future of Indoor Grown Produce at 11 a.m. on Dec. 6 at the New York Produce Show. From enormous high-tech greenhouses... more »

AgroFresh’s Control-Tec product line attains CAAE certification

AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a company specializing in AgTech innovation in post-harvest produce freshness and quality solutions, announced that certain solutions from its Control-Tec equipment line have received the esteemed CAAE certification. The CAAE certification is one of... more »

CEA Alliance applauds bipartisan amendment

The CEA Alliance applauded the inclusion of a bipartisan amendment led by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to restore funding to the USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production as part of... more »