Management

Management: Who Wants to Be President?

Do you have a specific career vision of being the president of a company someday? Are you working on adding professional skill sets that will enable you to take on a C-Level role? Do you... more »

Think Business: Making the MOST of Meetings

Meetings are how you effectively communicate with each other. Meetings are how you develop synergistic and innovative ideas. Meetings are where you motivate and get aligned on the top priorities. Not many big growers have... more »

Persevering Through the Pandemic

Ask any college student studying horticulture if they participated in an internship in 2020 and you’re most likely not going to get too many, if any, positive responses. Joy Johnson is one of the lucky... more »

Chat Room — January 2021

This month, we asked readers about the upcoming year, e-commerce and biological controls. Here’s what they had to say. more »

Virtual Reality Gains A New Meaning

If we rewind to a year ago, virtual reality was defined by computer-generated simulation. Today, it’s unfortunately defined by coronavirus. Granted the e-commerce channel has rapidly been growing over the past five years, and no... more »

NASS Releases Latest Census of Horticultural Specialties

On Dec. 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties report — a compilation of detailed production and sales data for floriculture, nursery, and specialty crops... more »

Celebrate the Sunflower

Sunflowers are a forever favorite among many flower lovers — from children to new gardeners to experienced gardening vets. For many, they symbolize unwavering faith. For others, they signify joy, warmth and vitality. As a... more »

From Family Farm to Controlled Environment Agriculture: Integrating Plant Science and Technology

Today’s guest, Neil Mattson, earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota in 2000 and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California—Davis in 2002 and 2007, respectively. Upon graduation he joined... more »