- Learn the skills needed to operate a 5 acre greenhouses growing an assortment of herbs, peppers, and tomato’s.- Create planting lists, transfer sheets, and delivery instructions.- Monitor inventory of physical items and finished goods.- Seek out and mitigate pests and other biological pathogens.- Knowledge of crop nutrient and environmental requirements in order to grow most efficiently

- Cared for graduate student research growing cucumbers in a Greenhouse Dutch Bucket System by clipping, pruning, harvesting,gathering leachate data and creating nutrient mixes for the 244 cucumber plants.- Contributed to graduate research to determine the most efficient hydroponic system to grow lettuce by aiding in the installation of NFT, Deep Water Culture, and substrate based hydroponic system then gathering brix measurements- In partnership with Freight Farms, Auburn University acquired 2 retrofitted, vertical tower hydroponic shipping containers.- Aided in the initial startup and installation of the 2 systems.- Managed and regulated control of LED lights, replaced CO2 canisters, calculated and mixed nutrients.

- Within a warehouse, I planted, cared for, and harvested lettuce in an indoor vertical stack hydroponic system using drip irrigation.- Measured the electroconductivity and pH of the nutrient solution daily.- Wired in fans and other electrical applications to stabilize climate conditions.