Hort Americas, LLC distributes greenhouse "growing accessories" and supplies to the North American Greenhouse Vegetable Grower community as well as other niche greenhouse crops such as cut-flowers, herbs, tropicals and ornamentals.

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CHiggins Consultancy offers strategic sales, marketing and product development advise to manufactures of horticulture goods for both the commercial and retail markets in North America.

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The collaboration is part of a $3.77 million grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to study controlled environment agriculture (CEA), a process that extends growing seasons, reduces waste, and yields more crops that are higher in quality. This is done by controlling environmental factors such as temperature, light and nutrients.

A Michigan State University-led team has received a $3.4 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to evaluate the profitability and environmental sustainability of fresh-cut and potted culinary herbs produced in controlled environments. The funding is part of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.Researchers will work to demonstrate how controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) can create a more sustainable and economically fruitful future for the industry. The multi-institutional research and outreach collaboration, called CEA HERB, includes investigators from MSU, Iowa State University, North Carolina State University, Texas Tech University, the University of Tennessee, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

OptimIA (Optimizing Indoor Agriculture) is a USDA-supported Specialty Crop Research Initiative project to help this emerging industry be more profitable and sustainable through critical research and extension activities.

The Strategic Advisory Council of Resource Innovation Institute guides RII’s strategic plan to develop data-driven standards to advance agricultural resilience and recognition for leading producers.

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The Foundation for the Development of Controlled Environment Agriculture (FDCEA) is dedicated to providing education and training to those interested in the areas of hydroponics, greenhouse vegetable production, vertical farming and urban agriculture. Learn more by visiting http://www.fdcea.com/.

Learn more about #ICCEA2015 by visiting http://www.icceapanama.org/.