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2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

2021 HIGHLIGHTS

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

Your Canadian Resource for the Business of Growing

The Canadian Greenhouse Conference will take place online this fall and every care has been taken to provide growers with a conference experience as close to “in-person” as possible. Live and on-demand access will ensure everyone has the opportunity to benefit from the all-star education program, industry displays and directories.

Access show components on the website: www.canadiangreenhouseconference.com

REGISTRATION FEES

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

REGISTRATION FEES

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and ondemand content for 90 days following the show.

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

VIRTUAL

SPEAKER PROGRAM

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

Engage with an international roster of knowledgeable speakers via live webinars. Sessions will be recorded and available on-demand until early January. The virtual platform will open prior to show dates allowing time to browse the program, create an agenda and access the complementary resources. Registration is required.

Engage with an international roster of knowledgeable speakers via live webinars. Sessions will be recorded and available ondemand until early January. The virtual platform will open prior to show dates allowing time to browse the program, create an agenda and access the complementary resources. Registration is required.

POSTER SESSION

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available on the CGC website.

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Sponsored by:

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Sponsored by:

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

Sponsored by:

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Sponsored by:

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

Scroll through a directory of companies ready to make a difference in your business! Find new names with cutting-edge products and services.

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

Scroll through a directory of companies ready to make a difference in your business! Find new names with cutting edge products and services.

Check out the New Product Display found on the virtual platform to view product and service highlights from our industry partners.

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

SHOW GUIDE DIRECTORY

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Getting to the Root of the Problem A Risk Assessment Approach to Safety

“When a health and safety incident occurs, it’s common for us to correct the hazard at fault,” explains Tom Baker, a Bayview Flowers employee.

Tom’s confession is not unusual; however, an approach which can lead to the real problem going unnoticed and unchanged. And Tom knows it. “What we should be doing is going further. Looking into all the factors involved.”

This deep-dive approach is proven. “Research tells us that truly effective and sustainable change is more apt to occur if the root cause is identified and acted upon,” states Dr. Sujoy Dey, Chief Risk officer for the Ministry of Labour, Training & Skills Development (MLTSD).

Dr. Dey, along with Tom and a number of other greenhouse employers and employees, used this approach to pinpoint their industry’s top risks and the contributing factors where prevention should be focused.

The Risk Assessment Method

Here’s the basic methodology used in the Greenhouse Risk Assessment study:

Together, vegetable and flower greenhouse employers and workers explored 100+ industry specific risks; pondering simple questions about their day-to-day realities, like: What situations in your workplace could result in injury or illness? How real of a threat did they pose?

Worker and employer risk ratings were similar, with Working at Heights identified as the industry’s number one priority.

A second workshop was held – primarily with flower greenhouse employers/workers – to investigate the root-cause of Working at Heights. Using a fishbone approach they agreed on the top 10 contributing risk factors for working at heights.

Using Risk Assessment Methodology at Your Workplace

This same methodology can be applied to your workplace.

“Ask questions and be open to learn from your people,” encourages Dean Anderson, Strategic Advisor – Agricultural Initiatives at WSPS. “Once you collectively identify what to focus on, involve them in the solution. This will ensure the solution is practical and elevate your chances for worker buy-in and behaviour change.”

This was evident following the Greenhouse Risk Assessment study.

“Workshop participants not only embraced the methodology used, they are committed to seeing the work through; agreeing to help us develop targeted solutions focused on addressing the root of the issue,” explains John Aird, Director Strategic Integration at WSPS and WSPS Greenhouse Risk Assessment project lead.

The learnings from this multi-year risk assessment have been put into practice to develop a Safety, Health and the Law for Greenhouses training course. For more details, visit the Workplace Safety & Prevention Services website https://wsps.news/Greenhouse.

WELCOME TO SEEDS OF CHANGE

2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

Welcome to the 2021 Virtual Canadian Greenhouse Conference

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

Last year’s conference conducted during the Covid -19 lockdown was our first virtual conference.

Thinking that the 2020 CGC would be a one-ofa-kind conference, a one-day virtual show was presented to keep our business partners and growers informed about the latest technology, new research, and allow discussions between researchers and growers. However, here we go again.

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

similar format as last year with detailed information presented by the participants. The ever-popular New Research program will include a virtual Research Poster Session of 20+ submissions, from which five selected presentations will be included.

REGISTRATION FEES

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

This year’s conference has been expanded to two full days with 50+ live streaming presentations. The topics reflect the changes that growers are undertaking: “Seeds of Change.”

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

The need for improved efficiency, managing big data, artificial intelligence, and automation are some key topics all growers should investigate to remain competitive and relevant.

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

The demand for fresh greenhouse products all year round requires lights which brings in a whole host of new ideas, technology, and strategies. Improved understanding of pest and diseases and their interaction under the new strategies is critical and will be addressed in the sessions.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

The Strawberry and Cannabis programs address similar issues specific to these sectors. The Garden Centre sessions will also cover many topics that are of interest to owners. New varieties will follow a

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

An advantage of the virtual conference is the ability to “attend” multiple sessions as all the sessions will be recorded and made available to the conference participants. The recordings will remain available for 90 days after the conference is concluded, providing ample time to review the information. The ability to review the recordings may also help participants better understand intricate points that the speaker has presented.

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Sponsored by:

Thank you to the sponsors and business partners for their ongoing support, and a special thank you to Syngenta Flowers as the presenting sponsor at 2021 CGC.

The CGC staff, Carol Pupo and Glenna Cairnie, along with the volunteers on the Board and the various planning committees also deserve a thank you for their work to put on a first-class conference.

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

Thank You

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Shalin Khosla, Chair and Lorne King, Vice Chair, Canadian Greenhouse Conference

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

The People Behind the Canadian Greenhouse Conference

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Thank you to these dedicated individuals who volunteer to ensure that the Canadian Greenhouse Conference is promoting the ‘Seeds of Change’

2021 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

POSTER SESSION

• Chair: Lorne King, Plant Products Inc.

• Fadi Al-Daoud, OMAFRA

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website. Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

• Nash Barsky, Greenhouse Canada Magazine

• Remo Battista, Premier Tech

• Niki Bennett, OGVG

• Dr. Theo Blom, University of Guelph

• Glenna Cairnie, Marketing Coordinator

Sponsored by:

• Greta Chiu, Greenhouse Canada Magazine

• Nathalie Driefelds, Vineland Research & Innovation Centre

2021 BOARD

• Chair: Shalin Khosla

• Vice Chair: Lorne King

• Treasurer: John Gardner

• Rob Fluit, JVK

• John Gardner, Durward Jones Barkwell

• Shalin Khosla, independent consultant

• Andrew Morse, Flowers Canada Growers

• Carol Pupo, Executive Coordinator

• Kevin Schooley, Ontario Berry Growers

• Rodger Tschanz, University of Guelph

• Terry Talsma, Syngenta

• Megan Voogt, Ball Horticultural Inc.

• Jennifer Wacasey, ICL Specialty Fertilizers

• Marketing Officer: Glenna Cairnie

• Directors: Niki Bennett, Andrew Morse, Rodger Tschanz

• Secretary: Carol Pupo

SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH —

2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

MORNING SESSIONS

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

Sponsored by:

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

REGISTRATION FEES

Nutrient Solution Treatment & Disinfection

Portable DNA Sequencing Platform for Greenhouse

Sponsored by:

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

Dynamic & Sustainable Lighting Strategies

9:00 AM EST

Paul Fisher University of Florida, USA

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Pathogen Monitoring: a tool against the ToBRFV

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

Remi Maglione Harvest Genomics, Guelph, ON

Xiuming Hao

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research & Development Centre, ON

Sponsored by:

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

Protected Agriculture Stewardship National Auditable Standards

Plant Vaccines for Greenhouse Crop Protection

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

9:30 AM EST

Justine Taylor CropLife Canada, ON

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

10:00 AM EST

Developing a Nutrient Risk Management Tool to Monitor Stormwater Retention Ponds

Christopher Weisener University of Windsor, ON

Genevieve Marchand Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research & Development Centre, ON

Lead With Lighting: Advancements of LEDs in greenhouse lettuce & herb cultivation

Colin Brice

Signify America

Lighting in High-Wire & Umbrella Cucumbers

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

Jan Chechalk

Signify America

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ToBRFV: The discovery, the management strategies and hopefully the beginning of the end

10:30 AM EST

Keep That Light Abatement Screen Closed!

Ton Habraken

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

Aviv Dombrovsky, ARO

The Volcani Center, Israel

Nutrients, Pathogens & PGRs & Pesticides: the Hybrid Treatment trifecta?

POSTER SESSION

Ann Huber

Soil Resource Group, Guelph, ON

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

Ludvig Svensson Inc.

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Project Report: Stray Light Abatement in Greenhouses

David Lubitz

University of Guelph, ON

Presentation Resources: Many of the speakers have provided convenient pdf-file resources for their presentations. Find these under the “Resource” tab on the virtual platform.

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

ON DEMAND PRESENTATIONS

Sponsored by:

How & Why to Produce Your Own short Training Video for Greenhouse Growers

Workplace Safety & Prevention Services

Harness the Power of Mycorrhizae in Greenhouse & Nursery Production

Scott Inman

Mycorrhizal Applications, Grants Pass, Oregon, USA

Blackout Curtains, Energy Capture & Microclimate

Quade Digweed Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, ON

Use of Biostimulants to Control Greenhouse Diseases

Ana Pastrana

Vineland Research & Innovation Centre, ON

SCHEDULE

2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH — AFTERNOON

SESSIONS

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

Sponsored by:

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

REGISTRATION FEES

12:00 PM

Supporting Ontario Pollinators & Growing Profits: Ornamentals for eco-conscious gardeners

Rodger Tschanz

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

University of Guelph, ON

Sarah Jandricic

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, Vineland, ON

The Need for & Consequences of Microclimate Measurement

Peter van Weel

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

Weel.Invent, The Netherlands

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

Cannabis Energy Efficiency

Best Practices

Vicki Gagnon

Independent Electricity System

Operator (IESO), Toronto, ON

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Sponsored by:

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

12:30 PM EST

Capitalizing on the Foliage Boom

Roger Kehoe

Eason Horticultural Resources, USA

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

Sponsored by:

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

Enhancing Resource Use Efficiency in Vertical Farming

2:00 PM EST

Murat Kacira

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Sponsored by:

Northern Greenhouse Program

Quade Digweed

Dynamic Energy For NextGen Greenhouse Operation & Expansion

Rupp Carriveau

University of Windsor, ON

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

Sponsored by:

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Shedding Light on Sustainable Packaging

Sonia Benoit

Cascades, QC

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

Towards Autonomous Greenhouses: Digital horticulture and smart sensors

Kenneth Tran

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Koidra Inc., WA, USA

Sustainable Packaging of Greenhouse Produce

Human + Machine: The future of horticulture is collaborative

POSTER SESSION

2:30 PM EST

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, ON

Adrian Schimnowski

Arctic Research Foundation

Emily Murracas

Mucci Farms, Kingsville, ON

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

3:00 PM

Saber Miresmailli

Ecoation, Ruthven, ON

Goodleaf’s Journey in Vertical Farming

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Barry Murchie

Sponsored by:

3:30 PM EST

Goodleaf Farms, Guelph, ON

Sustainable Alternatives to Greenhouse Plastics

Amar Mohanty

University of Guelph, ON

Data in Agriculture

Terry Vermeer

ET Grow Inc., Beamsville, ON

Big Data’s Next Step – Tackling

Private Data Silos

Ramen Dutta

TensoAI Inc., Sutton, QC

SCHEDULE

2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7TH — MORNING SESSIONS

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

THURS

Sponsored by:

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

REGISTRATION FEES

9:00 AM EST

Potential & Pitfalls of Optical Radiation (UV-visible and infrared) in Management of Powdery Mildew & Gray Mold

Aruppillai Suthaparan

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Vegetative Propagation

Roger Kehoe

Eason Horticultural Resources, USA

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

Optimizing Orius Performance in Greenhouses

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

Experience with ToBRFV in Germany: Infestation, eradication & prevention

Heike Scholz-Döbelin, IPM Specialist

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Getting the Most Out of Germination

Sponsored by:

Chamber of Agriculture, NordrheinWestfalen, Germany

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

9:30 AM EST

Rose Labbe Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research & Development Centre, ON

Jerry Gorchels

PanAmerican Seed Co.

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Healthy Hydroponics: A new microbiome surveillance service for food safety & crop protection

Trevor Charles Metagenom Bio Life Science Inc., University of Waterloo, ON

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

10:00 AM EST

Modifying Parasitoid Behaviour with Artificial Light to Improve Biological Control of Aphids

Jessica Fraser, University of Laval, QC

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

10:30 AM EST

Going Towards the Light: Mass trapping and LED lights

Sarah Jandricic

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, Vineland, ON

Biosecurity in Plant Propagation

Sarah Miner

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

Roelands Plant Farms, Lambton Shores, ON

IPM Technology Enables IPM Strategy

Bri-Anna Jaksic

IPM Scoutek, Windsor, ON

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Light Quality Regulates Growth of Young Plants

Erik Runkle

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Sessions will be recorded & available on the virtual conference platform for 90 days. Full-access registration required to log on to the platform after October 7. Registration will remain open until January 6, 2022. You may purchase a new registration or upgrade your basic registration at any time to access the on-demand library.

POSTER SESSION

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Sponsored by:

SCHEDULE

2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7TH — AFTERNOON SESSIONS

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

Sponsored by:

Sponsored by: Presented by: Sponsored by:

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

REGISTRATION FEES

12:00 PM EST

Program & Resources to Help Garden Centres SELL MORE PLANTS

Diane Blazek

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

All-American Selections & National Garden Bureau, Downers Grove, IL

1:30 PM

Greenhouse Technology Award Winners

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

12:30 PM EST

Catching the Customers Eye –Trends in Container Gardening

Kerry Meyer Proven Winners

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

Research Updates

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

Highlights from the 2021 Research Poster Session

To view all the projects visit CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Sponsored by:

Meet the winners of the 2021 Greenhouse Technology Awards. Debuting this year, the program recognizes products or services demonstrating a high level of innovation in advancing Canada’s greenhouse and controlled environment agriculture sectors.

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Sponsored by:

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

2:00 PM

Successful IPM in Greenhouse Strawberries: Thrips strategies

Brittany Harris Plant Products, Leamington, ON

Sponsored by:

Rodd Gibson

2:30 PM EST

Overview of Greenhouse Strawberry Production Technologies

Chieri Kubota

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

POSTER SESSION

3:00 PM EST

Greenhouse Buzziness Potential: Using bee vectoring to suppress pests on greenhouse strawberries

Rose Labbe

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Sponsored by:

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research & Development Centre, ON

Sponsored by:

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

Automation at Jeffery’s Greenhouses

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Jeffery’s Greenhouses, St. Catharines, ON

Improving Cannabis Yield & Potency

Youbin Zheng University of Guelph, ON

NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Advances in Greenhouse Structures & Technology

Leigh Coulter

GGS Structures Inc., Vineland Station, ON

Automated Cucumber Harvesting

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

Brian Lynch

Vineland Research & Innovation Centre, Vineland, ON

Aphid Apocalypse – Biocontrol Strategies for Cannabis Aphid

Kevin Cullem

Koppert Biological Systems

Addressing Odour, Light & Noise Nuisances from Cannabis Production

Bill Van Heyst

University of Windsor, ON

Vicki Hilborn

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON

3:30 PM EST

Optimal Lighting Strategy for Winter Strawberry Cultivation in Belgium

Peter Melis

Proefcentrum Hoogstraten, Belgium

Nanobubble Water Treatment Technology for Better Yields

Warren Russel

Moleaer, Carson, CA

Emerging Diseases of Cannabis & Management Approaches

Zamir Punja

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

POSTER SESSION

Current Research from Universities & Allied Industry

Sponsored by:

Research Updates have always been one of the CGC’s most popular sessions. The 10-minute talks provided a snapshot of current research on a variety of topics and, with an emphasis on student participation, introduced the next generation of problem-solvers to the greenhouse sector.

The move to a virtual show has allowed the CGC to re-design and expand this program. You will find a larger number of posters and a greater variety of subject matter in our virtual display giving growers even more insight into research activity taking place across Canada. Visit the Research Poster Session page on the CGC website and catch up on what is happening in field of Canadian agricultural research.

The Research Updates session has returned to our programming and five projects have been selected for live presentation on Thursday at noon. Don’t miss this opportunity for a more in-depth look at these reports plus the chance to ask questions of the researchers themselves. If you miss Thursday’s live presentations, the recording will be available on demand following the conference.

THESE RESEARCH POSTERS TO BE PRESENTED

ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 IN ROOM 3 & AVAILABLE ON THE CGC WEBSITE

1. Monitoring ToBRFV in greenhouses using Bumblebees

Raj Vansiya, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland ON

2. Development and evaluation of a new greenhouse energy model with data from four Ontario greenhouses

Alex Nauta, University of Guelph

3. Peeling back the layers of Onion thrips IPM Ashley Summerfield, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

4. A new biocontrol agent, generalist predatory mite Anystis baccarum

Taro Saito, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

5. Computer modelling of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plant structure

Brian Lynch, PhD, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

THESE RESEARCH POSTERS CAN BE VIEWED ON THE CGC WEBSITE

Lifespan and reproductive output of Nabis americoferus: a potential native generalist biological control agent

Andrew LaFlair, University of Windsor

The sterile insect technique: A novel tool for control of pepper weevil in greenhouse pepper crops

Jacob Basso, University of Guelph

Management strategies for Fusarium oxysporum and Pythium myriotylum causing damping-off, root and crown rot on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants.

Cameron Scott, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Dynamic 24h lighting for greenhouse pepper production

Jason Lanoue, PhD, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow ON

Use of drones to evaluate light emissions from Ontario greenhouses

Benjamin Snow, School of Engineering, University of Guelph

2021 CANADIAN GREENHOUSE CONFERENCE

Manipulating plant nutrition to reduce thrips: fact or fiction?

Rose Buitenhuis, PhD, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

The impact of the growing system, fertilization and biostimulants on growth, productivity and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Guillaume Paquet, Centre de recherche et d’innovation sur les végétaux (CRIV), Université Laval

Exploring native predatory Hemipteran species for use as biological controls in Canadian vegetable production

Paige Desloges Baril, University of Windsor

Find out how and where to access all the show components on the website: www.CanadianGreenhouseConference.com

Tomato trends: Summarizing 8 years of consumer research on greenhouse tomatoes

REGISTRATION FEES

New lighting strategy for indoor leafy greens by segmenting the photoperiod and replacing the dark period by their light compensation point

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Laurent Boucher, Centre de recherche et d’innovation sur les végétaux (CRIV), Université Laval

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

The pepper weevil parasitoid Jaliscoa hunteri is attracted to volatiles released by host coleopteran pests

Serena Leo, University of Guelph

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER PROGRAM

POSTER SESSION

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Sponsored by:

Amy Jenkins, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

Computer vision for horticulture robotics

Jose Rincon, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

See what is new and exciting for the Canadian market in our virtual showcase. Videos, photos and information will be featured on the CGC website.

Sponsored by:

Towards enlightened tools for biological control! Manipulate supplemental lighting to favour natural predator’s control while maintaining crops’ performances

Morgane Canovas, Université Laval

INDUSTRY PARTNER DIRECTORY

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NEW PRODUCT DISPLAY

A unique collection of the hottest products and services available from our industry partners.

Sponsored by:

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

The New Variety Showcase puts a spotlight on cultivars recently introduced to the Canadian market. It is a convenient, one-stop shop for growers and garden centre retailers to find information and videos from vegetable and ornamental breeders. View the highlighted New Variety cultivars from each company on the CGC Website: https://www.canadiangreenhouseconference.com/attendeeinformation/new-variety-showcase

AMERICAN TAKII www.takii.com

BALL SEED www.ballseed.com

BEEKENKAMP PLANTS www.beekenkamp.com

BENARY www.benary.com

DANZIGER | EXPRESS SEED www.danziger.co.il www.expressseed.com

DERUITER | BAYER www.vegetables.bayer.com

DUMMEN ORANGE www.DummenOrange.com

ENZA ZADEN www.enzazaden.us

GREENEX INTERNATIONAL www.Greenex.com

JELITTO SEEDS www.jelitto.com

JOLLY FARMER PRODUCTS www.jollyfarmer.com

KEEPSAKE PLANTS www.keepsakeplants.com

NORTH CREEK NURSERIES www.northcreeknurseries.com

RIJK ZWAAN www.rijkzwaanusa.com

SYNGENTA FLOWERS www.syngentaflowers-us.com

SYNGENTA VEGETABLES www.SyngentaUS.com/vegetables

THINK PLANTS www.thinkplants.com

TECHNOLOGY AWARDS 2021

Winner, International TECHNOLOGY

Debuting at the Canadian Greenhouse Conference this year are the 2021 Greenhouse Technology Awards. Hosted by Greenhouse Canada and sponsored by the CGC, the program aims to recognize technology demonstrating a high level of innovation in advancing the greenhouse and controlled environment agriculture sectors in Canada. It’s also an opportunity to help spur greater advancements and commercial adoption.

2021

Judged by sector stakeholders across Canada, each entry was evaluated based on four criteria: innovation, importance, effectiveness and impact.

SOLLUM

SMART LED

LIGHTING BY SOLLUM TECHNOLOGIES

Winner, Production

What it does: Driven by artificial intelligence, Sollum Technologies has created the only smart LED lighting solution on the market known to dynamically recreate, modulate and perfect the full spectrum of the Sun’s light, as opposed to oft-seen blue and red wavelengths. The fixtures are paired with their cloud-based SUN as a Service (SUNaaS) platform where smart algorithms allow growers to create an infinite number of light recipes adapted to each plant at each stage of growth. Different light recipes can even be applied to different crops in the same greenhouse using the same fixtures.

The system collects live data from sensors, calculates the difference between ambient and desired light spectra and intensities, then compensates for the sunlight differential in real-time while minimizing energy use. Trials have

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shown energy savings of over 30 per cent compared to HPS, as well as productivity increases of up to 40 per cent compared to other LED solutions. Commercial trials have shown accelerated production, improved quality and new crop opportunities. This past year, Sollum’s technology successfully allowed for winter pepper production on a commercial scale, and research trials have shown potential in a wide variety of other crops. Advanced monitoring tracks the state of all lighting fixtures, enabling recalibration and preventative maintenance to extend their lifespan.

Winning areas: Judges were taken by the technology’s unique ability to replicate the Sun’s output while holding onto the efficiencies of indoor production. They appreciated the results and examples of deployment highlighted in the entry form, showing usage and breadth of application. The use of lights for winter pepper production was highlighted as a novel approach, and with LEDs, even more so. The ability to integrate the lighting and platform with existing sensors and systems was another winning point.

Location: Montréal, Québec

IPM SCOUTEK Winner, Pest Management

What it does: Seeking to improve the error-prone, analog recordkeeping ways of traditional greenhouse scouting, IPM Scoutek created a mobile scouting platform designed to improve the efficiency and efficacy of the process. Scouting data can be directly relayed to growers and external consultants in real-time, reducing lag time between reporting and taking action to minimize economic injury to the crops. The platform can also correlate input spend with efficacy to help growers gain better visibility on costs, streamline pest management programs and produce healthier crops as a result.

Consulting with numerous growers, scouts and IPM managers, software designers created the platform to ensure ease-of-use and actionable insights. Highlighted outcomes from commercial greenhouses

have shown a 20 per cent gain in scouting efficiency, faster response times by two days, and one to 10 per cent improvements in yields or reductions in crop losses compared to traditional scouting methods.

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Winning areas: Judges were impressed by the technology’s ability to integrate data and help growers react to action thresholds. They highlighted the importance of streamlining scouting efforts and being able to share data with staff and consultants with ease.

Location: Windsor, Ontario

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a growth strategy for optimal conditions on each day of the growth period, then integrates data from greenhouse sensors, weather forecasts and market status to finetune conditions for the next two days. In the final step, the information is run through a function that has been trained with the greenhouse’s historical data. Every 15 minutes, it calculates the best possible combination of setpoints (e.g. heat, ventilation, light, CO2, humidity) that are sent to the climate computer. Growers in and outside of Canada attested to the software’s potential and are projected to manage a far greater area of production space while improving yields by at least four to 10 per cent and reducing operational costs by five per cent.

What it does: Using robotic optical scanners on tracks above the canopy, Luna captures data that helps growers visualize their crops in more ways than one. Combining artificial intelligence with computer vision, the system assesses plant growth, predicts harvests, detects anomalies and tracks inventory, all while allowing the grower to see their entire greenhouse in real-time.

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Winning areas: Judges were impressed by the use of AI to integrate all greenhouse data in one space, helping the grower analyze and make decisions. They pointed out the importance of easing the burden for growers managing many acres and filling the knowledge gap for new staff. Judges also noted the impressive track record with trials of the Netherlands-based technology being conducted and finetuned with growers in Canada.

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The latest enhancements focus on germination prediction rates and anomaly detection. With an accuracy of over 90 per cent, growers can obtain a more accurate estimation of seed germination rates to reduce costs and shrink. Their Mapview tool allows the user to zoom in, down to the veins or insects on an individual leaf, using stitched images comprised of thousands of 4k, high resolution photos presented in one seamless, composite image

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Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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What it does: Designed to automate daily decisions made by growers, Crop Controller provides greenhouse support and autonomous control 24/7. Starting with the grower’s strategy and continuously integrating real-time data both in and outside the greenhouse, the artificial intelligence system calculates and continuously finetunes the operations of connected greenhouse systems to optimize costs and yields autonomously, needing only high level direction from the grower at the strategic level. To start, the grower selects the crop, required yield, time to market, and conditions to be managed. The system provides

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Key areas: Judges were impressed by Luna’s ability to capture data in detail and in realtime, allowing growers to spend less time scouting and more time addressing other inefficiencies. They noted that robotic scanners will be the future, and appreciated Luna’s ability to make predictions on yield and timing. This entry was made an Honourable Mention based on its high scores, excellent testimonials and impact to growers.

Location: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

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Grower of the Year, Ron Wray

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Inquisitive minds, strong wills and unbeatable determination were all key reasons why this group of young horticulturalists made this year’s Top 4 Under 40 by Greenhouse Canada.

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Chris Knezetic Qualitree Propagators; Rosedale, B.C.

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“I didn’t just want a job, but a fulfilling career to be proud of,” says Chris Knezetic, greenhouse grower.

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With interests peaked by the greenhouse sector, he enrolled in the agriculture program at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). It was then that he found a posting for line supervisor at Qualitree. Though seemingly out of reach, he applied and was hired as an assistant grower. Within a few years he was made grower, managing the crops in their new greenhouse facility.

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Having the freedom to explore and try out new techniques is one of Knezetic’s favourite parts about working at Qualitree. Among his many projects – both successful and failed – the use of vapour pressure deficit (VPD) is perhaps one of his best comeback stories. Their first attempt lost 50 per cent of their crop, but they didn’t give up. Today, they use the VPD technique on 10 genera and counting. “Switching to this method has increased crop yields, crop health and reduced labour and material costs,” he says.

To inspire the next generation, Knezetic gives guest talks at UFV, sharing advice, experiences and an excitement that comes with exploring unrealized possibilities in horticultural production.

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Leanna James

Mastronardi Produce/Sunset; Sombra, Ont.

“My love of growing started when I first took a horticulture course in college,” says Leanna James, grower and operations manager. Originally intent on a career in social services, she decided to switch gears and applied to the greenhouse technician program at Niagara College. Before long, she was offered a general labourer position at Envirofresh, a division of Mastronardi Produce under the Sunset brand.

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Head grower, Marco Verkade says James’ dedication has been a key driving force in the success of Envirofresh, particularly in production, labour efficiencies, and in growing the best-tasting, highest quality snacking tomato possible – all while increasing the bottom line.

Over the past eight years, James has been integral to managing issues such as pepper weevil and COVID and was key in transitioning the facility from bell peppers to grape tomatoes. Finding innovative ways to streamline production, she’s described as someone who consistently pushes the boundaries and explores advancements in high-tech greenhouse growing. As a leader, she’s open, honest and always ready to lend a hand.

“I am so happy that I chose growing as my career choice, but … at this point, I feel like it chose me.”

- Brook Coatsworth, Managing Partner

Justin Geertsema

Greenhill Produce; Thamesville, Ont.

Even at a young age, Justin Geertsema knew he wanted to farm with his dad.

Greenhill Produce built their first six-acre pepper greenhouse in 2000. With Geertsema involved, the operation has since expanded to 127 acres with another 25 acres in the works.

Geertsema’s passion for both the business and his team are evident. Managing daily operations and construction, he also prioritizes employee engagement. He’s described as hardworking and driven, but humble.

In addition to their rapid expansion, recent milestones include a state-of-the art pepper packaging hall, as well as their own in-house construction team. The crew tackles all aspects from land development, drainage and excavation, to construction.

When asked about what inspires him, he says, “In this business, it’s as much about growing a top quality product as it is about working together with a ton of great people to create something even greater... My coworkers push me to be better every day.”

Adam Sneek

The Mill Greenhouses Ridgeway; Ridgeway, Ont.

Growing up in his parents’ greenhouse and garden centre, Adam Sneek always had a deep appreciation for the horticulture sector.

When an old greenhouse came up for sale 13 years ago, then 24-year-old Sneek seized the opportunity to establish a separate, independent location for himself and later on, his own family.

Within a few years, Adam had turned the property into a viable business. Adding a boiler system and energy curtains, he picked up various skilled trades including electrical, plumbing and carpentry. Growing more than 80 per cent of the product they sell, they’ve continuously found ways to streamline and improve quality, turning their business into a popular retail destination for the Greater Fort Erie area.

During COVID, they shifted all of their sales area to an outdoor space for the safety of their staff and customers, which not only attracted praise but gave them ideas on how to better utilize the space for growing and retail going forward.

“Working hard and doing my best to produce a wide variety of quality products for gardeners in our community is what makes me strive to always do better,” says Sneek.

NAVIGATING THE RAPIDS OF COVID

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With most of 2021 now behind us, we asked individuals from across the Canadian greenhouse sector on how this second year of COVID differed from the first, as well as their hopes and plans for 2022. Here’s what they said.

or is bulky, the inflation rate is going to be high This is going to be a major issue for our economy, because a lot of our products come from offshore.

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“It was a very bizarre year. We had exceptional weather, it was a very early season and it was totally different than last year.

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Last year, we were closed until May 9. When we opened, there was a hunger for product that lasted right through the summer.

After Christmas, the next big push is for Chinese New Year and there are thousands of containers waiting to be shipped. Even with local vendors who we booked with last September, we did not receive the complete order until almost September this year.

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“The first year of COVID, people panicked. They called us and they started cancelling part of their production. Then spring came, and everybody was looking for product. Everything was sold out.

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And then of course there’s shortages out there – plastic resin, computer chips, peat moss and vermiculite. I’m hoping that we don’t end up with hyperinflation.

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This year, there was a demand that I had never seen before. We had incredible sales running March through May. Then May 24 hit, and it’s like we hit a wall. Everything was starting to open up.

We are going to try and buy thin on the items that are high in freight. We may run short and then build it up from there.”

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We ended up throwing a little more product out because we had planned on late sales, and they were not as strong as anticipated. But we had nothing to complain about. We had a good spring.

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The second year, some people thought that [it] would be the same, and they overbought. Don’t get me wrong. A grower told me they had a good spring, but were expecting more and still had lots on the table that never got sold. Everything stopped more or less about mid-June, when the government became a bit more flexible with restaurants and museums and gyms.

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Focus Greenhouse Management, Ont. “2020 was the exception and the rush to market was because growers didn’t get to plant 10 to 20 per cent of their product. This, in addition to the lockdown, created a demand that seemed more than what it was.

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For us, we’re looking at some sort of normalcy for 2022 and a modest increase from 2019 numbers. I think people still are going to buy plants, to be gardening at home. We’ve got a new demographic of gardeners coming in, which is wonderful.

But in saying that, freight issues are going to be a problem next year. For a lot of products, the freight coming from offshore is more than the actual product’s worth. Anything that doesn’t nest

Performance this May was better than in other years because it was still feeding the demands of the previous year. But by June 15, the lockdown was done and sales had stopped, leaving growers with a surplus of summer product and perennials.

For 2022, demand will go back to 2019 levels plus five per cent due to new consumers acquired during COVID.“

There is no problem in considering anywhere between a five to 15 per cent increase next year. But instead of just giving in your order and rebooking, do your homework and re-evaluate your needs by looking at what sold the most, at what time, and if you can manage to adapt your production to reflect more of those colours or varieties which were largely in demand by consumers during those big and busy weeks to work towards as little shrink as possible.

If you can, put in your order as soon as possible, and not only with plants. You also need pots [and other supplies] which might be hard to get this year. There is a backlog coming from China – it will be a big deal for next spring. Don’t take any chances.”

THE FLORICULTURE INDUSTRY: FROM THE 70’S INTO THE FUTURE

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he industry has undergone a large number of changes in the last 50 years. An overview of what has been and what may come is reviewed. I started working in this industry on March 1, 1976, when I became the floriculture extension specialist for OMAF(RA) at Vineland Station, and have been involved in the Industry since then. If I think about the different changes in the Industry, I can consider a number of main categories starting around the 70‘s.

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media. However, topsoil had its disadvantages such as the need of sterilization, weight, contamination and lack of uniformity from one badge to the next.

shows have helped to diversify.

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3. Pest Control. In the ‘good olden’ days, growers were spraying and drenching on a regular basis, whether it was needed or not. Fungicide drenches were quite common. Fortunately, this has become more incidental. The use of more natural materials, like peatmoss, perlite, vermiculite, turface etc. instead of soil helped as well as general sanitation. In terms of insects/mites, there has been quite a change to integrated pest management (IPM). Better monitoring, acceptance of biological control agents and the smaller number of effective insecticides have helped in this regard. One of the side effects is that crops generally grow better than with bombardment of chemicals.

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6. Marketing. In the 70’s, most of the crops were sold by a number of wholesalers, who were shipping large volumes to supermarket/ box stores both in Canada and the US. As a consequence, a number of (starting and thus smaller) flower growers started several Dutch-type flower auctions (Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal) in the early 70’s. These auctions are still operating in the distribution of products.

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1. Energy / greenhouse structures. Although glass greenhouses were still being built, the development of air-inflated double poly greenhouses had started to make quite an in-road. There were 2 aspects, which played a role: energy savings due to the double layer and the lower costs of construction. The latter aspect was very important as one could build more greenhouse area with the same investment. The rule of 1% light loss equals 1% of production loss did not apply for greenhouse flower production in many segments in the industry, esp. bedding plants. The time of the cold frames/hot beds had passed a few years earlier (photo 1). In the 70’s, a lot of potted plants were grown on stationary wooden benches with ‘spaghetti’ watering. This system was gradually changed to movable metal benches with or w/o a subirrigation system (troughs or ebb& flow benches). Later, concrete floors were poured, and recently we see several ‘Erfgoed’ floors being installed.

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4. Labour. There is no question that labour remains an important bottleneck, esp. during shipping time. Manual labour and repetitive movements have been frowned upon, and the industry as a whole has been looking at less manual labour input into the crop. Due to the greater complexity and sophistication of production, more and more educated people from Colleges and Universities have entered the work force.

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2. Growing substrate. In the early 1970’s, lots of bedding plants were still grown using ‘top’ soil and wooden crates. The use of plastic trays and pots had started a number of years earlier and was making inroads very fast. The use of soilless substrate using sphagnum peatmoss, perlite and vermiculite had started, but the cost of top soil was still lower than the artificial

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5. Crop diversity. Forty years ago, the production area in cut flowers would be about the same as containerized plants. Cut flower production has been minimized due to the cheaper imports from the southern hemisphere. One of the main changes in the pot production has been the diversion into less traditional crops. In the past, it was poinsettias, Easter lilies or bedding plants, and potmums. Industry demanded new products and growers have responded. The use of the internet and international trade

Re (1.) Energy / greenhouse structures. The building of greenhouses has undergone quite a few changes. We have a number of greenhouse builders, who provide facilities for the North-American market. Greenhouse expansion is done in larger blocks rather than one or two compartments in the 70’s . Glass and double polyethylene greenhouses are now built taller, which helps with environmental stability, as well as the space needed for the installation of 1 or 2 curtains and supplemental lighting. The double poly greenhouses are now built mostly with gothic style roofs and/or gutter or peak ventilation. Previously steam heating was the primary form of maintaining the temperature in the greenhouses during the winter. Today newer facilities are using hot water heating or unit-heaters. The use of CoGen is interesting for large operations, who have a need for electricity and heat. The use of climate control computers, which can integrate a number of environmental parameters, has become an integral part of any new/modern facility.

Re (2.) Growing substrate. The use of wood fiber in the growing media as well as the ability of changing the wood fiber quality has made soilless substrate more sustainable for our industry. The use of plastic for pots and trays as well as pot covers will remain a challenge for the industry.

Re (3.) Pest Control. The use of IPM has been a winner in the industry from a number of points of view. Chemicals are still being used as a last resort, but the pesticides are less harmful to the user, which help to provide a healthier environment inside the greenhouse as well as for the applicator. The use of mass trapping has become more common.

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Re (4.) Labour. There are many repetitive processes in the production of a potplants or cut flowers. The use of seeding machines, transplanting, potfilling, potting, spacing, trimming, sleeving, and labelling machines have reduced the number of repetitive motions. The use of movable containers, which can help with the internal transport, so that shipping can take place at a central location.

many growers grow a lot of different crops both at the same time as well as from season to season. Speciality year-round mono-crop producers are few and far between (other than cannabis), and growers have to remain flexible both in terms of physical facilities as well as keeping an eye on market demand. One other drive has been the increase in up-grades such as flower baskets, plants in special containers, drop-in products etc.

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Re (6.) Market(ing). There is no question that supermarkets, department stores and hardware stores have become major players in the sale of floral products. This trend will not change in the near future. Garden centers have also become an important producers / outlets, and many places function as a destination center for customers.

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Re (5.) Crop diversity. One thing, that we have to keep in mind, is that

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The Canadian floriculture has grown 4-fold in area from 1970 to the present day, while the dollar value changed from 20M$ to about 1,500M$. An interesting statistic is that in 1970, the ratio of glass to double poly greenhouse area was 3:1, while in the present day it is 1:2. The potted plant sector has become the dominant sector, followed by bedding plants and cut flowers in $ value (about 8:2:1). The exchange rate between the US$ and the C$ has generally worked in our favour for export. A lot of operations have become more professional in their approach. Better and more sophisticated greenhouses are built, in which a larger diversity of plant species in a more sustainable way are grown than in the past. Although we are in the ‘green’ industry, more efforts need to be directed in reducing waste like plastics and noncompostable packaging materials.

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Ontario is home to Canada’s largest greenhouse sector, and it has the largest concentration of greenhouses in North America. In 2020 there were over 3000 acres of vegetables, fruits and ornamentals, compared to around 2000 acres in 2010. That’s a 50% increase in just 10 years. The main food crops grown in Ontario greenhouses are tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers (around 1000 acres each) producing more than 600 000 tonnes of food and worth approximately $1 billion. Floriculture greenhouses account for more than 840 acres of production in Ontario. Potted plants remain the largest ornamental commodity, accounting for over half of the $820 million in floriculture sales and over 107 million pots produced in 2019. Sales of ornamental plants rose 9% in 2020 in Canada from the previous year. This is the fastest sales increase seen since 2012. Much of this can be attributed to increased demand for ornamentals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic also highlighted some of the vulnerabilities of Ontario’s reliance on imports of fresh fruits and vegetables, which made crop diversification and year-round food production top priorities for the greenhouse sector.

In 2020, many greenhouses pivoted to start producing other crops such as strawberries (61 acres), lettuce (35 acres), eggplant (21 acres), Chinese vegetables (2.9 acres), herbs (1.3 acres) and beans (1.2 acres).

Year-round production is made possible by all the research that took place in Ontario over the past number of years studying the best ways to utilize supplemental lighting in the dark fall and winter seasons. This research continues to be a top priority for the sector as more information is needed to optimize light conditions for different crops. Ontario greenhouse producers have a long tradition of adopting automation technology to increase production and improve efficiency - nearly 1 in 3 growers reported using greenhouse automation technology in 2017. The pace is now increasing as greenhouse producers race to automate their production systems using artificial intelligence and robotics to mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic on their workforce. Ontario is a world leader in the adoption of biological control in greenhouse crops as more than 90% of greenhouses use natural enemies to manage pests, and the number that use it to manage diseases is growing. The sector continues to innovate to find sustainable ways to meet demand for resources as it grows.

Authors: Dr. Fadi Al-Daoud (OMAFRA Greenhouse Vegetable Specialist), Dr. Sarah Jandricic (OMAFRA Greenhouse Floriculture Integrated Pest Management Specialist), Dr. Andrew Wylie (acting OMAFRA Greenhouse Vegetable Integrated Pest Management Specialist)

REFERENCES

• Production and value of greenhouse fruits and vegetables (statcan.gc.ca)

• https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210426/dq210426f-eng.htm

• https://www.greenhousemag.com/article/2019-focus-on-pest-control-increasing-usebiological-controls/

•https://publications.gc.ca/site/archivee-archived.html?url=https://publications.gc.ca/ collections/collection_2020/aac-aafc/A71-42-2019-eng.pdf

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THE NOVA SCOTIA PERSPECTIVE

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The Nova Scotia protected sector sits at about 46 acres, making it the fifth-largest greenhouse producer in the country.1 With 10 acres under glass, the rest use poly-film structures or rigid plastic.1 In 2019, the province noted a 7% increase in greenhouse fruit and veg sales,1 and based on anecdotal evidence, it increased in 2020 as well. The ornamental greenhouse sector is worth about $5.7 million annually in N.S., with greenhouse vegetables closely behind at $4.8 million per year.

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Most vegetables grown under cover are tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and leafy greens. The 2020-21 season saw our first winter production of greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers under glass with supplemental LED lighting. A handful of operations produce leafy greens year-round. Facilities range from winterized high tunnels to container farms. Protected berry production is primarily in strawberries, along with blackberries and raspberries. The 2021 season also marked the debut of a pilot program for the protected production of long cane raspberries. This program examines production methods and assesses the overall cost of the system, hoping to pave the way for other producers across N.S. The canes are grown under a multi-bay high tunnel in soilless substrate.

Cannabis production has also risen, with most producing in highly controlled indoor environments.

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For the short-term future, we hope to increase the adoption of growing in substrate. With that, nailing down environmental monitoring and increasing automation within the crop will significantly reduce the labour required for basic environment maintenance. We continue to support producers interested in yearround production and look for opportunities to expand the range of commodities grown across the province.

Author: Talia Plaskett, BSc, P. Ag, Protected Crop Specialist, Perennia Food and Agriculture Inc.

to the needs of any grower.

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Suthaparan Aruppillai

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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Aruppillai Suthaparan holds a Doctor of Philosophy: Horticulture & Plant Protection and Master of Science Horticulture from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway. His work is focused on plant-fungal photobiology and the interactions between optical radiation (ultraviolet, visible, and infrared) and plant diseases. Aruppillai is particularly interested in new developments in how visible and UV light, circadian rhythms, new technologies, and genetic methods can be exploited to suppress plant fungal diseases. He has a special interest in light and light signal perception by plants and fungi, plant and fungal photoreceptors and their role in fungal disease management in greenhouse crops.

the way in connecting the commercial side of the industry with consumers via the live focus groups called Consumer Buzz Live! Diane also managed Ball Publishing’s entry into consumer garden book publishing. Since December of 2009, Diane has been leading both AllAmerica Selections and National Garden Bureau through an exciting period of growth as they establish themselves as inspirational resources in the minds of garden communicators, public gardens, growers, garden retailers and home gardeners. With both organizations, the connection to the consumer is of topmost importance and by using that connection, Blazek provides direction and insights to the industry as well as to GardenComm, an organization for Garden Communicators where she serves as a National Director.

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Colin Brice

the University Scholar Award and has acted as a Research Ambassador for the Council of Ontario Universities. Carriveau is a Founder of the Offshore Energy and Storage Society (OSES) and recently Co-Chaired OSES2018 Ningbo China, and OSES2019 Brest France. Professor Carriveau is Chair of the IEEE Ocean Energy Technology Committee and was just named to Canada’s Clean50 2020 for his contributions to clean capitalism.

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Trevor Charles Metagenom Bio Life Science Inc/ University of Waterloo

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Sonia Benoit Cascades

Signify

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After majoring in marketing at Sherbrooke University in Quebec, Sonia Benoit has occupied various marketing positions in addition to being an entrepreneur. Her passion for agriculture and the environment has brought her to occupy strategic leadership roles in companies such as Fafard where she looked after professional growing media products for North America. She is now senior manager at Cascades and is accountable for the new Cascades Fresh packaging solutions for produce. Sonia is personally involved in sustainability as she has a little farm of her own where she grows fall veggies and relate very well to environmental challenges many growers face. Her ongoing mission is to constantly find packaging solutions that are better for the environment while being efficient for growers and attractive for consumers.

Colin Brice joined Signify in March 2020 in the role of Plant Specialist; he is one of more than 20 plant specialists supporting Philips horticulture LED team. Colin is a horticultural scientist and systems engineer with experience in greenhouse management, LED photomorphogenesis research, and electronics design. As a Plant Specialist, Brice works with a team of horticultural specialists at Signify to design and implement LED lighting strategies, supporting sales efforts in several segments – ornamental, high-wire fruits and vegetables, lettuce and leafy greens in both greenhouse and closedenvironment growing, and hemp and medicinal cannabis. Brice is a graduate of University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Plant Sciences and a Master of Science in Biosystems Technology. His graduate thesis focused on indoor cultivation of leafy greens, LED lighting systems, fluid handling systems, and electrical efficiency evaluations.

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Diane Blazek

All American Selections

National Garden Bureau

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For more than 30 years, Diane has been immersed in gardening both personally and professionally. She brings a passion to the subject based on a history in the field of horticulture publishing as well as a love for gardening and culinary exploration. Growing up on a small family farm in northern Missouri, Diane spent years helping her parents’ plant, tend and harvest a large home vegetable garden. As the president and publisher at Ball Publishing for 15 years, she led

Rupp Carriveau

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Trevor C. Charles, Ph.D., is founder and CSO of Metagenom Bio Life Science Inc., CSO of Ceragen Inc., Director of Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research, and Professor of Biology at University of Waterloo. He was trained as a microbiologist and bacterial geneticist, with B.Sc. Microbiology from University of British Columbia, Ph.D. Molecular Biology, McMaster University, and Postdoc from University of Washington. Trevor has held faculty positions at both McGill University and University of Waterloo. His work is situated within the context of Circular Bioeconomy.

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Jan Chechalk

Signify Canada

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University of Windsor

Dr. Rupp Carriveau is the Director of the Environmental Energy Institute and Co-Director of the Turbulence and Energy Lab at the University of Windsor. His research activities focus on energy systems futures. Rupp serves on the Editorial Boards of Wind Engineering, Advances in Energy Research, and the International Journal of Sustainable Energy. He recently guest-edited special editions of Energies and The Journal of Energy Storage. Rupp was a recent recipient of

Jan Chechalk is one of more than 20 Plant Specialists on Signify’s team. He is specifically focused on providing support to growers of highwire tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and soft fruits. Chechalk has more than 15 years growing experience as a head grower of ornamental crops including Gerbera and potted plants, and high-wire tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. As a Plant Specialist, Jan works with the team of global horticultural specialists at Signify to design and implement LED lighting strategies. He also advises growers on how to improve growing practices of their LED-lit crops. Outside of his day-to-day role, you’ll find Jan perfecting his own garlic farming techniques.

Leigh Coulter GGS Structures

Leigh Coulter is the President of GGS Structures Inc. and Niagrow Ltd., a leading greenhouse manufacturer and greenhouse heating designer providing sophisticated growing solutions for commercial growers across North America and around the world. For more than 40 years, GGS has been designing and building greenhouses. Leigh took

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development of vertical farming technologies for use in extreme environments. Quade has experience in HVAC, controls and electronics development focused on sensors and systems for data collection, remote food production, and use in automated plant production systems.

Paul Fisher

University of Florida

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Aviv Dombrovsky

Agricultural Research Organizationthe Volcani Center

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over the business in 1998 and has substantially grown the business since. Holding a business degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Leigh has been invited to speak at numerous events pertaining to manufacturing and business development. With GGS being one of the largest suppliers to the greenhouse industry in North America, Leigh places critical importance on developing as well as maintaining business partnerships with suppliers and customers alike. GGS designs and manufactures growing environments for all types of crops in addition to manufacturing high-quality, multi-purpose fabric covered structures. The company has continued to expand through new technology advancements as well as increased market penetration in indoor controlled agriculture cultivation (CEA), and vertical farming. Having worked with top growers all over the world, Leigh has developed nothing but the utmost respect for people who are committed to perfecting their craft and growing their best plants.

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Kevin Cullum

Koppert Biological Systems

Dr. Aviv Dombrovsky is a Research Scientist and plant virologist at the department of plant pathology and weed research, the Agriculture Research Organization (ARO), the Volcani Center in LeZion, Israel. The Dombrovsky laboratory provides support in managing viral diseases in agriculture and vegetable industry. The laboratory specializes in the identification of new viral diseases in vegetables and studies the modes of spread/transmission of recently discovered and old viral diseases in Israel. Topics include virus characterization, plant virus interactions, insect vector transmission to developed various agro-techniques to reduce disease damage.

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Ramen Dutta

TensoAI, Inc.

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Kevin Cullum brings a unique combination of experience spanning cannabis, greenhouse vegetable and ornamental crops over three decades. He first became involved in the cannabis industry in the 1990’s working with growers supplying two of Canada’s first Compassion Clubs and later as Cultivation Writer for Cannabis Culture magazine. Since legalization, Kevin led the technical support for Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management programs in Licenced Producers across Canada for Koppert Biological Systems. Outside of cannabis Kevin has worked in the Greenhouse sector for 33 years, fulfilling various grower, consulting and commercial roles in Vegetable and Ornamental production throughout Canada. Kevin is the Commercial Manager for Koppert Biological for Western Canada.

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Quade Digweed

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Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Quade Digweed is a greenhouse engineering intern working for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Harrow Research and Development Centre. His field of work includes greenhouse energy efficiency, light pollution abatement and monitoring, greenhouse microclimate monitoring and modeling, and the

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Paul Fisher is a Professor and Floriculture Extension Specialist in the Environmental Horticulture Dept., at the University of Florida. He has over 30 years’ experience in applied research and farm advising for the commercial greenhouse industry: Outreach lead of CleanWateR3.org, a multi-university group solving problems in irrigation water quality and conservation, Director of Greenhouse Training Online which provides certificate courses for grower professional development including nutrient, water, and substrates, a director of the Floriculture Research Alliance at University of Florida (FloricultureAlliance. org), a university/industry group focused on greenhouse propagation and production efficiency. Paul has co-authored books on pH Management and Greenhouse Lighting, and over 300 articles on floricultural crops in the trade press and scientific journals. He is a consultant for horticulture-related companies in the U.S. and internationally.

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Jessica Fraser Laval University

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Ramen Dutta is the cofounder of 2 start-ups in the agtech space. Motorleaf, focused on artificial intelligence, and his newest company TensoAI, targeting the challenges around data that fuel our machine learning models. TensoAI’s mission is to maximize the value of agriculture data by powering models in a decentralized network. An Agricultural Specialist, with a keen eye on environmental engineering practices and trends, he is a strong believer in self-sustainability by reducing our carbon footprint and improving our environment one season at a time. With 15+ years in IT consulting, specializing in data redundancy, cluster servers and automation, Ramen has a deep understanding of how technology will shape the future: synchronizing technologies and agriculture will bring unique knowledge in food production to sustain our growing population.

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Jessica Fraser is a Master’s Student in Plant Biology at Laval University. She is interested in the factors that influence host-parasitoid interactions, and is currently studying how supplemental LED illumination in greenhouses might affect parasitoid biological control.

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Vicki Gagnon Independent Electricity System Operator

Vicki Gagnon is the Business Advisor, Energy Efficiency, for the Public Sector and Agriculture at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). She has been with the IESO for 16 years. Vicki works with sector-based organizations and Energy Managers across the province to help customers actively manage their energy, enhance the energy efficiency of their facilities, and facilitate participation in Save on Energy programs.

Rodd Gibson

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production. Her greatest success in her role as an IPM specialist comes from her keen understanding of the relationship between prey and predator.

Scott Inman

Mycorrhizal Applications, LLC

Xiuming Hao

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Jeffery’s Greenhouses, St. Catharines, ON Rodd Gibson is general manager owner of Jeffery’s Greenhouses, a third generation wholesale business begun by George and Anne Jeffery in 1933 and now managed by Rodd and his wife Barbara Jeffery-Gibson. With two locations – one at Lakeshore Road in St. Catharines and another in Jordan, Jeffery’s has approximately 10 acres of indoor greenhouse production space at each location, with some outdoor production in Jordan. Jeffery’s primary focus is bedding plants, with most of their product propagated in house from seed or unrooted cuttings. They produce more than 100 species of annuals, perennials, spring baskets and mixed containers exclusively for the mass market. A known cyclamen producer, their other crops include poinsettias, garden mums, hydrangeas and Easter lilies.

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Jerry Gorchels

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PanAmerican Seed Co.

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Jerry Gorchels started out in the greenhouse industry as a grower. His experience includes greenhouse, nursery, landscape design and maintenance. After 30 years as a grower, he entered the sales field as a technical product representative putting all that great experience to use as a resource. Jerry has been with PanAmerican Seed Co. for 34 years; the first 15 as the R&D greenhouse manager.

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Ton Habraken

Ludvig Svensson Inc.

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Have been born into a “greenhouse family” in the Netherlands, Ton has been active in protected Horticulture his entire life. He currently works for Svensson as a greenhouse climate expert, offering customized advice to growers, horticultural consultants, climate screen installers and greenhouse builders, to achieve the most favorable and sustainable growth conditions in greenhouses all over the world.

Dr. Xiuming Hao is a senior research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at Harrow Research and Development Centre in Harrow, Ontario. He holds a PhD in plant physiology from University of Guelph and an MSc in computer control systems from Wayne State University. Xiuming has been involved in the greenhouse research at the research centre since 1995. The focus of his research program is on greenhouse environmental physiology and energy efficiency. He has conducted numerous projects on greenhouse crop management, climate control, and energy conservation, including highwire cucumber production systems, new greenhouse insulation technology, heat placement in greenhouse vegetable production on raised-troughs, and dynamic temperature, CO2, humidity and fertigation control strategies, and new greenhouse cover materials. Xiuming has led the AAFC national research project on dynamic plant-based environment control to improve energy efficiency in greenhouse vegetable production. He has conducted extensive research in the last 19 years and is leading the national AAFC lighting projects on greenhouse vegetables to improve light and energy use efficiency in year-round greenhouse vegetable production.

Vicki Hilborn

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Over the course of his career, Scott’s experience has been primarily focused on field research and technology development. For the last 38 years, he has developed pest management and plant growth enhancement technologies, both chemical and biological. For the last 20 years, the research and development focus has been on global development of biological technologies, including mycorrhizal fungi. Scott serves as the Director, R&D, Regulatory & Facilities for Mycorrhizal Applications, based in Southern Oregon, where his primary focus is to develop current and new mycorrhizal fungi technologies around the world, including maintaining and obtaining registrations as technologies are adopted throughout international markets.

Bri-Anna Jaksic IPM Scoutek

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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food &

Rural Affairs

Vicki Hilborn is the Engineering Program Coordinator for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. She received her Bachelors of Applied Science at the University of Waterloo and her Masters of Applied Science at the University of Guelph.

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Bri-Anna Jaksic’s ten years’ experience covers many facets of the greenhouse industry. From organic greenhouse growing, scouting and IPM management to her specialty, beneficial insect breeding and greenhouse entomology, she has found the everfluctuating greenhouse environment to be an especially interesting place to test various insect breeding techniques. Her recent work with IPM Scoutek is pushing Integrated Pest Management to the forefront of greenhouse technology. As scouting is essential in the development of a balanced greenhouse ecosystem, having the IPM data at your fingertips, enables the growers to make the right decision at the right time. Bri-Anna obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Entomology from Trent University and continues her work in the greenhouse industry.

Sarah Jandricic

Brittany Harris Plant Products

Ann Huber

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Soil Resource Group

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs

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Brittany Harris is an Integrated Pest Management Specialist for Plant Products in Leamington, Ontario. She is a graduate of the Fanshawe College Horticulture Program and, as an industry professional, brings with her a decade of experience. Brittany’s favourite part of her role at Plant Products is working in various sectors of agriculture and understanding each customer. She enjoys building programs that will have the best success for the customer to reduce pesticide use and as a result boost

Dr. Ann Huber is the environmental microbiologist for The Soil Resource Group in Guelph, Ontario, with over 30 years of national and international experience in environmental and agricultural research. She is lead researcher for the Group on horticultural BMPs, process water treatment technology evaluation and development, water-borne plant pathogen management, soil health assessment, and farm-based food safety risk-management.

Dr. Sarah Jandricic is the Greenhouse Floriculture IPM Specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) since 2015. Her career in Floriculture Entomology has led her down the east coast, gaining experience with managing floriculture pests from New York State to North Carolina. Sarah has a continuous presence in Greenhouse Canada Magazine, the Canadian Greenhouse Conference, and runs the ONFloriculture blog, to help keep growers informed about pest control advances and pest issues facing the industry. Sarah is stationed at Vineland and can be reached at 905-687-1277 or sarah.jandricic@ontario.ca.

Murat Kacira

University of Arizona

a Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS).

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Rose Labbe

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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Dr. Roselyne Labbe is a research scientist in greenhouse entomology at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Harrow Research and Development Centre (HRDC). Her research team aims to identify both the most effective and sustainable ways to manage the diversity of pests present within Canada’s greenhouse and vertically farmed crops. This includes ongoing work to assess and develop a diversity of crop protection tools such as novel biological control or reduced-risk agents and incorporating new technologies such as the sterile insect technique and artificial lights to optimize crop protection.

the project leader for the Automated Cucumber Harvesting project as part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Automation Cluster. His team focuses on computer vision and robotics, with the aim to spearhead novel research and development in reducing labour costs for the horticulture industry.

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Remi Maglione

Harvest Genomics Inc.

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Murat Kacira is director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center and professor in the Biosystems Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. He received his B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering in Cukurova University in Turkey and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Ohio State University. His research involves automation, environmental control, alternative energy integrated CEA systems and resource use optimization in controlled environment agriculture systems including greenhouses and vertical farming-based plant factories with artificial lighting. Murat is a member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), American Society of Horticultural Sciences (ASHS), and International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). He serves as Chair of the Division Precision Horticulture Engineering under ISHS.

David Lubitz

University of Guelph

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Roger Kehoe

Eason Horticultural Resources

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Roger is a true plant specialist with over 40 years of experience in the Green Industry. Having previously worked with plant breeding companies, young plant producers, and wholesale growing operations, he can offer an incredible amount of knowledge to his customers. Roger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in ornamental horticulture from Rutgers University, with a specialty in floriculture. His background makes him an excellent resource for his customers, especially with his ability to help them with plant knowledge and production methods. Some of his strongest assets are his horticulture business understanding and a broad range of relationships with our vendors and growers throughout the industry. Roger and his wife of more than 40 years have 5 children and 3 grandchildren. He enjoys swimming and golf.

Chieri Kubota

Ohio State University

Brian Lynch

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Dr. David Lubitz is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Guelph. His research interests include distributed renewable energy including wind, solar and small hydropower, as well as greenhouse energy efficiency and environmental impacts due to light and noise. He has previously studied microclimate and modelled energy flows within high tunnels, and examined wind driven ventilation of large Venlo-type commercial greenhouses. David is currently part of two multi-year projects studying greenhouse light emissions and energy efficiency by combining collaborative experimental study with analysis and modeling simulations.

Rémi Maglione is the VP and co-founder of Harvest Genomics Inc, a Guelph-based Canadian Biotech company specializing in developing and deploying genomic technologies for food production and food safety. Rémi heads the metagenomics technology development of Harvest Genomics, with a focus on portable DNA sequencing solutions for controlled environments. In addition to vegetable greenhouse operations, Remi is currently developing new genomic technologies for the Cannabis greenhouse sector, from new cultivar development to early detection of biological threats to cannabis production.

Genevieve Marchand Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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Vineland Research & Innovation Centre

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Dr. Chieri Kubota is a professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, and Director of Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center at the Ohio State University. She received her Ph.D. in Horticultural Engineering and M.S. in Horticultural Science from Chiba University, Japan. Chieri worked as faculty for 6 years in Chiba University and 16 years in the School of Plant Sciences at University of Arizona. Chieri joined the faculty at the Ohio State University in 2017. She is Research Division Vice President and

Brian Lynch obtained his B. Eng., M.A.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from Carleton University in his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. He spent time as a research associate at the Canadian Space Agency while completing his doctoral research related to smart actuators for spacecraft systems while also working on various projects related to robotics for planetary exploration. Following the completion of his graduate studies, Brian joined the Mining Systems Laboratory at Queen’s University where he worked on robotic systems for exploration and prospecting with a focus on searching for water and other minerals in space environments. He subsequently relocated to the Niagara region to join Vineland Research and Innovation Centre as a research scientist, where he currently leads the Field Robotics team within the Automation group. Brian is currently

Following a B.Sc. in Agronomy, specialized in Plant Science (2002), Genevieve obtained a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Université Laval in 2008, working on the genetic control of the mode of action of biocontrol agent Pseudozyma flocculosa in the lab of Dr. Richard Bélanger. This microbial biocontrol agent targeted powdery mildew on greenhouse crops. During her post-doctoral fellowship at Health Canada in 2012-2013, Genevieve contributed to the development of a microfluidic detection system for food-borne pathogens. She has been with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on a permanent basis since 2014 and has previously worked at the Pest Management Centre and the Ottawa Research and Development Centre. Since December 2016, Genevieve has been leading a research program on pathology of greenhouse vegetables and other horticultural crops at the Harrow Research and Development Centre in Southwestern Ontario. Her research program focuses on methods for detection and control of plant pathogens, with a focus on integrated pest management (IPM).

Peter Melis

plant production phase of short day and everbearing cultivars.

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Sarah Miner Roelands Plant Farms

Kerry Meyer

Proven Winners

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Peter Melis is a researcher in the cultivation of strawberry at Proefcentrum Hoogstraten in Belgium. His team does practical and demonstrative research on all aspects of the modern strawberry cultivation, both in soil and on substrate. At the centre, the research program works in close contact with the growers to realize quick implementations of new techniques and systems. Peter is familiar with the different cultivation systems that make year-round cultivation possible. He has developed several techniques to realize important steps in the evolution of the cultivation including: a predictive outgrowth model for short day cultivars using flower bud analysis, the implementation of assimilation light for winter production in glasshouses, the capacity calculation for drain water recuperation on trayfields, a capacity calculation for needed rain water storage, a highly effective IPM strategy with control over the most common pests and diseases, and the importance of timed and quantified fertilization during the

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Growing up on her family’s dairy farm in rural southwestern Ontario, Sarah Miner has spent her whole life immersed in Canadian agriculture. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Guelph and has extensive agricultural experience spanning multiple industries including livestock, research, plant production, cannabis, customer service, and sales. Sarah currently works in Account Management and Sales at Roelands Plant Farms – a premium plant propagation company in Lambton Shores, Ontario. When she isn’t selling premium plants, you can find her spending time with her husband and three children.

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Kerry Meyers has a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture from the University of Missouri, and a Masters in Science degree in Horticultural Science with a minor in Plant Breeding from the University of Minnesota. After graduation, she lived for five years on the Central Coast of California while breeding plants for Ball FloraPlant before returning to the Midwest. Today Kerry’s family lives and gardens in central Missouri on 10 acres, half of which is a rocky wooded hillside. Kerry has worked for Proven Winners since 2002. She works with intellectual property, university trials, and plant tags and also answers consumer questions. Kerry is editor of Proven Winners Home Gardener newsletter, Winners Circle, where she regularly shares photos of her own garden. “I feel if you are going to write about gardening, you probably ought to show your garden.”

Saber Miresmailli Ecoation

Dr. Saber Miresmailli is an Award-winning biologist with 50+ Publications, a PhD in Plant Science from UBC and more than 25 years of experience in the industry including 5 years as a greenhouse grower. He was

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more than ten years of experience investigating the etiology, epidemiology, and management of plant diseases in agricultural ecosystems. At Vineland, her main tasks include research efforts to control vegetable greenhouse crop diseases.

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Award from the International Polymer Processing Society; Synergy Award for Innovation from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Andrew Chase Forest Products Division Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS), USA.

Zamir Punja

Simon Fraser University

Emily Murracas Mucci Farms

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Emily is the Director of Marketing for Mucci Farms in Kingsville, Ontario. Mucci Farms is a grower, packer, shipper and marketer of fresh flavourful greenhouse grown produce.

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$85

Barry Murchie Goodleaf Farms

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named one of the top 40 under forty by BIV, won the innovation award at GreenTech Amsterdam in 2018 was a winner at the UN World Changing Technology Olympics in 2020 where he shared the stage with Elon Musk and Anoushe Ansari. Saber conducted his post-doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the Energy Bio Science Institute. He then joined Sumatics LLC in New York as the Executive Science Officer. Prior to that, he was part of scientific advisory panel of EcoSMART Technology in Georgia and the Science advisor of Sustainability television. In 2015, Saber received the award of excellence in innovation in agriculture and agri-food from BC Investment Agriculture Foundation. He has been an Advisor to the BC Minister of Agriculture and a member of Vancouver Food Policy Council. More than a decade ago, he, along with his wife, founded Ecoation, a robotics and AI company that makes dynamic data and automation platforms for the horticultural settings and grow that company to more than 60 people with customers all over the world and offices in North Vancouver, BC and Ruthven, ON.

$100

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Amar Mohanty

University of Guelph

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Barry Murchie is President and CEO of GoodLeaf Farms in Guelph, Ontario. With a passion for delicious, nutrient-rich greens, GoodLeaf was founded in Truro, Nova Scotia in 2011. Using innovative technology and leveraging multi-level vertical farming, GoodLeaf has created a controlled and efficient indoor farm that can grow fresh produce anywhere in the world, 365 days of the year. The system combines innovations in LED lighting with leading edge hydroponic techniques to produce sustainable, safe, pesticide-free, nutrientdense leafy greens. GoodLeaf has ongoing R&D collaboration with the University of Guelph, McGill University and serval other institutions and private enterprise.

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Alexander Nauta University of Guelph

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Amar Mohanty is a Full Professor and OAC Distinguished Research Chair in Sustainable Biomaterials and is the Director of the Bioproducts Discovery & Development Centre at the University of Guelph. He is a former Michigan State University professor and is an international leader in the field of bioplastics, biocomposites and advanced biorefinery. His research focuses in engineering value-added uses of biomass wastes and industrial co-products from agro-food and biofuel industries. Circular economy, environmental sustainability, waste plastic valorization, biodegradable plastics as single-use plastic alternatives, biocarbon based composites and 3D printing of sustainable materials are other areas of his expertise. Prof. Mohanty is the Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Composites, Composites Part C – Open Access (ELSEVIER). He has more than 800 publications to his credit, including 415 peer-reviewed journal papers, 6 edited books, over 400 conference presentations, 25 book chapters, and 67 Patents awarded/ applied (His Google Scholar citations exceed 38, 000).

Prof. Mohanty is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and the Society of Plastic Engineers.

Prof. Mohanty received many awards, including the: JL White Innovation

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Alexander is currently in the MASc program at the University of Guelph, in his third semester. His research work includes greenhouse energy modelling using lumped capacitance models. He has presented at the 5th International CIGR conference in May this past year and, together with a team, is working on other manuscripts to be published in the coming months. Alexander has diverse work experience through the co-op program at the school that includes a term at the AAFC office in Guelph as a Research Associate. l vegetable greenhouse crop diseases.

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Zamir Punja completed a BSc degree in Plant Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, followed by MSc and PhD degrees in plant pathology from the University of California, Davis. He then joined the Campbell Soup Company and worked jointly with North Carolina State University in Raleigh on management of carrot diseases. Zamir was appointed Manager of Plant Biotechnology research for Campbell’s in Davis, California to develop innovative methods for crop improvement. He joined Simon Fraser University in 1989 as Associate Professor and was promoted to Professor in 1996. His research interests include the etiology and management of plant diseases on vegetable and horticultural crops, and the applications of plant biotechnology for disease management. More recently, his work has shifted to cannabis. His group has described a range of previously unreported pathogens affecting the crop and various methods for disease management have been evaluated. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Phytopathological Society. Zamir has received numerous research and teaching awards, including the Sterling Prize for Controversy for his work on GMO foods. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology for 18 years. His research has been funded jointly by NSERC (Discovery, Strategic and CRD’s) and various industry partners. Zamir’s research group currently focuses on cannabis pathology and methods to improve quality of greenhouse-grown cannabis.

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Ana M. Pastrana is a Research Scientist at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Canada, where she leads the Plant Pathology laboratory. She completed her PhD in 2015 at IFAPA, Spain then continued her research at the University of California at Davis, USA. She has

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Michigan State University

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Adrian Schimnowski CEO & Operations Manager, Arctic Research Foundation

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Dr. Erik Runkle is a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University. Erik obtained a B.S. in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Illinois and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Horticulture at Michigan State University. Since he joined the faculty in 2001, he and his graduate research team have performed numerous practical experiments indoors and in greenhouses to determine the effects of light, temperature, and other environmental factors on plant growth and development. Much of his recent work has been in the Controlled-Environment Lighting Laboratory at MSU, focused on regulating growth of leafy greens and ornamental plugs.

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There is no such thing as a typical day for Adrian. Responsible for the maintenance and operation of ARF’s labs and research vessels, he spends much of the summer field season plying northern waterways with scientific researchers, setting up and fixing equipment in remote Arctic locations and working on a wide array of projects with local communities. As ARF’s main point of contact for government agencies and other partners, Adrian spends his “down time” flying across the country to attend meetings or participate in conferences on Arctic issues.

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Warren Russel Moleaer

of fruits and vegetables together with her husband. She holds a horticulture engineering degree of the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan, Munich-Freising/Germany combined with E.N.I.T.H.P. (École Nationale d´Ingénieurs des Techniques de l´Horticulture et du Paysage), Angers/France.

Ashley Summerfield Vineland Research & Innovation Centre

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Adrian’s interest in Canada’s Arctic developed early on. Born in Winnipeg, Man., Adrian and his family moved to Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill, Man., when he was a young boy. His earliest memories include fishing for Arctic char and exploring the nearby tundra. He later studied fine arts and architecture at the University of Manitoba and became a professional multimedia artist and, later, a construction business owner. He also obtained fire and paramedic training, as well as training as a commercial diver — all skills that make him an ideal person to lead ARF’s operations in a part of the world where resourcefulness is paramount.

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Warren Russel is a cofounder of Moleaer and an experienced entrepreneur with over 15 years of business management experience in the wastewater treatment and environmental services industries of Southern Africa and the Middle East. Prior to leading the commercial efforts for Moleaer, Warren, a graduate of the University of South Africa, founded Erogfit USA and Evadine Technologies, which focused on environmental consulting and designing wastewater treatment processes for municipal, industrial, oil, and gas applications.

Taro Saito Vineland Research & Innovation Centre

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Ashley grew up in a small farming community in the Ottawa Valley prior to studying Zoology at the University of Western Ontario. She has been involved in IPM research for the past seven years at Vineland Research & Innovation Centre in Rose Buitenhuis’ biocontrol lab. In this role Ashley has worked to find solutions to improve the management of thrips, spider mites, and whiteflies in both greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals. She is currently finishing her Master’s degree at the University of Guelph in Cynthia Scott-Dupree’s lab, where she is conducting research on IPM of onion thrips in floriculture crops.

Justine Taylor CropLife Canada

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Heike Scholz-Dobelin

Landwirstschaftskammer

Nordrhein-Westfallen, Germany

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Taro Saito moved to Canada in 1998 after graduating from high school in Japan. He received a B.Sc. in Biology and M.Sc. in Applied Science at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. and joined Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in 2010 as a Senior Research Technician in the Bioprotection Lab. Taro’s expertise is in applied entomology and insect pathology, working with mycoinsecticides (fungal pathogens that are effective against pest insects), entomopathogenic nematodes, and botanical insecticides, evaluating their efficacy and new application methods against major pests in Ontario’s diverse horticultural crops. With his passion and expertise in field entomology, he is the technical lead in developing new biocontrol agents for North American market from the native fauna.dustrial, oil, and gas applications.

Heike Scholz-Döbelin works as a specialist advisor at the government´s Plant Protection Service of the Chamber of Agriculture North-Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and is based at the Straelen Research Station in Lower Rhine. She has over 30 years experience in providing biological and integrated pest management advice to growers and crop advisors in fruiting vegetable cultures and developing and implementing complex plant protection solutions, specifically and practical adapted to the grower. She also focuses on monitoring and applied research in plant protection in greenhouse and field vegetable production. Heike has conducted the development and implementation of a protocol for disinfection, eradication, and prevention advice for growers, after Germany experienced the first ToBRFV infestation in Europe in 2018. With inputs from experts and companies in Germany and abroad, Heike facilitated a process in intensive collaboration with the affected growers. Other areas of research include biological control of Tuta absoluta and noctuid moths, control of whitefly, russet mite and aphids, powdery mildew, and Botrytis with beneficials and biopesticides. Heike also runs a farm for organic production

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Dr. Justine Taylor recently assumed the role of director of stewardship and sustainability for CropLife Canada. In this role Justine supports both industry stewardship efforts as the executive director of the Agrichemical Warehousing Standards Association and contributes to the larger sustainability efforts of Canada’s plant science sector. Justine comes to this role after nearly 10 years in the greenhouse sector and was most recently the science and government relations manager for the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers. A keen supporter of collaboration, Justine has contributed to several cross-sectoral initiatives in her previous role and continues to sit on several local volunteer boards in her hometown of Windsor, Ontario. Justine holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta with a focus on analytical chemistry.

Kenneth Tran Koidra Inc.

Kenneth Tran is the founding CEO of Koidra. Koidra is an AgTech startup with a mission of transforming greenhouses and sustainable agriculture through innovations in AI and IoT. It provides IoT Suite and λuto Growing platforms for indoor farms to operate more autonomously and more efficiently. Before founding Koidra, Kenneth was a Principal Applied Scientist in the Machine Learning Group, Microsoft Research. In 2018, he led a crossorganization research team winning the

1st autonomous greenhouse challenge, organized in the Netherlands. His Sonoma team was the only AI team that outperformed the expert Dutch growers with 6% increase and yield and 17% increase in net profit. Kenneth’s expertise and experience includes AI algorithms with a bias for whole system optimization. Kenneth received his Ph.D. in Computational & Applied Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin in 2012.

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and phosphorous) and toxic metals in aqueous sediments. This research helps inform design and sustainable solutions for waste and water management and ecosystem services.

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Youbin Zheng

University of Guelph

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Rodger Tschanz

University of Guelph

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benches and aquaponic systems. Together with Jan Voogt he developed a climate control strategy based on sensors and laws of physics, known as ‘Next Generation Growing’. After his retirement in 2016 Peter started his private company Weel.Invent to develop integrated, robust, low-investment and uncomplicated production systems for greenhouses. Peter has co-authored a book about Plant Empowerment, which is the next step of NGG with even more emphasis on the relation between air movement, the reduction of risk on fungal diseases and the transpiration of the crop. Peter gives workshops, trains users and analyzes data for growers who use the Plant Empowerment method.

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Raj Vansiya

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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As a Masters student conducting research with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, I am working on projects related to the use of bees for pathogen detection and monitoring. My role as a student researcher consists of collecting data samples from farms in the field and using molecular biology techniques to extract genetic material from these samples. Additionally, I also conduct bioinformatics analysis on sequenced samples to identify any known or novel pathogens which may be infecting the crops in the surveyed region.

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Rodger Tschanz has worked as a technician at the University of Guelph since 1989. In 2001, he was asked by the Department of Plant Agriculture to create and manage the University’s Ornamental Trial Garden program. The trial garden locations have expanded over the years to currently include ground bed and container trials at the Guelph Turfgrass Institute in Guelph, the Landscape Ontario site in Milton and the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. At the Guelph site, Tschanz is a judge for the annual and perennial entries of the All-America Selections organization. A large, multi-year perennial trial has also been recently established at the Landscape Ontario trial site. In addition to the Trial Garden duties, Tschanz is a technician for the ornamental plant breeding program in Guelph, teaches ornamental plant uses and identification, assists with the management of Plant Agriculture’s growth facilities and is part of the student liaison and undergraduate recruitment team for the Department of Plant Agriculture.

Bill Van Heyst

University of Windsor

Terry Vermeer ET Grow Inc.

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Dr. Youbin Zheng is a professor at the University of Guelph, the vice president of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science. He has more than 25 years research and hands-on experiences in controlled environment plant production. Dr. Zheng’s team has been actively involved in controlled environment cannabis production research, mostly collaborative work with licensed producers, in the past years. His group has published North America’s first few peer-reviewed scientific papers on controlled environment cannabis production. He has developed and been teaching a Cannabis Production course for senior university students. He is passionate at training graduate students for the controlled environment plant production industry. Youbin is frequently invited to speak about his research nationally and internationally.

Terry is a Licensed Professional Computer Systems Engineer (P.Eng) with over 14 years of professional experience across many industries. He grew up working in a family-owned greenhouse business in Grimsby, Ontario. (Westbrook Group of Companies)

Christopher Weisener

University of Windsor

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Bill Van Heyst is a professor in Environmental Engineering and the incoming Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor (effective September 2021). Prior to his post at UWindsor, Bill spent 19 years as a professor at the University of Guelph and five years before that as an environmental consultant in a leading Toronto-based air quality firm. Bill’s research has been focused on agricultural air quality issues, especially emissions of ammonia and particulate matter from animal housing facilities and, more recently, odour from cannabis production.

Peter van Weel

Weel.Invent

During his 42-year career as a researcher at Wageningen University & Research Peter van Weel developed systems that are now commonplace in today’s greenhouses; such as ebb and flood watering, roof cleaner, movable

Dr. Christopher Weisener is a Professor at the University of Windsor Ontario. He is an established multidisciplinary researcher at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) and is recognized for his contributions in the field of environmental geomicrobiology. His research programs link multidisciplinary themes (i.e. microbiology, geochemistry and molecular ecology) within both applied and fundamental research frameworks for habitat restoration. He specializes in developing cutting edge science which correlates an understanding of microbial community function influenced by contaminate stress at the terrestrial/aquatic interface. In particular his group focuses on the mobility and bioavailability of nutrients (e.g. carbon, nitrogen, sulfur

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Havecon Horticultural Projects, founded in 2006, is a flexible and customer-focused organization with a wealth of in-house experience in the design, manufacturing, and completion of greenhouse horticulture projects. From initial idea to postdelivery service, we can guide you through every step of the construction process. In recent years we have become a major global player in this field. But this doesn’t mean that our projects are also on a large scale. On the contrary, we are just as happy with a one-hectare greenhouse as a 15-hectare one – and work just as hard on it too. Every project is of equal importance to us. Our mission is to innovate, to lighten your load and to keep our promises.

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AAB INTERNATIONAL

Jupiter 420, 2675 LX Honselerdijk, Netherlands

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ALDERSHOT GREENHOUSES LTD.

1135 Gallagher Road, Burlington ON L7T 2M7

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Finished & Prefinished Potted Roses & Clematis by Poulsen Roser

Plugs, Cuttings

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Consultants, Engineers, Brokers for: master planning; project development; design & engineering; technical support; project management; (sustainable) energy solutions; climate studies; due diligence; feasibility studies; investment budgets

Prefinished & Finished Potted Helleborus by Heuger

Prefinished & Finished Hydrangea by The Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) Seasonally Chrysanthemum Plants & for Christmas Poinsettia Plants

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Analytical services for soil, media, water, plant tissue, nutrients, & compost. Serving the greenhouse, horticultural, cannabis & hemp markets

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2011 Spinks Drive, Kingsville ON N9Y 2E5 www.amahort.com

Connie Bradt - Managing Director, Sales & Administration

Shawn Mallen - Manager, Hydroponics & Manufacturing

Janan Alles - Manager, Growing Containers, Soils & Equipment

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Craig Willett - Manager, Ellepots & Pre-fill

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Annuals, Perennials, Potted Plants, Tropicals, Bulbs, Cut Flowers, Vegetables, Seed, Cuttings, Liners, Plugs, Lighting, Equipment, Soil, Tech Support

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AGROLUX

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Jelani Kemble

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Fixtures

Hybrid lighting solutions for horticulture

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Reflectors, Revision kits

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Al’s Flower Pouch, Ellepots by A.M.A., RootSmart, Hydroponics supplies, plug trays, growing containers, substrates for berries, vermicompost, equipment, growing mixes

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Supply workers in Agriculture, Horticulture, Greenhouse Vegetables & Flowers, Hospitality, Cannabis, Swine, Food Processing, & Meat Processing

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Provide information regarding TFWP

BEN BERG FARM & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD.

42134 Hwy 3, RR 3, Wainfleet ON L0S 1V0

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CERAGEN

151 Charles St. W, Suite 199, Kitchener ON N2G 1H6

Dave Park

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BAYER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

679 Southgate Drive, 2nd Floor Guelph ON N1G 4S2

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Danielle Rose

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Flat Fillers, Bale Breakers, Soil Mixers, Conveyors.

Full-line Kubota dealer: Sales, Service, Parts, Rentals

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Darcy Olds

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Altus Insecticide

Forbid 240SC

Kontos Insecticide

Intercept 60WP

DeltaGard SC Rhapsody ASO

BERGER

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Luna Privilege Greenhouse

Previcur N Compass 50WG

Scala Greenhouse

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CO2 GRO INC.

40 King Street West, Suite 5800, Toronto ON M5H 3S1

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Dil Vashi

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John Santoro

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Specticle G Florel

BELLWYCK HORTICOLOR

Email: Johns@berger.ca O: 1-800-463-5582

M: 215 859-1605

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1025-8th Street East, Owen Sound, ON N4K 1M5

www.horticolor.net

Cam Duggan

POSTER SESSION

Email: cduggan@bellwyck.com O: 519-376-8310 #225 M: 226-668-1890

O: 1-888-496-1283

M: 416-859-0909

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Whether for plant propagation, greenhouse or nursery production of flowers, vegetables, berries & green leaves, one of the substrates from our extensive product line will suit your particular needs: BM2series, BM4 series, BM5 series, BM6 series

CO2 Delivery Solutions technology provides plants with more CO2 for increasing plant production and profits.

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DURWARD JONES BARKWELL & COMPANY LLP

BIOSAFE SYSTEMS

Unit 1, 570 Highland Road West, Hamilton ON L8W 0C4

Tagging (custom to generic), Packaging, POP, Publications, Labels, Marketing, Horticultural & Photographic data bases, Logo development all with virtual platform

22 Meadow Street, East Hartford CT 06108

USA

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www.biosafesystems.com

Jon Konya

Email: jkonya@biosafesystems.com

www.djb.com

John Gardner, BBA, CA, Partner

Email: jgardner@djb.com

O: 905-525-9520

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M: 248-245-9625

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Use ZeroTol® to disinfest plant material, eradicate algae, bacteria cells, & fungal spores/mycelia on contact - with no residue

Our professionals provide a wide range of services to agribusiness entities, including financial, taxation, human resources, and inter-generational transfer advisory.

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REGISTRATION FEES

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

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Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

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Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

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HHARNOIS INDUSTRIES

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

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1044 Rue Principale, Saint-Thomas-DeJoilette QC J0K 3L0

www.harnois.com/en/greenhouses

4691 SM Tholen, Stevinweg 2, The Netherlands www.hortidaily.com

Email: info@hortidaily.com

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Nicolas Duval

Email: info@harnois.com

O: 1-888-427-6647

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Ovaltech freestanding Luminosa gutter connected

O: +31 (0) 166 69 82 00

Arlette Sijmonsma

Email: arlette@hortidaily.com

P: +31 (0) 166 69 82 30

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Online Platform for Global Greenhouse Industry

1894 Seventh Street, St. Catharines ON L2R 6Z4

www.jvk.net

Inside Sales

Email: info@jvk.net

O: 905-641-5599

Toll Free: 1-800-665-1642 (Sales)

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Greenhouse & Nursery Supplies, Plants, Seeds & Labels

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Tunnel Pro Greenhouse equipment

Turnkey solutions

Quality, innovation & engineered design

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$100

ICL SPECIALTY FERTILIZERS

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

HAVECON HORTICULTURAL PROJECTS

Unit 3-4, 360 York Road, Niagara-on-theLake ON L0S 1J9

www.havecon.com/en/

Ricky Elz

2755 West 5th North Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483 USA

www.icl-sf.com/ca

Jennifer Wacasey

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Email: ricky@havecon.com

O: 905-641-0603

M: 905-401-0086

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Email: Jennifer.wacasey@icl-group.com

M: 905-933-6823

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KOPPERT CANADA LIMITED

Unit 3, 40 Ironside Crescent, Scarborough ON M1X 1G4

www.koppert.ca

Bryon Mellon

Email: bmellon@koppert.ca

O: 519-919-4835

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Toll Free: 1-800-567-4195

M: 519-326-2978

Osmocote® controlled release fertilizer Peters® water-soluble fertilizers

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Greenhouse Structure, Glass, Construction, Turn-key Solutions, Design Services

Truban® fungicide

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H2Proä greenhouse & nursery wetting agent

HORTA-CRAFT LTD

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4836 Egremont Drive, Strathroy ON N7G 3H3

www.horta-craft.ca

Supplier of beneficial insects including predatory mites, predatory bugs, nematodes & parasitic wasps for biological control of plant pests

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Paul Lofgren

Email: paul@horta-craft.ca

O: 519-245-8441

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LAMBERT PEAT MOSS INC.

125 Chenoweth Lane, Suite 301, Louisville KY 40204 USA www.jelitto.com

Mary Vaananen

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Email: maryv@jelitto.com

106 chemin Lambert, Riviere-Ouelle QC G0L 2C0

www.lambertpeatmoss.com

Michel Morin

Email: michelm@lambertpeatmoss.com

O: 418-852-2885

M: 519-860-6660

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Inventory & custom tags

Adhesive labels

Thermal labels, printing, printers & accessories

Signage, sign holders, crop markers & much more

P: 502-895-0807

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Jelitto supplies seeds for perennials, ornamental grasses, & herbs, with an expanding organic herb seed line to growers world-wide.

M: 418-868-8701

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Grower & Retail Peat Moss

Soil Amendments

Retail Potting Mixes

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REGISTRATION FEES

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

ENHANCED REGISTRATION $100

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Registration will remain open until January 5, 2022. You may upgrade your registration or create a new registration until that date.

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POSTER SESSION

Highlighting current research from universities and allied industry, posters will be available CGC website.

Select projects will be highlighted in the Research Updates session on Thursday.

Sponsored by:

NEW VARIETY SHOWCASE

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PRIVA

YOUR CANADIAN RESOURCE FOR THE BUSINESS OF GROWING

3468 South Service Road, Vineland Station

ON L0R 2E0

www.priva.com

Mary Haurilak

SOLLUM TECHNOLOGIES

Suite 502, 465 St-Jean Street, Montreal QC H2Y 2R6

www.sollumtechnologies.com

TRIPLE GREEN PRODUCTS

O: 905-562-7351

M: 289-547-6053

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Kassim Tremblay (VP, Business Development)

Email: Kassim@sollum.tech

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M: 514 409 0902

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Priva is a world leader in developing & supplying sustainable technologies for the control of indoor environments with Greenhouse Environmental Controls, Environmental Computer Hardware & Software, Irrigation Controls & Systems

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Jenny Zammit (VP, Marketing & Business Operations)

Email: j.zammit@sollum.tech

M: 514 975 7308

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27157 Hwy 422, Morris MB R0G 1K0 www.triplegreenenergyproducts.com

Lyall Wiebe

Email: info@triplegreenproducts.com O: 204 746 6333

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TGP’s solid fuel/biomass boiler systems are efficient & clean burning

Fed by fuels such as wood chips, pellets, agriculture waste, plant waste & other sustainable substances

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Smart LED lighting IoT, programmable lighting – SUN as a Service cloud platform

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

AI, Big Data Greenhouse, CEA Cleantech, Agtech

ENHANCED REGISTRATION

$100

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RBC AGRICULTURE

Southwestern Ontario www.rbcroyalbank.com/business/advice/ industry-expertise/agriculture/index.html

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SYNGENTA FLOWERS

2280 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy CA 95020 USA

www.syngentaflowers-us.com

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Gwen Paddock, Vice President, Southwestern Ontario Agriculture

Email: gwen.paddock@rbc.com

O: 519-835-0960

Terry Talsma

Email: terry.talsma@syngenta.com P: 905-979-5016

VERGENT POWER SOLUTIONS, INC.

7244 Washington Avenue South, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344 USA

www.vergentpower.com

Jessie Gillis

Email: jgillis@vergentpower.com

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O: 1-888-282.2071 ext. 3 M: 519-531-0899

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Lorna McKercher, Vice President, Southwestern Ontario Agriculture

Email: lorna.mckercher@rbc.com O: 519-871-0366

David Day, Vice President, Southwestern Ontario Agriculture

Email: david.day@rbc.com

O: 519-383-2708

Products Financial services, Agricultural advice

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TTHE HC COMPANIES

www.hc-companies.com

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SOLAR LIGHT COMPANY, LLC

100 East Glenside Avenue, Glenside, Pennsylvania 19038 USA www.solarlight.com

Richard Flynn

Sponsored by:

Email: richard.flynn@solarlight.com O: 215-517-8700

M: 610-952-9800

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Cultivate & preserve healthy plants using Solarmeter® GrowMeter, & Solar Light Digital &/or Analog Quantum Light (PAR) calibrated sensors

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VPS provides turnkey energy solutions using ultra-low emission Capstone microturbines & comprehensive maintenance plans for up to twenty years.

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VINELAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

2450 Edison Blvd., Suite 3, Twinsberg OH 44087 USA

Marc Desrosiers, District Sales Manager Email: MDesrosiers@HC-Companies.com O: 604-351-1229

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Horticultural containers in resin & sustainable substrates for greenhouse, nursery & cannabis customers

4890 Victoria Ave North PO Box 4000, Vineland Station ON L0R 2E0 www.vinelandresearch.com

Phillip Stephan

Email: Phillip.stephan@vinelandresearch. com

O: 905-562-0320, ext 747

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Horticulture Research

Biological Control Greenhouse Technologies

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BASIC REGISTRATION

$85

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

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Continued from page 19

Brian Minter

As above, plus the ability to access the virtual platform with webinar recordings and on-demand content for 90 days following the show.

Owner & Operator, Minter Country Garden, B.C.

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many cases, product is being purchased early to hold for spring. In retail, fall colour, bulbs, trees and shrubs are very strong, and seasonal décor is hot.

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“The 2021 season was quite remarkable for the nursery industry in B.C. The demand for plants and plant products was extremely high. In many cases, April sales came close to exceeding May. Because of great weather, the season started early, but it also finished earlier at the end of May.

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Christmas will start earlier owing to pent-up demand for holiday magic. There will be a shortage of fresh trees due to the heat damage on many West Coast tree farms. Container-grown Christmas trees will be in very short supply, mostly because of the overselling in 2020.

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In late June, we experienced an unprecedented heat wave. On the West Coast, high temperatures in the 43°C to 45°C range created tremendous damage to plants, and for days, retail outlets either closed or shut down early in the day. Because of long periods of hot weather, sales slipped back to summer norms. In 2022, we will see increased demand for heatand drought-tolerant plants.

September was a very strong month. The garden community has been highly engaged in fall planting. We’re seeing heavy nursery bookings for 2022. In

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COVID, it seems, will not disappear soon. However, it has generated a huge interest in gardening, and these new gardening communities continue to be very much engaged. Garden Media’s 2022 report indicates that, for many different reasons, next year will be the strongest gardening season since 1984. Next year will also be challenging, but one with great potential.”

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Outlook for 2022 is very positive, The general consensus of sales is somewhere between 2020 and 2021. The challenge will be the availability of virtually all products from potting soils and planters to roses, larger trees and much more. Prices will rise from higher production costs, shortage of raw materials and of course, freight, especially overseas containers. Rising inflation, which in August was the highest in 18 years, will affect disposable incomes of consumers.

Laura Bryce

Faculty, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, B.C. “The first half of 2021 was very challenging. Most of our courses were online, and it was really tough because of the hands-on nature of what we do.

There’s also a tight camaraderie among horticulture students. We had some face-to-face sessions but it was very limited and quite restricted. We had to be very careful, but we were appreciative of what we had. Everyone was willing to do what it took to move forward and remain safe. For the students, I did have con-

cerns about their mental health with being online and having such a lack of community that we normally have. I was careful of my own screen time because I wasn’t used to it either. It was tough. But we got through it.

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could breathe when they finally got back to go shopping, with all the due precautions of course.

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could online. It worked for what we needed to do, but over the long-term, we have to be back feeling the greenhouse climate and checking the plants in person. A video just doesn’t cut it.

It was challenging, but feeling hopeful, for sure.”

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For this new semester, we’re in person for all of our lectures and our labs. There’s a lot of joy in the classroom. Everyone is feeling really good about being back and doing the right thing. We all know what’s required – we have to wear a mask, try to distance where we can, and there’s lots of hand sanitizing.

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Bob & Carmen Mitchell

(Retired) Past Owners, Suntech Greenhouse, Ont.

BASIC REGISTRATION $85

Access to live webinars on October 6 & 7, pre-recorded presentations, supplementary resources, New Product Display, industry listings and videos.

I see the students much happier to be back in person. There’s still apprehension here and there, but it feels good and I’m very thankful. Students will get so much more out of it than what they

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“At the beginning of 2021, COVID-19 still had quite an impact on us. Actually a bit worse than 2020, because this time the paperwork to get the foreign workers back into Canada was a bit more laborious both for the workers and for us employers. But the application of the vaccines was a huge relief. I

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When COVID started it was me, Carmen, who took their orders and shopped for them. That was a big job, but I was very happy to do it if that could keep them healthy. And it worked! But it was a bit overwhelming. With the vaccine, the dynamic changed. By that time, we had already sold the greenhouse, so bringing the vaccines to the workers was a job both for Bob and I and for the Mexican consulate. And although they were not technically our workers anymore, it was a huge relief to have them more safe.”

Note: Responses were edited for length and clarity.

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