Future Of Agriculture
FOA 185: Commercial Greenhouses on Conventional Farms with Joe Swartz
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:34:00
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Synopsis
Joe Swartz is the Vice President and Lead Horticulturist at https://amhydro.com/ (AmHydro), a company recognized as a top innovator in the ag industry and focused on developing products that promote efficient hydroponic growing systems. Joe is also widely recognized as one of the leading consultants when it comes to Controlled Environment Agricultural industries that include commercial greenhouse farms. He specializes in crop production improvements, pesticide-free insect and disease control, and professional grower training, among other skills. Joe joins me today to discuss the economic implications of fusing traditional farming with greenhouse technology. He shares why he is interested in greenhouse farming and how he initially tried it himself. He explains how controlled ag works and the factors required to make it work. He describes the benefits traditional farmers can reap from adapting greenhouse operations. Joe also shares some of the limitations of controlled environment agriculture.