103. What Plants Crave feat. Rob Eddy: Energy Saving Opportunities and Challenges in CEA
Welcome back to our new series with several interviews discussing energy in all forms and its impact and function in CEA facilities. In this second episode Nadia and Rob Eddy of the Research Innovation Institute discuss energy saving best practices and tell stories about their greenhouse experiences. Stay tuned to continue exploring how energy is defined, its importance in CEA, and energy centered interviews with more industry experts. Thank you for growing with us!
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102. Dr. Greenhouse Lessons: What Is Energy?
Welcome back to the lecture hall with Dr. Nadia Sabeh! This week we are beginning our new series with several interviews discussing energy in all forms and its impact and function in CEA facilities. In this first episode Nadia reviews how energy is defined, its importance in CEA, and some terms to understand as we dive in with some experts. Thank you for growing with us!
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101. A Look Back at the First 100 Episodes with Guest Host Tad Hussey
Enjoy a host interview with Tad Hussey from KIS Organics living soils and the host of the Cannabis Cultivation and Science podcast guest hosting for this episode! This is an opportunity to learn about Nadia's background as an agricultural and HVAC engineer and how we got to 101 episodes of education and industry insider information. Thank you for growing with us.
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100. Indoor Ag Con 2025 Takeaways: Voices from the Industry on Automation, Energy, and the Future of CEA
It’s an honor to present you with a series of interviews from our time at Indoor Ag Con last week for our 100th episode! Hearing from attendees is a great insight into the content, the expo floor energy, and what’s possibly to come in the future of the conference, as well as the indoor agriculture industry as a whole. This year’s guests were:
🔹 Brian Sullivan, President of Indoor Ag Con
🔹 Kelley Nicholson, Automation Expert for MicrogGow and Autogrow
🔹 Jim Rearden, President of Biotherm
🔹 Michelle Keller, Head Grower at Living Greens
🔹 Carly Becker, Program Coordinator at Ohio Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (OHCEAC)
🔹 Glenn Behrman, Founder of CEA Advisors and Growtainers
🔹 Henry Gordon Smith, Founder of Agritecture
🔹 Austin Smith, Account Manager at Grodan
🔹 Dr. Allison Justice, Founder of the Cannabis Research Center and Coalition
🔹 Grant Peagler, Business Developer at Siemens
🔹 Dr. Neil Mattson, Professor at Cornelll University and GLASE.
The discussions cover topics such as automation, energy efficiency, crop steering, and the future of controlled environment agriculture. This milestone episode offers a comprehensive overview of current trends and innovations shaping the indoor farming industry. Thank you so much for spending 100 episodes growing with us.
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99. That’s a Good Question!
As we approach our 100th episode, we are taking a look back at moments that highlight one of Nadia’s special talents: asking great questions. It’s a strength that has helped her solve many a problem for our clients, and get some great insights from our guests. What are they going to be talking about? Well, that’s a great question.Today’s featured guests were:Melanie Yelton of Grow Big ConsultingBruce Bugbee, Director of the Crop Physiology Laboratory at Utah State UniversityChristine de Jesus Director of Cultivation and GM at GalenasNick Denney Senior Director of cultivation at Holistic IndustriesGary Stutte President and CEO of SyNRGECraig Burg President of Desert AireJim Rearden and Thad Humphrey, CEO and Principal Engineer from Biotherm SolutionsBrian Anderson, Partner at Anderson Porter DesignYou can find all of these guests’ full interviews in our podcast archive wherever you listen to the doctor is in. Stay tuned for our next episode which will be our hundredth! We’ll be celebrating at indoor ag con and hope to see you there. Find our table to record a segment with us and give us your conference takeaways on Wednesday March 12th. Thank you for growing with us.
Dr. Nadia Sabeh is President and Founder of Dr. Greenhouse, Inc., an agricultural and mechanical engineering firm that specializes in the design of HVAC systems for indoor plant environments.This series of podcasts she hosts invites listeners to sit in on informative, fun, and insightful conversations Dr. Sabeh has with industry professionals working in environmental sciences, agriculture, and cannabis.
We have just launched a new series, “What Plants Crave,” where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, and other experts in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave.
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