Maximum Yield's Industry News | January 2017
In this issue of Inews, we’re pleased to feature two companies taking advantage of an industry on the verge of major growth. One of our featured companies has been in business for 40 years while the other is a start-up looking to gain traction. 3SI Security built a name for itself protecting financial institutions from thieves intent on stealing their money. As it turns out, the company’s security expertise translates well to the cannabis industry. 3SI Security is a great example of adapting a product or service to a completely new industry. Conversely, CannaRelief is a start-up company looking to fill a much-needed niche in the cannabis industry. The company is the result of some very forward-thinking people who anticipated the need for their product and bravely moved forward with that idea. Their timing couldn’t have been better. Finally, Grow Green MI’s Anne Schultz arrived at the MJ Biz Conference and Expo in mid-November in Las Vegas armed with her reporter’s notebook, camera, and outgoing personality to provide us with some great photos and wrap-up of the expo. You can find her story and photos on page __. Speaking of expos, the team here at Maximum Yield is excited to announce the launch of GROWX, our newly branded series of trade shows set to get underway in 2017. Along with having a cannabis component, GROWX will feature education, business, and networking components developed to bring the industry together. GROWX will make its debut June 3-4, 2017, at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center. A second show is scheduled to take place at Detroit’s Cobo Center from Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2017. Hope to see you there! It is exciting times, to be sure, and we wish all of you a happy and prosperous new year. As always, thanks for reading Inews and if you have any questions feel free to contact us at editor@maximumyield.com.
In this issue of Inews, we’re pleased to feature two companies taking advantage of an industry on the verge of major growth. One of our featured companies has been in business for 40 years while the other is a start-up looking to gain traction.
3SI Security built a name for itself protecting financial institutions from thieves intent on stealing their money. As it turns out, the company’s security expertise translates well to the cannabis industry. 3SI Security is a great example of adapting a product or service to a completely new industry.
Conversely, CannaRelief is a start-up company looking to fill a much-needed niche in the cannabis industry. The company is the result of some very forward-thinking people who anticipated the need for their product and bravely moved forward with that idea. Their timing couldn’t have been better.
Finally, Grow Green MI’s Anne Schultz arrived at the MJ Biz Conference and Expo in mid-November in Las Vegas armed with her reporter’s notebook, camera, and outgoing personality to provide us with some great photos and wrap-up of the expo. You can find her story and photos on page __.
Speaking of expos, the team here at Maximum Yield is excited to announce the launch of GROWX, our newly branded series of trade shows set to get underway in 2017. Along with having a cannabis component, GROWX will feature education, business, and networking components developed to bring the industry together. GROWX will make its debut June 3-4, 2017, at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center. A second show is scheduled to take place at Detroit’s Cobo Center from Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2017. Hope to see you there!
It is exciting times, to be sure, and we wish all of you a happy and prosperous new year. As always, thanks for reading Inews and if you have any questions feel free to contact us at editor@maximumyield.com.
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INDUSTRY Buzz<br />
The Greenhouse and<br />
Hoophouse Grower’s<br />
Handbook Available<br />
March 1<br />
There are many benefits of<br />
using protected culture,<br />
including resource efficiency,<br />
predictability, higher yields,<br />
pest and disease control, and<br />
improved flavor. As weather<br />
patterns continue to<br />
change, sharing the<br />
best indoor growing<br />
practices with<br />
growers to help<br />
them control their own<br />
protected climate is vital. That’s why Andrew Mefferd, who<br />
spent seven years in the research department at Johnny’s<br />
Selected Seeds and consulted with researchers and farmers<br />
around the world on greenhouse growing, wrote The<br />
Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook. This guide,<br />
which hits shelves March 1, is set to become an indispensable<br />
resource for protected growing. The first part of the book<br />
includes sections on protected culture structures and<br />
their features, the economics and efficiencies of protected<br />
growing, and protected culture plant basics. Part two looks<br />
in-depth at the eight most profitable crops: tomatoes,<br />
eggplant, cucumbers, peppers, leafy greens, lettuce,<br />
herbs, and microgreens. This book is full of techniques and<br />
strategies that can help growers optimize plant growth, satisfy<br />
customers, and relocalize the food system.<br />
Governor of West Flanders Visits Urban Crops<br />
The governor of West Flanders, Carl Decaluwé, visited<br />
the headquarters of the ag tech company Urban Crops in<br />
Waregem last November. He, along with a delegation of city<br />
leaders, took in<br />
demonstrations<br />
and explanations<br />
of the company’s<br />
different<br />
technologies<br />
and techniques,<br />
several of which<br />
have international<br />
patent<br />
applications<br />
pending. The<br />
diverse challenges<br />
Urban Crops faces were also<br />
discussed, and the company<br />
announced plans to expand its<br />
research lab infrastructure with<br />
eight new units by summer <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
“Our province has a history of many international companies<br />
active in the agriculture, machine building, and food industry,<br />
and of which the knowledge center has been situated in our<br />
province for years,” says governor Decaluwé. “It gives me<br />
great pleasure to see that Urban Crops uses all these local<br />
competencies to become a global leading player as a turnkey<br />
solution provider in their fast-emerging international market<br />
of the closed environment indoor farming.”<br />
32 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2017</strong> // <strong>Maximum</strong> Yield’s <strong>Industry</strong> <strong>News</strong>
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