Maximum Yield Canada July/August 2017
While hydroponics is unlikely to overtake traditional agriculture economically anytime soon—current US annual crop production is estimated at $143 billion while hydroponics is valued at a mere $600 million—it’s not so much as how much is being grown but where. Today, nobody knows what society will be like in 2100. We hope it will be a peaceful, healthy, and happy place.
While hydroponics is unlikely to overtake traditional agriculture economically anytime soon—current US annual crop production is estimated at $143 billion while hydroponics is valued at a mere $600 million—it’s not so much as how much is being grown but where. Today, nobody knows what society will be like in 2100. We hope it will be a peaceful, healthy, and happy place.
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KEVIN FRENDER has<br />
been growing indoors under<br />
artificial lights in Colorado<br />
for over 25 years, using every<br />
commercially available<br />
lighting technology along the<br />
way. Over the years, he has<br />
grown thousands of different kinds of plants,<br />
from lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes to mangoes,<br />
orchids, and water lilies—all without the sun.<br />
Over four years ago, Kevin turned his hobby into<br />
a full-time job when he joined Black Dog LED.<br />
MONICA MANSFIELD<br />
After owning an indoor garden<br />
store for 5 ½ years, Monica<br />
sold the business and started<br />
a seven-acre homestead with<br />
her husband, Owen. Monica is<br />
passionate about gardening,<br />
sustainable living, and holistic health. She writes<br />
about these topics and her homestead adventures<br />
on her blog thenaturelifeproject.com.<br />
DR. LYNETTE MORGAN<br />
holds a B. Hort. Tech. degree<br />
and a PhD in hydroponic<br />
greenhouse production from<br />
Massey University, New<br />
Zealand. Lynette is a partner<br />
with Suntec International<br />
Hydroponic Consultants and has authored<br />
several hydroponic technical books. Visit<br />
suntec.co.nz for more information.<br />
JOSH GEROVAC is a<br />
horticulture lighting consultant<br />
at Fluence Bioengineering.<br />
He has spent the last decade<br />
working in controlled<br />
environment agriculture, from<br />
growth chambers to commercial<br />
greenhouses. His research and practice is<br />
focused on the influence of light intensity and<br />
spectral light quality from sole-source LEDs.<br />
He has a BSc in horticulture production and<br />
marketing, and a MSc in horticulture science,<br />
both from Purdue University.<br />
SHANNON MCKEE<br />
lives in Ohio and has been a<br />
freelance writer for several<br />
years now, including on her<br />
blog, whyiwah.blogspot.com.<br />
Nicknamed by loved ones a<br />
garden hoarder over the past<br />
few years, she grows a wide variety of plants in<br />
her urban garden.<br />
ALAN RAY has written<br />
five books and is a New<br />
York Times best-selling<br />
author. Additionally, he is an<br />
award-winning songwriter<br />
with awards from BMI and<br />
ASCAP respectively. He lives<br />
in rural Tennessee with his wife, teenage son<br />
and two dogs: a South African Boerboel and a<br />
Pomeranian/Frankenstein mix.<br />
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