The University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) has posted aseries of webinars on its website. The webinars are part of CEAC’s “Covering Environments” monthly seminar series. Each of the webinars are available for free on-demand viewing.

Here’s a quick look at each part of the seminar series:

• “The Birth Of An Agricultural Revolution: Controlled Environment Agriculture.”Presented by Dr. Merle Jensen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, the presentation is Jensen’s direct reflections on the steps he took to introduce modern hydroponic systems to urban food production.

• “Recent Innovations In Vertical Farming Infrastructure.” This talk is presented by Fritz Schroeder, PhD., Professor of Agriculture & Landscape Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Dresden, Germany. Schroeder discusses new challenges that have arisen as plants are cultivated in ‘non-natural’ environments. These challenges emanate from the necessary infrastructure (lighting, ventilation, energy sources, and costs) to plant responses...