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Put the Griffin CEA Experts
to Work for You
By Tami Van Gaal, GGSPro Technical Support Representative
The field of horticulture presents operations and other warehouse production facilities.
rich diversity and opportunities These crops can be grown in conventional media or
for enterprising growers in hydroponic systems. They can be grown under
looking for ways to adapt their natural light, supplemented natural light or entirely
business to serve developing under artificial light. Production can use conventional
markets. Controlled Environment fertilizers and crop protection tools or certified organic
Agriculture (CEA) represents one products and biological control agents (BCAs). And,
such market, and Griffin offers production of all of these crops can be supported by
solutions to serve CEA growers. the experts at Griffin.
Before we learn more about In any given day, Griffin supports CEA growers from
how Griffin helps CEA growers, we need to concept to production. Our construction
understand one thing: What is CEA? team helps to guide new greenhouse
Quite simply, CEA encompasses the and warehouse builds and also
production of edible crops under guides renovation projects. The
cover. Common greenhouse team helps growers select
edibles include vegetables, the best lighting (HID,
lettuce, herbs, soft fruits LED or fluorescent) for a
and medicinal crops. particular application,
Growing under cover details irrigation plans
encompasses traditional and recommends
greenhouse structures, complete strategies for
hoop houses, cold environmental control,
frames, vertical growing including heating and
16 Griffin Gazette Summer 2016 Lettuce showing tip burn caused
by calcium deficiency