Greenhouses And Agriculture: How Does Indoor Gardening Enhance Plant Growth?

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we are joined by Shawn Bossard, the Director of Agricultural Operations at Cornell University AES. Here, he oversees greenhouses and plant growth chambers – and eight research farms located across the state of New York.

Not only does Shawn oversee growth and research farms, but he also provides broad strategic direction for all Cornell AES operations. What has his experience with greenhouse plant production resulted in? You may be surprised…

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What Cornell's outdoor plant growth season is.
What makes Cornell's greenhouses different from others.
The importance of creating a consistent environment in greenhouses.
Why LED lighting is preferred for indoor plant production.
How to facilitate a successful compost operation.

You can find out more about Shawn and his work with Cornell's AES here!

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0:37.3	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast.
0:41.2	I have Sean Bonsard.
0:42.5	He's the director of agricultural operations at Cornell.
0:46.4	Cornell AES.
0:47.5	Sean oversees greenhouses and plant growth chambers and eight research farms located across
0:52.7	New York State.
0:53.7	I provide day-to-day guidance as well as broad strategic direction of all Cornell AES operations.
0:59.3	So we're going to talk about his work in growing plants and composting in greenhouses.
1:03.1	So welcome, Sean. Thank you.
1:05.0	Well, thank you for having me.
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