GLASE Summit Grower Panel Will Explore Technology Benefits
Indoor Ag-Con is pleased to share news from our Marketing Partner, GLASE, which invites you to join growers, researchers, manufacturers, educators, policymakers, and other industry leaders from across North America and beyond to explore dynamic lighting through engaging panels, presentations on cutting-edge technologies, and a keynote by Tessa Pocock, Chief Science Officer of Soli Organic.
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Register today for the 2024 GLASE Summit in Montréal on November 6 and learn from an experienced line-up of growers from the United States and Canada. Each operation, as unique as it is innovative, was selected to provide perspectives spanning geography, scale, and experience with various crops, including lettuce, herbs, tomatoes, microgreens, and other vegetables.
- Bob Jones, Co-owner and CEO of The Chef’s Garden: Bob’s family has a rich agricultural heritage spanning six generations, with a focus on vegetable production for over 40 years. Today, four generations of the Jones family are actively involved in the farm. Bob leads the team in implementing cutting-edge food safety and quality programs, among other innovations.
- Holly Counter Beaver, President and Managing Member of Finn & Roots: Holly, along with her sister Heather Counter, operates the Vermont-based Eco Ark greenhouse and Stone Creek Farm, which includes a small orchard and vineyard. The Eco Ark is a 6,000-square-foot decoupled aquaponic, controlled-environment greenhouse that produces lettuce, herbs, cucumbers, tomatoes, and microgreens year-round. Holly and Heather are dedicated to providing sustainable, clean, high-quality, and exclusively local food for their friends, neighbors, and surrounding communities.
- Robert Thérien, CEO and agronomist at Les Serres Point du Jour: Robert brings expertise in energy efficiency and agri-food research, and his operation focuses on using technology to reduce its ecological footprint. Additionally, 2,000 square feet of their greenhouse is dedicated to researching and developing new products for the Quebec market, including grape tomatoes, red tomatoes, and red, yellow, and orange peppers.
- Denis Lavoie, Co-owner and Head Grower at Serres Brillo: Denis operates a demo greenhouse fully equipped with Hoogendoorn IIVO automated irrigation and climate control, AI roof control, semi-closed ventilation, IR plant sensors, thermal cameras, CO² energy recovery, underground energy storage, electric heating, and fully automated dimming LED grow lights. Serres Brillo produces tomatoes, and their unique distribution model allows them to deliver to grocers the exact quantities they plan to sell.
Other Summit highlights include an engaging researcher panel, presentations on new technologies, a networking event, and a keynote by Tessa Pocock, Chief Science Officer of Soli Organic. The event will be held at Hotel St. Paul, and a hotel room block is available. Attendance is limited to 100 attendees, so secure your spot in Montréal today: Click to Register
GLASE Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members attend annual Summits for free and have access to members-only programming, which includes greenhouse tours and an IAB meeting. This year, IAB members will visit two greenhouses and observe dynamic lighting systems in action.
The 2024 GLASE Summit is made possible by our Anchor Partner, Sollum Technologies, a GLASE Industry Advisory Board member and leading manufacturer of dynamic LED horticultural lighting and control systems. Our networking event is sponsored by Hoogendoorn Growth Management Systems, an innovative climate control systems manufacturer advancing automation in greenhouses.
As more consumers take an interest in the origin and sustainability of their food, they seek out agricultural companies dedicated to responsible and socially sustainable farming. 
AllWell Greens is that company. Founded in New York by second-generation Taiwanese Americans, AllWell Greens specializes in growing heritage bok choy, Chinese broccoli, and other traditional Asian greens. The founders of AllWell Greens, spurred by their frustration with issues they experienced using traditional farming methods, spent two years researching, developing and testing farming methods in a 200 square foot indoor facility in downtown Manhattan.
IGE-Hydrofarm Commercial Division offers a modular, high-efficiency LED lighting system designed for propagation and vegetative stages, especially for vertical grows. After four separate lighting trials, the AllWell Greens’ founders were thrilled with the results of the PHOTOBIO horticulture lights. Their greens were crisp, flavorful, and disease-free, and they were able to harvest two days faster than in any previous trial! 
The PHOTOBIO lights are a game-changer for AllWell Greens. “We always knew that light was an important factor in growing greens, but I don’t think we anticipated the impact it would have on grow time and ultimately profitability,” explains John Cari, one of the company’s founders. “The PHOTOBIO lighting is so precise that we reduced our grow time by two days, improved our yields and significantly reduced our energy costs.”