Part of a professional development strategy for climate-smart agriculture, curriculum will provide credentialing process to ensure an educated, effective and scalable CEA workforce PORTLAND, Ore. (May 17, 2023) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII), the leading not-for-profit energy and water benchmarking organization providing resource efficiency best practices for CEA producers, announced today it is partnering with...
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Dedicated to the advancement of climate-smart indoor growing practices and policies, the organizations will combine their collective knowledge to drive energy and water data collection and analysis PORTLAND, Ore. (DATETK) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII), the leading not-for-profit energy and water benchmarking organization providing resource efficiency best practices for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) producers,...
Read MoreDeadline of March 1 set for farms to enroll in grant-funded program compiling anonymous data for Key Performance Indicators report to help standardize resource efficiency. ORTLAND, Ore. (DATETK) — The deadline is approaching for greenhouse and CEA producers to take advantage of free energy and water benchmarking services provided by the United States Department…
Eddy will help establish horticultural efficiency best practices and lead development of a USDA-sponsored professional credentialing program for CEA design and construction professionals PORTLAND, Ore. (July 18, 2022) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII), the leading not-for-profit energy and water benchmarking organization providing resource efficiency best practices for CEA producers, has appointed seasoned greenhouse consultant Rob Eddy…
Growers and other stakeholders will learn how to access and share information on best practices and how to measure efficiency in their operations as part of a USDA-funded project. PORTLAND, Ore. (June 22, 2022) — With the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry expected to grow to $172 billion in 2025 from $74 billion in 2020…
Elyse Greenberg, a veteran horticultural communicator, will extend RII’s position as a global authority on resource efficiency in controlled environment agriculture PORTLAND, Ore. (June 20, 2022) — Resource Innovation Institute (RII) has hired Elyse Greenberg, who has a long track record as a communications expert in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) sector, as its…
Leading CEA producers continue joining publicly funded effort to establish benchmarks for energy and water efficiency and productivity PORTLAND, Ore. (May 6, 2022) — Less than two months since it announced a previous round of producer partners, Resource Innovation Institute (RII) welcomes its third round of producer partners who are benchmarking their energy- and water-efficiency...
Read MorePolicies, Programs & Practices to Advance Efficient Greenhouse & Indoor Farming PORTLAND, Ore. (April 25, 2022) – Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2022 Resilient Harvests Conference to be held in Long Beach, California November 1-2, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency. With a focus on environmental excellence in controlled environment agriculture, the conference seeks...
Read MoreConference focused on Policies, Programs & Practices to Advance Efficient Greenhouse & Vertical Farming Nashville, TN//March 29, 2022 Endeavor Business Media and Resource Innovation Institute announce the inaugural Resilient Harvests Conference to take place on November 1-2, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, CA. The Resilient Harvests Conference brings together a...
Read MoreLeading CEA producers continue momentum toward establishing industry standards for energy and water efficiency and productivity PORTLAND, Ore. (March 17, 2022) — The Resource Innovation Institute (RII) welcomes its latest round of producer-partners planning to benchmark their energy- and water-efficiency performance metrics as part of a USDA-funded project aimed at encouraging innovation and resource efficiency...
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