Growing with Plant Empowerment

Join us at Cornell University for a half-day Growing with Plant Empowerment Workshop, featuring internationally recognized experts from Europe who have helped growers apply Plant Empowerment principles to improve greenhouse crop performance and decision-making. Plant Empowerment is a practical, data-driven approach that uses the plant itself as the guide for climate, irrigation, and growing strategies by understanding the balance of energy, water, and plant carbohydrate status within a crop. Rather than relying solely on fixed setpoints or cultivation recipes, growers learn how to interpret what the plant is experiencing and make more informed environmental control decisions. Whether you are new to Plant Empowerment or simply interested in improving crop performance, resource use efficiency, and greenhouse climate management, this workshop provides an excellent introduction to one of the most influential emerging cultivation frameworks in modern greenhouse production.

146 Stocking Hall (PepsiCo Auditorium), 411 Tower Road Ithaca, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

More information and registration.

Agenda:

8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration and coffee

9:00 – 9:10
Welcome and Introduction

Session 1 – Data-Driven Growing Cultivation
Session 2 – The Three Plant Balances

10:45 – 11
Coffee break

Session 3 – Can We Understand How Plants Feel?

12 – 12:30
Q&A and Wrap-up

Nearest Parking will be the Peterson Lot (situated at the corner of Tower Road and Judd Falls Road directly across from Stocking Hall and the Cornell Dairy Bar). Parking fee is $1.50/hour; pay by meter at front of lot or the Park Mobile app.

Registration includes all programming including coffee with light refreshments.