August 2024 - 24

GREAT LAKES EXPO
GEARING UP
FOR EXPO 2024
Premier event for specialty crop ag innovation, networking
BY MADI SCHAFER
W
ith over 5,000 attendees, 800-plus booth
opportunities and over 400 vendors, the Great
Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO
and Michigan Greenhouse Growers EXPO make it easy to
meet the decision makers on the show floor. The event takes
place Dec. 10-12 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
What's more, there are over 70 education sessions and
workshops offered over the three-day period, including
programming on fruit, vegetables, greenhouses, farm
marketing and more. The specialty crop researchers at
Michigan State University and other universities speak in
various sessions, plus pesticide credits for applicators
are available for attending many of the sessions.
Additionally, there will be growers sharing how they
do it on their farms.
GREAT LAKES EXPO 2023 RECAP
The Peterson Farm Bros made their Great Lakes EXPO
debut, generating the show's largest crowd in years.
Consisting of Greg, Nathan and Kendal Peterson, their
YouTube channel has amassed over 50 million views.
At the Great Lakes EXPO, the Peterson Farm Bros
shared their story, performing some of their greatest hits
and discussed the lessons they've learned over the last
eleven years.
" Fancy Lady Cowgirl, " Courtenay DeHoff also appeared
at the 2023 Great Lakes EXPO, giving attendees her insight
and direction into personal branding. DeHoff explained how
to better expand businesses through the power of social
media, websites and more.
Emerging Tech Innovation sessions were new to EXPO in
2023 - and will return in 2024. These sessions featured
technologies that hold promise for addressing challenges
to the specialty crop industry related to crop inputs,
precision monitoring, irrigation, harvesting, sorting, waste
reduction, labor, downstream processing and farm-level
decision-making.
Great Lakes EXPO brought more labor-saving technology
in 2023 with an aisle exclusively dedicated to innovation
and agriculture technology. Presenters taught growers the
Peterson Farm Bros at
Great Lakes Expo 2023.
Photo courtesy of
Debbie Eisele.
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Table of Contents
Editor's Report | Are you controlling?
Production | Savvy sanitation protocols
Variety Information | A need for natives
Editors' Picks | Green goods: Editors' picks from Cultivate'24
CEA | LED lighting
Great Lakes EXPO | Gearing up for EXPO 2024
Forty Under 40 Perspectives | Inventory management in the nursery
Culture Report | Roselilies
Technically Speaking | Extended photosynthetically active radiation
SGAFT | Geometry: Small greenhouse surface area distribution
AmericanHort | Plug & Cutting: Focused on young plants
Product Marketplace
Industry News
Events
Classifieds/Ad Index
August 2024 - Table of Contents
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August 2024 - Editor's Report | Are you controlling?
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August 2024 - Production | Savvy sanitation protocols
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August 2024 - Variety Information | A need for natives
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August 2024 - Editors' Picks | Green goods: Editors' picks from Cultivate'24
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August 2024 - CEA | LED lighting
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August 2024 - Great Lakes EXPO | Gearing up for EXPO 2024
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August 2024 - Forty Under 40 Perspectives | Inventory management in the nursery
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August 2024 - Culture Report | Roselilies
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August 2024 - Technically Speaking | Extended photosynthetically active radiation
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August 2024 - SGAFT | Geometry: Small greenhouse surface area distribution
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August 2024 - AmericanHort | Plug & Cutting: Focused on young plants
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August 2024 - Product Marketplace
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August 2024 - Industry News
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August 2024 - Events
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August 2024 - Classifieds/Ad Index
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