{"id":3986,"date":"2019-11-14T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/2020-national-floriculture-forum"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T22:02:21","slug":"2020-national-floriculture-forum","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/2020-national-floriculture-forum","title":{"rendered":"2020 National Floriculture Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.png 908w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-768x169.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/\">The American Floral Endowment<\/a>\u00a0had the opportunity to partner with the 2020 National Floriculture Forum held in Charlotte, NC from February 28th through March 1st. This weekend was filled with an incredible depth of knowledge shared amongst peers and the industry.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalFloricultureForum\/\">The National Floriculture Forum (NFF)<\/a>\u00a0is an annual educational meeting of stakeholders from academic institutions, governmental agencies, and the greenhouse industry. The timing of the NFF overlapped with AFE\u2019s Board Meetings to create an impactful and engaging weekend for our industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weekend consisted of a number of meetings and presentations that included topics on the impact of hemp on the floriculture industry, how to develop effective collaborations, effective outreach to the floriculture industry, and other topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forum discussed how we can assure that our teaching, research, and extension meets the needs of our clientele: students, the floriculture industry, and university administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This meeting brought together a diverse floricultural community with the objectives to:<br>\u2022 Address issues of importance to the floriculture industry<br>\u2022 Form collaborative relationships,<br>\u2022 Improve communication within the American floriculture industry to share and disseminate information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metrolina Greenhouses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_4460-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9941\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While in Charlotte, attendees of the meeting got the chance to tour&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrolinagreenhouses.com\/\">Metrolina Greenhouses<\/a>. Metrolina Greenhouses is a family-owned business, founded in 1972 by Tom and Vickie Van Wingerden, located in Huntersville, North Carolina. Metrolina is a leader in the horticulture industry, specializing in annuals and perennials. Their products can be found at various local garden centers across the eastern seaboard of the United States. Metrolina is the largest single-site, heated greenhouse (over 150 acres) in the US, as well as the most automated. The tour of the greenhouses was an amazing view to see closing with an insightful Q&amp;A discussion. Here is what one of our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Young-Professionals-Council.pdf\">Young professional\u2019s council<\/a>&nbsp;members Leynar, had to say about the tour,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cMetrolina Greenhouses is an example of the mystic and tradition of our industry. A family-owned business founded by Tom and Vickie Van Windgerden in 1972, they started with only a 20,000 square foot rented greenhouse. Currently, it is the biggest heated greenhouse facility in the US at 162 acres. It was truly inspiring to hear Art Van Wingerden say that the best years are yet to come.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Innovation is present in every detail in the production chain at Metrolina, from label design, bench movement, greenhouse heating, and cooling, and all the automatic planters\/transplanters and water systems \u2013 most of them internally designed \u2013 making them one of the most automated greenhouses in the US. Despite all the automation, Abe Van Windgerden says their biggest asset is their employees. They employ 725 people year-round, plus 600 additional people in fall and spring. After touring a small part of the facilities, one can tell that it\u2019s a great place to work with a great atmosphere. Metrolina Greenhouses are also investing in training the next generation of growers and industry professionals with an internship program for junior and senior students interested in the green industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Metrolina has gone to great effort to increase the sustainability of their operation, not because they were forced to do it, but because they believe it is the right thing to do. They collect all the rain that falls on the greenhouse roof and recycle it. They also recycle, reduce and reuse their plastic. They have achieved 80% plastic return and recycled about 5,000 lbs. of plastic last year. They also use biomass to heat their greenhouses, producing more than 2 billion BTUs of clean heat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Touring Metrolina Greenhouses was a refreshing experience. They are a good example of how our industry works with passion to adapt to the new and continuous challenges, constantly growing and innovating along the way. As they say in Metrolina, the best years are yet to come for our industry!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>-Leynar Leyton Naranjo<br>Institute of Plant Breeding Genomics and Genetics<br>PhD Candidate<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[40,31,29,51],"class_list":["post-3986","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-faculty-researcher","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news","news-categories-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>20 National Floriculture Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The dates of the 2020 National Floriculture Forum are February 28 \u2013 March 1 (note that it is a leap year!) in Charlotte, NC.The dates of the 2020 National Floriculture Forum are February 28 \u2013 March 1 (note that it is a leap year!) in Charlotte, NC.\" \/>\n<meta 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