A FREE Four-Part Webinar Series
Presented by The Packer and Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)
Register Now for Session 4:
Greenhouses: A Tool for the Sustainable Future
How to keep sustainability from being a moving
target on your operation
Now Available On Demand
Join industry experts for a discussion that will offer a framework for defining sustainability, explore how to get started with implementation and share real-world experiences from innovative growers who are clearing a path down this road.
Moderated by Lilian Autler of EFI, Kieran Ficken of Measure to Improve, and Windset Farms representatives Jeff Madu and Alejandro Lopez will give insights and useful information that farmers can use to take impactful actions in their farming operations.
Key topics and takeaways include:
- How to use data collection to enhance sustainability initiatives
- Insights from a collaborative, in-progress waste reduction program
- Real-world strategies for overcoming sustainability challenges in greenhouse operations
- Perspectives on innovations transforming the greenhouse growing game
Ideal for marketing staff, grower/owner and anyone in farm management, this webinar will offer a deep dive on greenhouses as a tool for the sustainable future.
MODERATOR:
Lilian Autler
Senior Facilitator
Workforce Development
EFI
Lilian Autler is a senior facilitator at the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), a nonprofit certification and skill-building organization that seeks to transform agriculture and improve the lives of farmworkers. As part of the Workforce Development team, Lilian trains labor-management leadership teams in workplace collaboration and problem-solving skills and supports ongoing learning and communication among workers, managers, growers and EFI.
SPEAKERS:
Kieran Ficken
Sustainability Program Manager
Measure to Improve
Since 2017, Kieran has supported MTI’s clients in building programs that meet buyer reporting requirements and third-party standards. With a knack for training and communication, Kieran works with the MTI team to turn complex sustainability topics into step-by-step guides and other resources. Her dedication to scalable solutions allows clients to expand pilots into company-wide initiatives. While always up for a new challenge, her recent projects include supply chain oriented sustainability programs, on-farm certification projects and greenhouse gas emissions inventories.
Kieran holds an MBA in global impact management and an MA in international environmental policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies; her undergraduate degree is from the University of Vermont. Her academic work includes research on sustainability in the global soy and coffee supply chains, as well as agricultural development in Russia’s Far East.
Jeff Madu
Vice President of Sales
Windset Farms
Jeff Madu has been with Windset Farms® since its inception in 1996. Working in many areas of the business over the past 25 years, he has intimate knowledge of all aspects of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) and has helped Windset Farms® become one of the largest CEA operations in North America. Located in Delta, BC. Canada, he currently serves as vice president of Sales overseeing all sales activities.
Alejandro Lopez
Director of Greenhouse Operations
Windset Farms
Born and raised in Mexico City, Alejandro Lopez was always interested in agriculture. With his Bachelor of Science in horticulture and years of experience in both field and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), he joined Windset Farms® in 2012. Located in California, he currently services as director of Greenhouse Operations overseeing all levels of greenhouse operations making sure everything is produced in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. In Alejandro’s free time, he enjoys traveling with the family and playing tennis.
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