Departments:

• Editor’s Letter: The seven-year challenge
• Edible Insights: Taking back time
• Hydroponic Production Primer: Automation for hydroponics
• Consumer Corner: Q&A: Kim Hookway on Buckeye Fresh’s Giant Eagle deal

Features:

• Cover Story: Micro farm, macro impact
• Food Safety: Technological evolutions help preserve produce in transportation
• Production: 3 challenges of growing in a vertical farm
• Research: Controlled environment agriculture carbon dioxide injection
• Student Spotlight: Melinda Knuth