This episode is part of our “What Plants Crave” series, where Dr. Sabeh speaks with growers, researchers, engineers, and manufacturers who work in controlled environment agriculture, to get their insights about the direction of the industry, and of course, what exactly it is that plants crave.
This week’s episode features Emma Menden. Emma is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona Biosystems Engineering graduate program. Her master’s thesis is entitled “Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce Commercial Cultivar Variety Trial”. Emma was born in Virginia, where she completed an associate degree in civil engineering before transferring to the University of Arizona to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Biosystems Engineering. Her primary interests are controlled environment agriculture, vertical farming, global food systems, food accessibility, and science communication.
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