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Dr. Cary Mitchell and Fatemeh Sheibani’s Research Featured in Purdue Today

Fatemeh Sheibani inspects lettuce under LED lights.

Fatemeh Sheibani, a PhD candidate in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, examines lettuce plants in a controlled environment chamber using LED lighting. Sheibani’s research focuses on finding the best strategy for using LEDs in vertical farming that will maximize crop yield and decrease production costs associated with lighting. (Purdue Agricultural Communications/Jessica Kerkhoff)

Purdue Today featured Cary Mitchell and Fatemeh Sheibani’s novel research on LED lighting in vertical farming was on February 21. Their research designed two simple strategies that would increase yield while reducing costs in vertical farming, the fastest growing sector in controlled environment agriculture. Other media outlets picked up the story, including Indiana Public Media.

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