COVID-19 has broadened the gap between people’s skills and the labor market’s needs. Greenhouse Grower Editor Janeen Wright explores ways to mind the gap.
Features of the new web resource include job and education requirements, salary information, links to industry organizations, and videos of people in plant-focused careers.
During the Grow Your Horticulture Program, an event hosted by Longwood Gardens, Secretary Russell Redding emphasized the value of horticulture as a vibrant, exciting industry for young people.
Anna Ball of Ball Horticultural Co. (and a leading voice behind Seed Your Future) says education and marketing at every level of school are keys to exposing students to the power of plants.
Greenhouse Grower’s first annual GameChanger of the Year award winner is a disruptor successfully uniting the horticulture industry to address a problem that’s endangering its future.
There is potential for our industry to provide talking points for growers to promote sustainable production efforts. It’s not exactly bragging — it’s simply and humbly speaking the truth.
During a Seed Your Future Leadership Meeting Fundraiser dinner at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania’s Ag Secretary thanked the Seed Your Future initiative for its efforts to create awareness of horticulture and careers in horticulture.
Dümmen Orange has announced it will pledge $450,000 over the next three years to Seed Your Future, the non-profit organization whose mission is to promote horticulture in the U.S. and inspire people to pursue careers working with plants.
Who will be the next generation of horticulturists? The answer lies in helping to change the perception of horticulture and using contemporary new language to tell our stories.
