Fadi Al-Daoud, PhD, is the greenhouse vegetable specialist at the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). His portfolio includes vegetables and cannabis grown in controlled environments, such as greenhouses, warehouses and vertical farms. Currently he works in collaboration with producers, researchers and industry partners to advance controlled environment agriculture in Ontario.

Thomas Graham is an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences and holds the PhytoGro Research Chair in Controlled Environment Systems at the University of Guelph. Thomas continues to develop a broad-based, interdisciplinary controlled environment agriculture (CEA) research and teaching program. He is also active in STEM outreach activities, and he sits on several journal editorial boards and is an active peer reviewer.