Speaker: Benjamin Hoover, Ph.D., associate professor of sustainable nursery production, Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)

Sustainability is a common topic in horticulture. Often actions and efforts to address sustainability miss the mark. Making good decisions starts with identifying what we mean when we talk about sustainability. In this session we will cover how horticulture fits into the environment and society, then examine how the decisions about staffing, structures, substrates, containers, packaging, irrigation, fertilizers, and crop selection influence sustainability. Then we ask the hard question: are we making good decisions?