Ton Habraken

As a grower, optimising your cultivation results is essential for success. At the same time, we need sustainable solutions for the enormous challenge to feed the growing world population with less resources and minimal emissions. Nature itself provides the solution for sustainable cultivation and optimal results; the natural growing power and resilience of plants. This is the basis of a new, unique growing method called: Plant Empowerment. Results: more yields per square metre, better quality, more sustainable cultivation ánd higher efficiency. Plant Empowerment is a book and an online platform. In the book “Growing by Plant Empowerment” (GPE) is explained. GPE brings the different pieces of experience and knowledge together in an integrated approach. Its starting point is the natural behavior of plants related to the greenhouse environment described by six balances concerning energy, water, CO₂ and assimilates. Monitoring these balances utilizing sensors, combined with crop measurements in a coherent framework based on physical and plant physiological knowledge and insights, provides hard facts required to control and improve the cultivation process. On the platform, knowledge and news are shared with all who are interested in sustainable growing by Plant Empowerment. The platform is supported and funded by partners that want to contribute to developing sustainable cultivation methods worldwide. Plant empowerment, the roadmap to sustainable growing worldwide.