Greenhouse Success Stories

Greenhouse Success Stories

By: Trina Semenchuck

Language: en

Categories: Arts, Food, Business, Science, Natural

Tune in every week as we share conversations with growers, operators, and innovators from around the world, providing insight into what’s working in their greenhouses. We discuss firsthand experiences and provide insights into how these farms are succeeding and thriving. Hosted by Founder of Little Greenhouse That Could, Trina Semenchuk.

Episodes

Why High-Quality Supplier Partnerships Hold the Key to Fresh, Reliable Salads
Jan 09, 2026

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“You can't run a business if you have to refund people for bad cucumbers,” says John Karwacki, founder of Inspired Go, who appears on Greenhouse Success Stories to reveal how fresh produce supply chains are truly the backbone of any food delivery operation—and why r...

Duration: 00:51:01
Why Year-Round Growing Holds the Key to Sustainable Farm Income With the Help of Harnois Greenhouses
Dec 19, 2025

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“One of the things that we grow year round is actually celery. So I think we're going into the third or fourth year of growing celery nonstop year round. So a lot of people, you know, we kind of become known as the, you k...

Duration: 00:47:18
The Importance of Customer-Centric Thinking in Growing a Successful Plant Business
Dec 12, 2025

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“My goal is not to be the biggest. My goal is to be the best houseplant vendor here, especially here on the west coast in the North Pacific Northwest,” says Andrej Suske, owner of Cascade Tropicals, who joins Greenhouse Success Stories to share how rel...

Duration: 00:49:49
How Jake Holley Discovered the Secrets of Spinach Germination for Reliable Crop Success
Dec 05, 2025

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“What that means is that when you grow successive spinach cycles, the root exudates are being released into the water that build up to a point where spinach's own root exodus become toxic to itself,” explains Jake Holley, manager of the Metro Ag Researc...

Duration: 00:49:37
5: Why Growing Year-Round in Manitoba Holds the Key to Local Food Security with Cormac Foster
Nov 28, 2025

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“People often look at Manitoba as a place that they say it's too cold...there's no way you can grow year round in Manitoba...It's freezing, which is a fair point. And a lot of people think that, but that actually isn't true, and w...

Duration: 00:54:21
Why Year-Round Strawberry Production Equals Sustainable Local Food Systems with Vertiberry's Olivier Paulus
Nov 21, 2025

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“You cannot afford to make a mistake. It needs to be perfect the entire time because your whole yield figures, your business plan, your financing is based on this full production. So if halfway it fails and you have to restart, well, you’re in t...

Duration: 00:47:42
3: What $7 Million in Unexpected Tariffs Taught Richard Lee About Resilience in Agriculture
Nov 14, 2025

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“You can’t suck and blow at the same time. We’re talking about keeping our elbows up by Canadian support. Canadian. And then you have these draconian policies being implemented at all levels of government,” says Richard lee, Executive Director of the Ontario Gre...

Duration: 01:01:28
Why Mentoring Your Team Holds the Key to Sustainable Greenhouse Success with Laura Martin
Nov 07, 2025

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“Being a grower is incredibly hard work. You’re the first one in, the last one out, and when things go wrong, whether it’s weather, pests or timelines, it all lands on you,” says Laura Martin, head grower at Shackan Indian Band, whose thirt...

Duration: 00:48:10
What a Broken Irrigation Valve Taught Luis-Gabriel Forero About Preventing Costly Greenhouse Mistakes
Oct 31, 2025

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Welcome to the very first episode of Greenhouse Success Stories! In this premiere, hosts Trina Semenchek sits down with Gabriel Forero, Head Grower at Sunterra Greenhouse in Alberta. Gabriel shares his fascinating 18-year journey from the flower industry in Colombia to large-scale field cro...

Duration: 00:53:15
Welcome to Greenhouse Success Stories
Oct 02, 2025

Tune in every week as we share conversations with growers, operators, and innovators from around the world, providing insight into what’s working in their greenhouses. We discuss firsthand experiences and provide insights into how these farms are succeeding and thriving. Hosted by Founder of Little Greenhouse That Could, Trina Semenchuk.

Duration: 00:00:22