The week of June 13, 2022, a University of California delegation, led by UC ANR’s Gabe Youtsey, with representation from Jim Pantaleo, AIFS Business Development Coordinator took part in GreenTech; Europe’s largest horticultural trade show with over 13,000 attendees over a 3-day period. Dutch host, Maureen de Haan of the FME, who represent over 2,200 Dutch technology and horticulture companies, in collaboration with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and NLWorks and together with the Global Controlled Environment Agriculture Consortium (GCEAC) Program Leadership Team convened with partners from Wageningen University, visited Dutch AgTech companies and built a stronger network to further accelerate AgTech innovation to solve global food, health and sustainability challenges.

Highlights included:
- Tour of Wageningen's Dairy Campus to discuss the current challenges of the Dutch and American dairy industry. Hosted by eke Folkerts, Kees de Koning, and Flavia Casu.
- The FME hosted the Global Controlled Environment Agriculture Consortium (GCEAC) lunch during GreenTech with a focus on opportunities for CEA innovation, direct partnering, and collaborative projects. This luncheon brought together those from the recent Dutch delegation visit to California in May.

- An inspiring visit to the Floating Farm Rotterdam.
- Thomas Zoellner of the FarmTech Society provided several tours of innovative AgTech companies located at the CEA Abattoir cluster BIGH in Brussels, Belgium.

AIFS would like to thank Maureen de Haan, Gabe Youtsey, and Tom Zoellner along with Wageningen’s Jacqueline van Oosten, Rick van de Zedde, @LuukGraamans and Aad van den Berg for their hosting of the CEA/indoor farming research and validation at Bleiswijk Wageningen University & Research and Delphy (a for-profit AgTech, greenhouse research firm).