The biggest challenge on the horizon with nursery production is labor.  With issues related both to escalating costs and availability of people to produce plants, we see opportunities to improve efficiency not a luxury, but essential.  We are honored to work with members of some of the best containerized plant producers in the Northwest on this Container Nursery Efficiency Forum.  The concept is simple, we’ll share thoughts on different labor-intensive aspects of production to develop consensus recommendations to be shared with local nurseries.  Solutions will include equipment, management and organizational recommendations that impact efficiency.