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Dr Brian Jackson:

"It's essential to reconsider how we extract peat"

Environmental sustainability is consistently being put at the top of growers’ priorities. Of all the things that have a significant carbon footprint on crop production…

Dutch growers invest in greenhouse heating systems

What do a Dutch vegetable breeder, a strawberry grower, a tomato grower, and a grower of specialty peppers have in common? Well, for one thing, they are building a new…

Pylot gives Finnish growers more insight into growing data

‘We now see things we didn't see before’

On the Finnish west coast, about 125 greenhouse horticulturists grow 70% of all tomatoes that are consumed in the country. But the long, low-light winters don't make the…

Building upon Havecon's North American Market focus with local representative in the USA

Havecon continues to strengthen its ongoing business development efforts in the North American market. With a successful Canadian branch office already up and running led by…

AgriFORCE to acquire tissue culture propagation company Deroose Plants

AgriFORCE Growing Systems has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire Deroose Plants, a tissue culture propagation company. Founded in 1980, Deroose has…

"Many more growers opt for maximum flexibility in watering per tap section"

Next year, installation company Montera Techniek will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. What began as 'a small team' has grown into a company that carries out national and…

‘Mega greenhouse’ given the power to grow by Yorkshire energy provider

Fulcrum, a multi-utility infrastructure and services provider, has delivered a £5.5m project to power a 22-hectare vegetable growing facility. Sheffield-based Fulcrum has…

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NL: Maasdijk geothermal project kicked off, heat for 430 hectares of glass

Pieter Varekamp, councilor for energy transition for the municipality of Westland, gave the green light for the Maasdijk Geothermal Heat Project on Tuesday, March 8 by placing…

First speakers confirmed for the Indoor AgTech 2022

It's happening again, the Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit 2022, which will take place in New York City on June 23 and 24. But now, we get to meet in person again. At the event…

Lianglv Farm: Busy delivery of roses for International Women's Day

Chinese consumers increasinlgy opting for greenhouse-grown tomatoes

In the Seedling Technology Industrial Park, constructed by Changzhou Jialv Gardening Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu Province, workers are busy packaging tomatoes in preparation for the…

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Nigeria empowers 600 youths with skills in greenhouse farming

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has empowered 600 youths with practical skills in greenhouse farming technology, targeted at propelling them to gainfully…

Ireland: Minister meets farm organizations on Ukraine supply chains

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., met with the main farm organizations and Teagasc yesterday to discuss the impact on Irish agriculture…
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Indonesia: Microgreens producer is gaining market share and traction

“Microgreens are a niche within the vegetable market in general. However, they have been gaining a lot of traction in the past year in the US and also here in Bali. There are…

Tomatoworld has a new partner: Eurofiber

On Tuesday 8 March Eurofiber and Tomatoworld signed a partnership agreement. The partnership offers Eurofiber the opportunity to take its clients to Tomatoworld's Fieldlab,…

Major US grower expands production of greenhouse strawberries

Nature Fresh Farms has announced it has expanded its production of their newly launched strawberries. The response to their initial berry sampling was so…

Luxous Eco important step towards circular greenhouse horticulture

It should be clear: the urgency to make greenhouse horticulture more sustainable is excellent, as is the will to increase sustainability. On the one hand, the pressure rises…

Canada: Greenhouse-grown strawberries offer eco-friendly local option

A greenhouse just north of Calgary is harvesting ripe strawberries, months before field-grown strawberries are typically "in season." Sunterra Greenhouse in Acme, Alta is one…

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Algae‐based biostimulants increase yield and quality of mini tomatoes

Plant biostimulants are organic products primarily based on algae, microorganisms, fulvic and humic acids, proteins, and amino acids, which improve physiological plant…

Solar Greenhouse produces both food and energy

Food is an issue of great importance for our future on the planet, and the impact on the environment of food production, transformation, and distribution can be minimized…

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Syngenta US recognizes Greensboro area subcontractors

Syngenta held a groundbreaking event yesterday for its new North American Crop Protection Headquarters, a major capital construction project at its current location in…

June 18 in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands:

100 days before reunion Higher Horticultural College Utrecht already 99 participants

With a hundred days to go, 99 participants have already inscribed for the reunion of alumni of the Rijks Hogere Tuinbouw School Utrecht (Higher Horticultural College) on June…

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Chew Valley Trees

We have been busy propagating some more trees and shrubs to increase our offer of fully peat free, fully british grown evergreens. These will be ready for sale in about 5…

Miguel Ángel Ruiz, of Agrointec:

"Our solution for vertical farming is sustainable, efficient and profitable"

Since its inception, vertical farming has pushed the limits of growth. The possibility of growing without soil or increasing the number of plants per unit area, and the…

Peter Schiffmann, A+P Service, on packaging solutions of the future

"The topic of sustainable packaging continues to be a big issue"

Sustainable packaging solutions were particularly in demand and sought after in the pre-Corona era. In the wake of the exceptional situation, the topic of environmentally…

Iverk Produce secures new €100 million deal with Aldi Ireland

Aldi Ireland has agreed a new €100 mln five-year deal with Iverk Produce – based in Kilkenny - to supply all of the supermarket's 150 Irish stores with its…

Australian strawberries grow and flourish with AI

Driving farming production and disease prevention through artificial intelligence technologies is the key aim of an Australian Research Council Research Hub.…

Helping the city to become a top eco-friendly destination

Cardiff's Salad Garden grows produce in city centre and delivers by bike

A scheme growing salad leaves and delivering them locally by bike is helping Cardiff in its bid to become one of the most sustainable food cities in the UK.…

Irish growers seek ombudsman amid demise of commercial vegetable sector

Recent estimates say there are fewer than 100 commercial vegetable growers in Ireland, compared to about 350 in 2010. According to Irish Farmers’ Association…

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'Scents' of alarm: Volatile chemical signals from damaged plants warn neighbors about herbivore attacks

Animals often use highly specific signals to warn their herd about approaching predators. Surprisingly, similar behaviors are also observed among plants. Shedding more light…

Roberto Tur, Fresh Fruit Alliance, on direct imports from Spain

"We are the extended branch of our Spanish producers"

In the greenhouse vegetable category, Spanish produce is partly supplemented by Dutch, Belgian and German products for seasonal reasons, but it has been aneedingly successful…

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