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NAMS

Consuming environmentally sustainable food one beer at a time

The road to environmentally conscious consumption is paved with… beer. The Finnish company NAMS was founded with one clear vision, says NAMS CMO Teemu Kanasuo: ”Producing…

Coating with a helicopter

Last week, the chopper flew over at Great Northern Hydroponics in Ontario, Canada. After this flight, the greenhouse was ready for summer, as the helicopter coated the…

Rongrong and Ralf Szydlewski on the freshTasia initiative:

"We are in 'growth mode,' but not at any cost"

For five years now, Asian vegetables have grown and thrived in Falkensee, just outside Berlin, for private customers, restaurants, cooking schools, and catering companies.…

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Vapor Pressure Deficit calculator app for indoor cultivation and greenhouses

Dr. Greenhouse has launched the Dr. Greenhouse VPD Calculator App. The VPD Calculator app helps growers understand their indoor grow environment and its effect on plant…

Royal Brinkman make stronger Australian Team

Tony Bundock joins the team as Machinery & Technical Sales Specialist. His main focus is internal logistics, roof washers, bio choppers, crop sprayers, nano bubble technology,…

AGRICO skillfully maximizes cultivation and increases profitability

From a low-tech greenhouse to a complete data-driven cultivation

In 2020 AGRICO, located in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, decided to provide their newest 12 hectares of high-tech cucumber greenhouses with the latest technologies and put the…

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UF scientists may have found a way to more efficiently apply genome editing to plant breeding

New research led by a University of Florida scientist shows a development regulator can help plants grow. In the bigger picture, the study’s results also may help genome…

Nadine Barsch on further developments of the flowpack packaging equipment

"Through the new flowpack system we are killing several birds with one stone"

Although a multitude of packaging innovations are introduced to the market every year, flowpacks still remain common for many fruit and vegetable products. For over 30 years,…

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US: Hydroponic farm signs partnership to deliver fresh lettuce year-round

Revolution Farms, Michigan's premier hydroponic lettuce farm and one of the leading innovators of sustainable farming in the Midwest, is partnering with Grand Rapids-based…

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Signify

Signify’s LED with far-red light performs well in strawberry cultivation

Signify has introduced a new efficient LED light recipe with red, blue, green, and far-red light that has an added value for strawberry cultivation. The addition of far-red…

UConn

UConn supports Connecticut’s greenhouse industry

The Romans used controlled environments in 30 A.D. to grow a predecessor of the cucumber; it was the start of the modern-day greenhouse industry. Today, greenhouses are still…

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US (MA): How lettuce - and jobs - could sprout from this downtown Brockton vertical farm

Downtown could be home to one of the few "vertical farms" in the nation, bringing 50 jobs and year-round fresh produce to Brockton. The ambitious plan would be part of a…

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Fury at polyhouses installed without planning permission near Stafford

A farmer has said no laws have been broken after work to install 'polyhouses' on his land near Stafford started before planning permission was granted. Soft fruit grower John…

Romanian Grup Serban Holding invests €3 million in vegetable packaging plant

Romanian agriculture entrepreneurial company Grup Serban Holding plans to invest €3 million in the development of its vegetable packaging facility. Grup Serban…

Japan is looking to Morocco to help ensure its food security

Japanese deputy agriculture minister Takebe Arata told the media during his visit to Rabat that his country is seeking larger imports of fertilizers and…

Will Artificial Intelligence and robotics usher in an era of sustainable precision agriculture?

Across midwestern farms, if Girish Chowdhary has his way, farmers will someday release beagle-sized robots into their fields like a pack of hounds flushing…

45-year Canadian produce veteran hangs up his hat at Oppy

After three and a half decades, Oppy’s vice-president of Canadian sales Walt Breeden is off on his next adventure: retirement. Joining Oppy from Vancouver-based retailer…

WUR

Richard Harrison new Managing Director at Plant Sciences Group

The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed Richard Harrison as the Managing Director of the Plant Sciences Group (PSG) as of 1 September 2022.…

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The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same

For the past few years, scientists have been frantically sounding an alarm that governments refuse to hear: the global food system is beginning to look like the global…

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Webinar: India’s vegetables can be wealth generators

There is no better time to discuss food and nutritional security than now, as the Ukraine war, Sri Lanka crisis, and rising crude prices have led to food shortages as well as…

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Thomas John from John Druck Ltd on individually printable berry trays

"By doubling our capacity, we can respond to market developments with agility and at short notice"

At the start of the German berry season, growers and packers are looking with some concern at the impending packaging material bottlenecks, especially in the market-standard…

Moisture control technology launches to extend shelf life of produce

SAVRpak, a food technology innovation company, announced the launch of SAVRpak Drop-In, a moisture control technology that extends the shelf life and freshness of produce up…

Assesses five farms $54K in penalties

U.S. Dept of Labor recovers $225K in back wages for agri workers in California

Migrant workers in the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program provide critical seasonal labor on farms across California, spending weeks away from home…

Soaring temperatures reflected in fruit and vegetable prices

In India, soaring temperatures have taken a toll on the prices of perishables like fruits and vegetables. According to the latest WPI numbers, there was a…

McDonald's Taiwan temporarily stops serving french fries

Yesterday, McDonald's Taiwan announced that its restaurants across Taiwan would stop serving french fries as they are running out of stock because of global…


Smart Oasis: Turning 1l into 200m3 of mist making vertical farming even more sustainable Water becomes scarcer, yet plants are as thirsty as always. On top of this, there is also an energy crisis going on that makes operating an indoor farm even more complex than it usually is. To address these increasingly pressing challenges, the company SmartOasis has developed a container farm that utilizes fogponics, capable…

"Cauliflower season in Poland started without any delays"

The Polish cauliflower season is kicking off, and demand seems to be pretty strong from the start. As Poland hosts a lot of Ukrainian refugees, local demand is higher than…

Mondipal introduces a new soft fruit crate

Mondipal, in close cooperation with Inka Pallets from England, is introducing a new type of fruit crate to the Dutch market. It was specially developed for the soft fruit…

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