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Alfred Pedersen & Søn to do 25% winter production after announcing a stop back in September

"There's so much demand that we decided to do some winter production"

Alfred Pedersen & Søn, one of Denmark's largest tomato greenhouse growers, is starting up winter production again. "We have so much demand from our customers who want our…

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Tomato seed greenhouse raised by 1.1 m

Axia Vegetable Seeds' cultivation site at Burgemeester Elsenweg in Naaldwijk has been raised by 1.1 m this year to 6.8 m. We spoke with Frits van Wijk, who is the business…

US (WI): Local hydroponics grower drops transport time to seconds with indoor farm at New Sendik’s

Ernessi Farms has partnered with Sendik’s Food Market to create a small indoor farm in their new Oconomowoc Pabst Farm location. This Stand Alone Growing Enclosure (SAGE) Farm…

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$50 Million in financing for high-tech farm in Kentucky

Greater Commercial Lending (GCL), which provides loans to businesses and organizations in under-served and rural communities, has completed about $50 million…

Crisis update: Sharp gas price drop stops

The past few days' sharp short-term gas price drop has stopped. In fact, on Thursday morning, the 20th of October, that price rose about six percent to €120/megawatt hour.…

New £1million RHS research project to accelerate horticulture’s transition to peat-free

A £1million, co-funded, five-year project led by the charity will convene government, growers, and growing media manufacturers through the Growing Media Association and…

Dalsem and Hoogendoorn celebrate 40 years of partnership

If we step into the time machine and travel back to the 1980s, we arrive at the starting point of the collaboration between Hoogendoorn Growth Management and Dalsem Complete…

Italy

Autumn is still the best time to dig for groundwater

Although we are in mid-autumn, the drought emergency continues to be a concern for several Italian territories, particularly the northern regions. It is a crisis that seems to…

"Don't wait until you see the first aphid"

More than half of Dutch pepper growers suffer from new variant green peach aphid

A new aphid that was hard to keep under control surfaced in pepper cultivation and at some ornamental growers last year. After internal research, it turned out…

5 of the most common questions regarding greenhouse materials

The quality of a greenhouse plays a major role in an operation’s success. Still, growers are often so focused on the equipment that goes inside their structure that they…

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Video Philippines: New farm and products to be added as demand rises

“Fortunately, there is a continued interest in next-generation and modern farming globally. The problem is clear. The Philippines has a chronic dependence on food import. A…
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GLASE to host six-module short course for workforce training

Feedback requested from greenhouse growers for short course development

“We are calling to growers to help us define our short course andensure that we are creating the content that growers want to see,” says Erico Mattos,…

Special Lighting and Greenhouse Technology

How to choose fluorescent grow lights for your farm

Fluorescent grow lights can be an inexpensive lighting option for a small farm operation, but not every fluorescent light is the same. If you’re not using the right kind, you…

New snack packaging for tomatoes unveiled

Designed with convenience in mind, the new SUNSET Angel Sweet snacking cup is resealable, reusable, and is a fully recyclable pint-size container. The…

New greenhouse grown products in the spotlight

Windset Farms began as a four-acre bell pepper greenhouse in Abbotsford, B.C., in 1996. In 25 years, the company has grown to more than 1,000 acres of Controlled Environmental…

SA: Expert warns that cyber threats to smart farming could threaten food security

There have been warnings of cyber threats to digital and smart farming that can pose potential risks to food security in Africa, and there are fears hackers could exploit…

First Spanish eggplants, green beans kick off ZON fruit & vegetable import season

ZON anticipates less Dutch tomato supply this winter, will auction Turkish and Italian ones

In week 41, the Spanish vegetable auction supply at ZON kicked off with the first eggplants and green beans. "In other years, we didn't start until week 43/44. But many Dutch…

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Greenhouse seminar in Izhevsk to focus on technical solutions

The Association Greenhouses of Russia, together with the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (innovation clusters: Zelenograd and Troitsk), conducts a…

NZ: Ahuwhenua horticulture competitions

Ahuwhenua Trophy, Excellence in Māori Horticulture Award 2023 The trophy recognizes excellence in Māori horticulture and is open to individual Māori running…

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Food safety monitoring could be more effective

How can we make food safety monitoring as effective as possible with the available resources? That is the question that the Chair of Food Safety Economics is tackling. This is…

"The robot is doing the job":

Robots help pick strawberries in California amid drought and labor shortage

California produces about 90% of the nation's strawberries, but severe drought and worker shortages are threatening the fruit. One company is hoping to change that with the…

Grimmway Farms' Jeff Huckaby announced as OGS 2022 grower of the year

The Organic Grower Summit, presented by Western Growers and OPN, will honor long-time organic grower Jeff Huckaby as the recipient of the fifth annual Grower…

10-hectare glass greenhouse starts its 2nd production season in Beijing

A 10-hectare glass greenhouse started its 2nd production season in Beijing. The greenhouse was built in 2021 by Kingpeng. The grower tested 2 hectares of…

New restaurant-quality grab-and-go salads to be showcased

Local Bounti Corporation, an indoor agriculture company, will showcase its recently launched chef-inspired, grab-and-go salads at The International Fresh Produce Association…

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Video British PM Liz Truss loses to a lettuce in Daily Star stunt

In a newspaper stunt to see which would last the longest, a head of lettuce beat Liz Truss. On 14 October, the Daily Star began live streaming the vegetable as the prime…

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US (NY): Mexican workers accuse Putnam greenhouse of labor trafficking

Three weeks after their boss stopped paying them, two Mexican seasonal laborers claim, they escaped from a Putnam County nursery and greenhouse compound and sought legal help…

Containers for hydroponic cultivation are now requested by schools

In the span of a few months, the idea of using a decommissioned shipping container to adapt it for hydroponic cultivation has reached a not insignificant degree of…

Skills shown with tomato-filled buckets

Picking yet? This man shows that he knows what he is doing with harvested open-field tomatoes, simultaneously tossing buckets in one direction and tomatoes in…

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