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Family business: growing tomatoes in greenhouses for over 60 years with an eye on innovations

Gertjan van der Spek's family has been growing tomatoes for over 60 years. His father set up their first greenhouse in 1960. Thirty years later, Gertjan started to help his…

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Canadian testing of high-yield ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes could be two years away

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Israeli formula developed to grow tomatoes in drought

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Agriplace and GlobalGAP want to simplify Chain of Custody certification process

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See behind-the-scenes at NASA’s Kennedy space center plant labs

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Essential agriculture, sacrificial labor, and the COVID-19 pandemic in the US South

As farmworkers were reframed as "essential" workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, US growers demanded unfettered access to foreign farm labor. After initially announcing a…

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Hurricane Ian pushes back Florida strawberry season

Following last month’s Hurricane Ian that made its way through Florida, the upcoming strawberry season will see a later start. “They’re at least a week to 10-12 days behind…

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Peter Dekker Installations started out in 1984 in De Lier as a team of three men. A lot has changed over the years, as PDI shows in a video. For more information: Peter Dekker…

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Land drones that can operate independently

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February most difficult month for strawberry growing in time of crisis

Hans Vanderhallen of Coöperatie Hoogstraten expects significantly less strawberry production this winter. "Maybe only 10 to 20 percent of the normal supply,"…

Walter Buth retires

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Biotech eggplant can now be cultivated commercially in the Philippines

A biotech eggplant variety can now be cultivated commercially in the Philippines. Experts hope this which help reduce or preempt the use of pesticides by…

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Spontaneous herbs become a resource

Plants that grow without cultivation activities are known as "spontaneous herbs." The most popular on the Italian territory are borage, chicory, purslane, nettle, wild…

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US: Ventilator turns fumes into fertilizer for rooftop farms

New carbon dioxide ventilators could turn fumes into fertilizer to bring vegetable patches to high-rise rooftops, suggests a new study. It wasn’t just suggested. The study…

Saving energy and covering with 32mm polycarbonate

With energy prices rising sharply, there is more need than ever to save energy in a garden center. Energy savings in a garden center can be achieved, for instance, by LED…

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