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"Honduras greenhouse parc to become the largest producer-exporter in the Central American region"

With 35 hectares of greenhouses constructed during the pandemic, another 52 hectares under construction and plans to install up to 160 hectares by 2024, the Agroparque…

Edwin Zweedijk on growing with LEDFans:

"We use less heating compared to the HPS side of the greenhouse"

With their newly installed LEDfan toplights, the team of Dutch tomato grower Lans Group installed LED lighting and was given a new tool to control the climate in their…

Coffee from the greenhouse?

Worldwide, almost 10 billion kilograms of coffee are produced every year. Coffee is an important export product, especially for countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala,…

Navus Ventures, ECG & Oost NL invest in Corvus

"Investment in autonomous drones contributes to the digitization of greenhouses"

Corvus Drones from Ede, the Netherlands, develops and produces drones that can fly fully autonomously in greenhouses. The drones collect valuable data for crop monitoring.…

Crux Agribotics and KOAT are working together to develop harvesting robots

Kind Technologies’ daughter companies Crux Agribotics and KOAT will further join forces to develop high-end Robotics for end-to-end harvesting, sorting, and the packing of…

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UK: Tomatoes are the latest food staple to suffer from supply chain challenges

Tomatoes are the latest food staple to suffer from supply chain and production challenges with shortages and price rises expected to hit UK supermarkets soon. A cocktail of…

Van Iersel, the Vincent J. Dooley Professor of horticultural physiology in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

“The greenhouse has to respond to weather conditions changing all the time”

Next time you sit down to a crisp, green salad take a little time to think about where your leafy greens come from. Traditional agriculture is highly weather dependent, and…

‘Color is essential when selling healthy snacks in vending machines’

Vending machines selling healthy snacks are an increasingly common sight, not only in farm shops but also in hospitals, canteens, and railway stations. In the growing market…

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Jordan: Saving water while improving food security

Improving food security for Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan while at the same time promoting climate justice in the Middle Eastern nation. Those are the twin…

Italy: Strawberries on gutters up to 3 rows high

"The demand for strawberry substrate cultivation solutions is growing in many Italian cultivation areas. However, the uncertain current situation is still holding back…

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The don'ts when starting a vertical farm, product pricing challenges and business case hurdles

Learn from the icons of indoor farming

"It's all about the consumer price. Ask yourself, can consumers pay the price you need to charge for your business case to work?," says Gonneke Gros Gerkema with Grodan, as a…

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Qatar is turning organic waste into compost to grow fruit, vegetables

More than 75 tons of organic waste was collected during the 19-day tournament and has now been turned into compost. At sites, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy…

Growing vegetables in flower pots now a serious business in China

The pandemic has triggered the vegetable growing genes of urbanites, and they are studying vegetable growing in flowerpots on the balcony. But right now, "growing vegetables…

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Celebrating 50th anniversary

TOMRA launches new robotic case packing technology

TOMRA, a provider of collection and sorting solutions, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Each of the Group’s four divisions - Collection, Food, Recycling and Mining –…

Kenyan researchers get grant for climate-smart agriculture research

The European Union (EU), through the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), has awarded a team of five researchers from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and…

US (GA): Horticultural container manufacturer to invest $44 million in Toombs County

Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that sustainability-focused East Jordan Plastics will invest more than $44 million in a new facility in Lyons. The project is expected to…

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Florida farmworkers are boycotting Wendy’s over their refusal to join the Fair Food Program

Farmworkers in Florida are turning up the pressure on Wendy’s. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a worker-based human rights organization, has been calling for a national…

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Plants dictate root microbial composition in hydroponics and aquaponics

The role of the microbial community in mediating fish and plant co-culture is often considered the black box of aquaponics. Despite widespread recognition regarding the…

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Strawberry season: Arkansas farmers grow crops as state sees drier weather

Holland Bottom Farm started their strawberry season last week, but the wet weather has made it difficult for the plants at the farm.There's been a few cold streaks and several…


Square Roots: "Getting to carbon-neutral is not a quick hit, but we're able to look at every aspect of the business" "There’s a megatrend for locally grown food, and the demand from consumers is accelerating at both grocery retail and foodservice channels. There’s been a common misconception that this locally grown food movement is mostly a coastal state phenomenon in the US. However, it’s actually far broader and can be seen in data all…

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Learn more about vertical controlled environment aquaponics

Tune in next Wednesday to learn about a hurricane-proof, vertical aquaponic farm in Puerto Rico, named Fusion Farms. The farm runs on renewable energy and harvested rainwater.…

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Students at Rock Hill middle school use repurposed COVID desk shields to build greenhouse

As Earth Day is being celebrated around the world, students at a Rock Hill middle school got outdoors to honor Mother Earth. “We are growing flowers and tomatoes, and I think…

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Can NYC Mayor’s proposal to put cannabis greenhouses atop NYCHA buildings come to fruition?

Mayor Eric Adams wants to put greenhouses growing cannabis on the roofs of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) buildings, but there are a few obstacles, namely, the…

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US (PA): Agriculture department connects students to ‘green industry’ horticulture careers at farm city day

In celebration of Earth Day, Agriculture Deputy Secretary for Plant Industry and Consumer Protection Fred Strathmeyer, Jr. joined Longwood Gardens leadership, Seed Your Future…

SPIE migrates the Sakata data center infrastructures to the Azure cloud

Sakata Vegetables Europe is a subsidiary of the Japanese international group Sakata Seed. Based at the European headquarters in Uchaud (Gard), the Information Systems Division…

Expo in Shandong displays vegetables grown in simulated space environment

On Wednesday, a vegetable garden simulating a space environment debuted at the 23rd China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo and China (Shouguang)…

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Today I visited a very interesting trial where Henry Klassen and the team at Cielo Vista Farms are using some of our melon varieties in high wire system. It was great to see…

Principal Sun Qixin of China Agricultural University presided over the special promotion meeting of the Shenzhen Smart Breeding Project

On April 8, Sun Qixin, Principal of China Agricultural University, presided over a special promotion meeting for the Shenzhen Smart Breeding Project. The…

Video "Data Greenhouse Performance Monitor brought to life"

Data-driven growing is becoming more important by the day. Rick Gitzels of TNO presented the first findings of the Greenhouse Performance Monitor project, in which TNO…

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Limvalnera, a strawberry variety that is making its mark

Limvalnera is a variety of strawberry that has been under evaluation for about two years in the whole Southern Italy. This cultivar, in the Basilicata region alone, can count…

P&O Ferries crisis might affect independent UK retailers

P&O Ferries has let 800 British workers go in favor of cheaper foreign labor. Through its actions, the company has not only generated issues with British…

Import prices of Indian peppers soar

Since April, the pandemic prevention and control situation in many places in China has been severe, resulting in poor sales of many varieties of peppers, and the market has…

Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme to alleviate fruit picker shortage

This month the federal government merged the Pacific Labour Scheme and the Seasonal Worker Program into one. The revised Pacific Australia Labour Mobility…

A.D.I.VALOR and Plasticlean join forces to recycle agricultural films

A.D.I.VALOR and Plasticlean (branch of the Calvet Group) have formalized their partnership to create a new recycling unit for films used for agricultural production. With a…

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