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Advice for new CEA entrants by urban-gro's Mark Doherty

“There are challenges to growing food indoors, many of which have been figured out by cannabis producers!”

Mark Doherty, Executive VP of Operations with urban-gro talks about how he got into Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) with food crops, then into cannabis, and how he…

Nunhems

More diversity in fresh cucumbers and a new delivery program for Windset Farms

At Windset Farms, one of North America’s largest sustainable suppliers of naturally grown produce, Nunhems talked with David Coronado (Senior Cucumber Grower) and Shiho Uzawa…

The unique Dutch cultivation of watercress

You can often find watercress on menus in France and England. Watercress soup is a particularly well-known dish. But watercress farmers are few and far between in the…

Combining data and plant science

Combining data and plant science is more relevant than ever. If we apply it in the correct way, we could potentially grow fruits and vegetables more efficiently and…

Good 'flow' in cucumber market does not make up for whole year

The cucumber market has achieved good prices in recent weeks and this may continue. The big question is whether it can compensate for the coronavirus losses, according to…

Berjelle van Namen, Van Namen Specialities

Is vertical farming the future of herb cultivation?

Berjelle van Namen’s roots lie primarily in mushroom cultivation. His father, Johan, has a farm on the banks of the Maas river in the Netherlands. Yet, a few years ago,…

One-bite cucumber grown at Mucci Farms

In 2017 Rijk Zwaan introduced the first one-bite cucumber snack variety Quatrino RZ. Time to look back, and forward with Rijk Zwaan and Mucci Farms, one of the first companies…

Camille Picard (EPPO)

First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in Cyprus

The NPPO of Cyprus recently informed the EPPO Secretariat of the first detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus, ToBRFV – EPPO Alert List) on its territory.…

What opportunities are there in Russia for Italian businesses?

Russia is increasing the areas destined to greenhouse cultivation. Natalia Rogova, general director of the Russian greenhouse producer association, illustrated the current…

Tomeco and Mechatronix form partnership

Tomeco is the collaborative effort of several experienced Belgian family-run businesses to grow the best possible specialty tomatoes with the utmost respect for nature and the…

Special Energy

Lose as little heat in the greenhouse as possible

The selection and design of heating equipment depends on how much heat will be lost from the greenhouse, as well as the availability and cost of fuel. Heat…

Agritecture

The urban farm rethinking the use of space in São Paulo

The founding partner of Fazu, an urban farm in São Paulo, was flying over the metropolis of 12+ million people when he noticed just how much unused gray spaces dominated the…

Turkey’s unused agricultural land transformed into banana greenhouses

Farmers and landowners in Antalya rent their unused land to large companies for 10 years for them to build banana greenhouses. The number of banana greenhouses is rapidly…

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US (CA): State board of food and ag to discuss need for workforce development and training

The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will hear from representatives of California Community Colleges, state officials and community organizations…

Church Brothers Farms launches Green Giant fresh items

Church Brothers Farms is expanding its value-added offerings to the retail segment with the introduction of five new items under the Green Giant Fresh® brand: Sweet baby…

Comments from Louisiana and Texas

Hurricane Laura: “It looks like we made it through okay”

While there was concern that it would land and leave behind the type of destruction that Hurricane Katrina did in late August of 2005, thankfully Hurricane Laura had much less…


Allison Kopf, CEO and founder of Artemis "The question is: how do we find best practices, and how do we execute them at scale?" The term complexity implies that a specific object, phenomenon, activity, and so on, cannot be understood nor tackled with a clear-cut mentality. The necessity to address each aspect of said complexity makes finding solutions and answers a particularly difficult endeavor, as the end goal is to satisfy as many conditions as…

High-altitude greenhouse in Tibet provides fresh fruits and vegetables

In Nagqu, Tibet, where the average altitude is over 4,500 meters, the climate is dry, cold, windy, and low in rainfall. It is difficult for trees, vegetables, and fruits to…

China and Israel draw a new chapter in smart agriculture

Agriculture is the most sensitive field of China’s opening to the outside world. As the only pilot free trade zone with modern agricultural development as its main feature…

USDA ERS

US: $12 billion less spent on food than last year

In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. consumers, businesses, and government entities spent an average of $137.4 billion per month on food. Normal seasonal variations…

Architecture to create 'The Hothouse' in the heart of London's Stratford

The structure of The Hothouse is reminiscent of a Victorian glasshouse and will provide a controlled habitat for cultivating plants that would not ordinarily grow within the…

CAN: 1-month extension for SAWP contract

SAWP workers are now permitted to continue working beyond their end-date (up to 1-month) as identified on their employer’s LMIA for the 2020 season. For…

9 - 10 September

Fruit Focus day one: webinars

Due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, Fruit Focus has shifted to an online format to be held at www.fruitfocus.co.uk on 9-10 September 2020. Fruit Focus LIVE will bring…

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Lidl US plans to open 50 new stores by the end of 2021

US: SpartanNash brings contactless payments to shoppersSpartanNash, seeking to keep up safety efforts during the pandemic, has revealed that 155 of its stores in nine states…

India's most expensive agri product might be a mushroom

The most expensive vegetable in India -which is sold only in the month of Sawan- is available only in two states: Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The most important thing is that…

A unique and innovative green approach to reducing plastic food product packaging

Harpak-ULMA Launches Its PaperSeal Sustainable Food Packaging System

Harpak-ULMA today announced the official launch of its innovative PaperSeal packaging technology as part of the company’s initiative to fundamentally rethink packaging systems…

Almeria: Verticillium wilt on Eggplants

In autumn 2018, diseased eggplant plants (cvs. Thelma, Amalia, Monarca, and Cristal) were observed in various greenhouses in the Almería province, Spain, where eggplant is a…

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Iraqi region of Kurdistan stops importing tomatoes to protect local production

The Ministry of Agriculture in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has announced its decision to stop importing tomatoes in order to protect the local production,…

New Zealand company launches a new, cheaper method of removing ethylene from cold stores

New Zealand company Ethylene Free launched a new method of removing ethylene from cold stores this week. According to Roger Cherry who owns the company, this method removes…

New plant-based dressings and keto beverages introduced

Continuing its journey toward its vision of Plants Powering People™, Bolthouse Farms introduced two new plant-powered innovations that deliver function, taste and value to…

El Ejido already has over 13,000 hectares of greenhouses

The greenhouse fruit and vegetable production continues to gain ground in the Spanish municipality of El Ejido, where the number of applications for licenses for the…

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