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New 2.8 million sq ft greenhouse operation to set new sustainability standards

"California does not have the climate to grow many commonly consumed vegetables outdoors"

Something special is happening in Southern California. Bluehouse Greenhouse (BHGH), an Ag-Tech company that focuses on the development and operation of commercial-scale,…

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Senior Commercial Manager | Murcia, Spain | Fruit

Alcomij acquires strategic stake in Ventiguard

"The collaboration with Ventiguard is an obvious choice"

Alcomij has acquired a strategic stake in Ventiguard. Both companies have been talking about this participation for quite some time. Laurens Besemer, managing…

NZ: Nursery stops growing cucumbers due to unknown disease

Gellert Nursery, based in Auckland, New Zealand, last week made the very difficult decision to stop cucumber propagation due to an unknown disease affecting the young plants…

“Unique digital feedback enhances screen system accuracy and reliability”

Last year was an important year for the family-owned greenhouse grower Kwekerij Overgaag, located in the Westland region of the Netherlands. This bell pepper grower expanded…

Harvesting tons of British strawberries

"As the first crop ends, a new one begins"

The first harvest of Dyson Farming’s strawberry crop, grown in the 15-acre glasshouse in Carrington, is now complete. During the 5-month long harvest, they produced and sold…

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First report of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in Austria and Switzerland

The NPPO of Austria recently informed the EPPO Secretariat of the first detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus on its territory. The virus was detected in a greenhouse…

Long English cucumbers

Canadian greenhouse grower teams up with Apeel to eliminate single-use plastics

Westmoreland and Apeel are proud to announce they have joined forces to eliminate single use plastics from Long English Cucumber packaging. This is Apeel’s…

Advanced berry breeding platform acquired by Planasa Shareholders

Planasa Shareholders have invested, through their investment platform, in the acquisition of the Dutch raspberry breeding group ABB, composed of Advanced Berry…

US (PA): Hydrofarm acquires Canada's Greenstar Plant Product

Hydrofarm has acquired Greenstar Plant Products, manufacturer of the Grotek and Gaia Green brands. These brands join Hydrofarm’s lineup of high performance,…

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NL: Celebrating 15 years of horticultural development at the Horti Science Park

Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Delphy Improvement Centre, and the Municipality of Lansingerland are celebrating fifteen years of scientific development in the…

Digital freight forwarder Shypple acquires Milestone to become first digital forwarder platform for perishables

Shypple, the Rotterdam-based digital freight forwarding platform, today announces that it has acquired Milestone, a leader in perishable logistics, becoming the first digital…

UK: greenhouse builder gets fund for innovative greenhouse system

Warwick-based RIPE Building Services Ltd (RIPE) has secured a £250k investment from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Equity Fund,…

US (CA): Houweling's Nurseries to lay off nearly 500 staff ahead of sale of facility

A tomato farm outside of Camarillo will begin laying off its staff of nearly 500 employees this week as a result of its pending sale. Houweling Nurseries Oxnard Inc. is…

Special Energy 2021

Hedging against global supply chain shortages

COVID-19 has had an enduring, adverse impact on global supply chains. What started as a hand sanitizer and toilet paper shortage has evolved into a multifaceted supply chain…

August: Special Energy

Energy is one of the most important themes in the greenhouse industry and it is likely to become increasingly important in the coming years. How will the sector become more…

Study on photo-selective shading screens as a cover for production of purple lettuce

Photo-selective shading screens are emerging practices that aim to combine crop physical protection with different solar radiation filtration to achieve…

Bad weather hits the Gargano area in Apulia

Hundreds of hectares of vegetables, vineyards, watermelons and melons were flooded as the roads turned into rivers and facilities were destroyed by the bad weather front that…

More than pretty plants: students use greenhouse for research

The University of Nebraska at Kearney greenhouse is much more than just a place to raise plants. It’s also space for students to learn and grow and where faculty facilitate…


Common Farms (Hong Kong): “It's a marathon and not a sprint for us” The product demand keeps growing. Inevitably, the pandemic has accelerated this demand for food quality and availability in Hong Kong. “I think it’s because of the following reasons. One being that Common Farms can deliver with consistency, speed, and quality. Secondly, as people aren’t traveling they have disposable income to…

"Making sustainable choices starts with knowledge of waste streams "

Modiform is researching European plastic recycling streams

All European countries have organized their collection of plastics from consumers and businesses in different ways. Modiform has extensively researched how…

A change to AMHPAC´s enforcement and compliance directorate

Mr. Pedro Borboa Salas, Director of Enforcement and Compliance of the Tomato DUMPING Suspension Agreement, has decided to take a different course in his…

Georgia vegetable exports amounted to $17.37 million for first half of 2021

According to data from Geostat, the National Statistical Office of Georgia, the nation's vegetable exports amounted to $17.37 million for the first half of…

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Long heatwave can cause locally grown tomatoes to fall into deficit

Locally grown tomatoes might soon become deficit goods because the long heatwave has affected bumblebees, who have not done enough pollination, causing the tomato plants to…

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Dutch growers offer greenhouse horticultural land for housing development

Four Dutch growers are willing to make their plots available for housing and natural area development. These farmers are active in the Noordpolder…

Basil with improved organoleptic qualities showcased in Santa Susana, Barcelona

Voltz Maraîchage España, a brand owned by the company Graines Voltz, specialized in the sale of conventional and bio seeds to professional vegetable growers,…

Video Dutch grower in the movie theatre

Last week, the third brand story of tomato grower Schenkeveld premiered in room 1 of the Pathé cinema in Delft. With the brand story, which is emphatically not an 'ordinary'…

Overview of top 10 busiest container ports in the United States

Some of the largest and most crucial container gateways of the world are in the United States. The following list of the busiest container ports in the US includes important…

Increased packaging demand can also be seen in sales figures of secondhand machines

By now, the fact that the demand for packaging has increased due to the corona crisis is no longer a secret. In fact, it has become common knowledge. As a result, the people…

Driscoll’s transitions to include online sales

The well-known fresh fruit company Driscoll’s is no stranger to change. But the transition to online ordering is proving to be quite tricky. Driscoll’s works…

How IoT and machine learning are automating agriculture

A new generation of farmers is turning to technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) and machine learning to automate agricultural production,…

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Tomato fruits send electrical warnings to the rest of the plant when attacked

A recent study in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems shows that the fruits of a type of tomato plant send electrical signals to the rest of the plant when they are infested…

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