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Ilil Hertz on starting a greenhouse

"I spent many hours in front of my computer, now I'm connected to nature again"

Years and years ago there were cows walking around at the kibbutz Nir Elyahu that was erected by the grandparents of Ilil Hertz – but there’s no room for them anymore. Earlier…

40 percent of Dutch acreage lighted cultivation

"Growers show more interest in LED light"

Many growers are interested in LED lighting in their greenhouses. The purchase costs and the lack of knowledge about the influence on crops result in a dilemma. Horticultural…

Dutch horticulture supplier hires new CEO

As from 1st April 2021, Pascal Piepers will join Ridder as its new CEO, putting him at the helm of the international supplier in controlled-environment agriculture.  Pascal Piepers…

UK counted 5 ToBRFV outbreaks in 2020

There have been six outbreaks of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in commercial tomato production sites in England, one in 2019 and five in 2020. The…

Turnkey tropical lowland greenhouse project for vegetables in Nigeria

With more than 200 million people, Nigeria has become one of the biggest economies in Africa and while its population grows rapidly, so is the need for food. In the course of…

Situation of greenhouse crops in Almería in the first week of February

As outlined in the report on the situation of the crops from the Studies and Statistics Service of the General Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Food…

Growing hydroponic medicinal plants in India

Hyderabad-based hydroponics farm, Simply Fresh has now forayed into medicinal plants for nutraceutical companies. Even before the team at Simply Fresh, a hydroponics farm,…

Why India is an interesting country for greenhouse suppliers

This week, a Virtual Trade Mission India has taken place (from 8 to 12 February). This mission was led by the Netherlands Minister of Foreign Trade and…

Jo Lambrecht, BelOrta:

"Our cucumbers' lit cultivation acreage has increased for the third year running"

BelOrta has kicked off the start of the new Belgian fruit-vegetable season. At the beginning of February, they sold the first of their Crunchy King mini cucumbers. This…

Dutch LED-provider hires new account managers

On February 15, 2021, the Hortilux sales team will be expanded with two new account managers: Mitchel Visser will start as Area Sales Manager BeNeLux and Juriën Koster as Area…

Turkey increases pepper exports by 35% in 2020, despite accumulating 111 pesticide alerts

Turkish pepper exports in 2020 increased by 35.38% over the previous year, totaling 150.71 million kilos, and by 54.87% over the last five years, according to…

Special Climate

Finding best targets to improve crop yield by following CO2 journey inside leaf

A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide (CO2) encounters in its voyage from the atmosphere to the interior of…

Zherong: The Rising "Medicine City in Eastern Fujian"

In recent years, Zherong has used medicinal materials as a medium to stimulate high-quality industries and extend the industrial chains. The developing trend of the…

Growing for lettuce-lovers in South Bend, Indiana

It looks like the trip from farm to table is about to get dramatically shorter for lettuce lovers in Michiana. California now grows about 75 percent of the nation’s lettuce…
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Feb 17, 02:00 PM (ET)

Webinar on hiring for indoor vertical farming: human resources in 2021

During this session, the panel will touch on the hot areas of hiring in the indoor vertical farming market today, including: Disciplines Hiring Manager are Seeking Expansion and…

Tuesday, March 30

United Fresh introduces programming supporting women in produce

United Fresh Produce Association has been honoring women in produce, elevating one honoree a year for more than two decades, helping to raise awareness of the…

Opportunities in specialty crops for UK growers

CHAP Innovation Sector Lead Dr Réka Haraszi attended a workshop series on specialty crops, which ran over four weeks from 15th January 2021. Here she provides a summary of the…

SA: Garden brings life to Joburg concrete jungle

Refiloe Molefe, 61, moves through her farm with the delicate swiftness of someone half her age. She works with a calming efficiency, shifting from harvesting her potatoes to…

Study on biosensors that monitor plant well-being in real time

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed biosensors that make it possible to monitor sugar levels in real time deep in the plant tissues --…

Magnetawan Horticultural Society shifts focus from flowers to vegetables

The Magnetawan Horticultural Society should know by April if it's one of 25 communities in Canada awarded a $2,500 grant from Scott's Canada. If the local group is one of the…

IN: After strawberry and dragon fruit, Uttar Pradesh hosts 'tomato festival'

February is emerging as a month of fruit and vegetable festivals in Uttar Pradesh. After festivals of strawberry, sweet potato and dragon fruit, the Yogi Adityanath government…

"This collaboration combines knowledge of both companies"

Botany from Horst-Meterik and Hakkert Product Support from Enspijk are intensifying their cooperation in research in fruit with the establishment of Asperico. Asperico focuses…

A Rutgers University study

Economic analysis of the competitive dynamics in the U.S. fresh blueberry market

A recent Rutgers University study examines the factors that contribute to the price of fresh cultivated blueberries in the United States during the 2015-2020 period. It…

New Zealand

Produce industry wants to get fruit and veg to vulnerable school children

Many New Zealand children in low-decile schools are still unable to benefit from healthy foods, despite the abundance of fruit and vegetables grown in the…

Cheapest places to buy fruit and vegetables in the UK

In the Channel 5 programme Secrets of Your Supermarket Food, the presenters explained that there are cheaper places to pick up fruit and veg than UK…

San Miguel Corporation

Better World Diliman community center sells over 500 tons of excess produce

San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) Better World Diliman community center sold over 500 tons of excess farm produce in just six months of operation. According to…

Surry Hills RES drugs investigation

Man arrested as warrant executed at Sydney fruit market

A man has been arrested and a search warrant executed at a Sydney fruit market, following an investigation by Surry Hills RES into the supply of illicit drugs.…

but also see advantages of greenhouse strawberry

Majority of Dutch panel don't want strawberries during winter

Dutch supermarkets should stop offering strawberries in the winter. So no imports and no strawberries from the greenhouse. That's what 86 percent of a Radar…

Large, sweet and will ripen in winter

UC Davis releases two new strawberry varieties

Red, ripe strawberries are the hallmark of spring in California. Two new varieties from the Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, will…

WSU Ag Robotics team

WSU, OSU, UC team with tree fruit groups and other universities in a major global push.

Farm groups, researchers strive for automated harvests

A trio of West Coast land-grant universities are teaming with farm groups and other researchers in a major global push to automate the harvests of apples, pears and other tree…

Alba Bio continues to innovate and grow

From pioneering in organic farming to innovation and modernization

"At times where it could be easier and more convenient to complain or to fall into discouragement, our reaction is to refrain from slowing down," said Vittorio Gona of…

Reinhard Oerther and Hans-Jörg Friedrich, Pfalzmarkt:

"In the medium term, the number of producers will decline, but we want to keep the land in the region"

After a turbulent 2020, the fruit trade industry is now entering a new phase. Even though the Corona virus will probably keep us on tenterhooks for some time to come, big…

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