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Protected Cropping Australia Conference 2022 launches in Coffs Harbour

Protected Cropping Australia (PCA) says while the horticulture industry has been through a challenging period with the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and market…

Surge in utilization and demand of retractable roof greenhouses and cooling houses

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Cravo’s retractable roof systems. “Back in 1982, we invented the very first retractable roof for the tree seedling industry in Canada,”…

Powerplants announces new leadership team

Carl van Loon, the founding Director of the company is creating space for the new Executive team to continue to serve Powerplants’ long-standing customers and the expansion of…

Bjelovar (Croatia) to turn from cheese city into tomato city

In the Croatian town Veliki Korenovo a new geothermal well will be built, from which, among other things, the future business zone there will be heated. Since…

Prevention of blossom end rot in tomatoes with Intra Eco Shield

Blossom End Rot (BER, neusrot) is a physical malformation of the fruit tips of greenhouse crops with serious economic consequences (Figure 1). Many factors may contribute to…

Dutch Greenhouse Vegetable Market Overview 2021:

More cucumbers, increased acreage and ToBRFV in vine tomatoes

In the first months of the new year, fruit and vegetable traders traditionally plan. Reviewing the previous year's results helps in this respect. Even in the current turbulent…

El Ejido and Westland are the two most important producing municipalities in Europe

The mayor of El Ejido, Francisco Góngora, and the councilor for tourism, Luisa Barranco, traveled to Holland, where they visited the best greenhouse…

Siiimply Veggy: "Almeria's future lies in continuing to work on organic production"

"We are a company in continuous expansion and we are always looking for new product lines and new partnerships"

The consumption of organic food is on the rise in Europe, and in the Spanish province of Almeria, operators such as Siiimply Veggy are making it possible to supply organic…

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It’s bananas: The very different greenhouse producing tropical fruit in Norfolk County

“My friends think I’m nuts, but that’s just normal,” David laughed. “I’ve always tried something different. I don’t usually go down the same path everybody else does.” David’s…

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UK farms resort to overseas labor as fewer Ukrainian workers are available

UK fruit and vegetable growers are recruiting seasonal harvesting workers from countries as far away as Morocco and Mongolia as of situation in Ukraine has prevented workers…

AI on the farm: A new path to food self-sufficiency

Winter Farm wants to change agricultural methods in order to grow the business and achieve its ambitious goals: produce more than 13 million kilograms of fruit and replace 10%…

US (NC): 79-year old farmer couple continues growing food in tunnels

Small Snow Hill farmer has built his business through direct local sales of collards, heirloom variety sweet potatoes and greens At 79 years old with a lifetime of farming…

Video Temperature for the plant as speed and development

The proper combination of temperature, humidity, CO2 and grow light in your greenhouse determines the health and vitality of your crop. In addition, a proper balance helps to…

AVF 2021 whitepaper available

Latest industry developments and practical industry overview

Association for Vertical Farming launched a White Paper on the vertical farming space of 2021. The paper highlights the latest developments of the vertical…

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Quality improvement in vegetable greenhouse by cadmium pollution remediation

Greenhouse vegetable production (GVP) has grown in importance as a source of public vegetable consumption as well as income for farmers. Due to the high cropping index,…

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Agrifoodtech ventures raised record $52bn in 2021

Venture capital investors pumped $51.7 billion into agrifoodtech startups worldwide in 2021, according to the latest edition of the annual AgFunder Agrifoodtech Investment…

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Extinction is forever: Seed banks build biodiversity

With a changing climate causing extreme weather conditions – such as California’s unruly wildfires and Arizona’s unrelenting drought – certain species that have been on the…

USD 110 billion carrier EBIT in 2021 up to date

In issue 556 of the Sunday Spotlight, there was an analysis of the financial and volume performance of the global shipping lines. At the time of writing, we were partially…

Andrés Velásquez joins Ciopora as new director of PR & communications

Andrés Velásquez is the new Director of PR and Communication at Ciopora, the International Association of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Horticultural Varieties. With a…

University of Pretoria innovation

Smart avos will be a boon for fruit transport in South Africa

The civil engineering department of the University of Pretoria is using “smart fruit” to significantly improve the transportation of fresh produce in South…

Prices for imported tomatoes rapidly increasing in Ukraine

Round greenhouse tomatoes in Ukraine have significantly increased in price over the past week. At the end of the last week wholesale prices for greenhouse…

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"We believe that carrying on with the strike would affect our farmers and exporters the most"

Thirty companies that transport fresh products from Almeria have signed a manifesto in which they announced that, despite supporting the sector's indefinite…

Aymeric Jahan, co-founder of Dakoté:

Wheatgrass juice and hemp: the startup specialized in micropods continues to grow

In addition to the micropods cultivated in a closed environment, Dakoté also produces and sells wheatgrass juice and products derived from hemp. This helps the startup be part…
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Australian machinery solutions company celebrating 75 years of growth and innovation

Just months away from celebrating its 75th birthday, a leading Australian packaging and machinery solutions company has seen a lot of changing trends across the fresh produce…

Russia sanctions might increase impetus for Chinese yuan

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has led to the most intense financial sanctions by Western countries against another country in modern history. Two financial…

Worldwide air freight shipping of berries and organic fruit and vegetables

Ortalba is a young Italian company specializing in the sale of fruit and vegetables in Italy and around the world. The main suppliers are small to medium-sized production…

AgriPlace, ASF webinar about fruit and vegetable food safety, sustainability

AgriPlace Chain gives companies fully automated insight into food safety and sustainability

On Thursday, March 24, the Dutch company, AgriPlace, held a webinar about optimizing suppliers' and product food safety's social sustainability data collection. Their system,…

EliteGrow: We manufacture flexible grow light solutions based on customer demands

Laite E-Commerce provides export services for a variety of products. Their daughter brand EliteGrow is specialized in the export of indoor LED grow lights. Company…

Step into the Vertical Future

Prior growing experience meets data and technological innovation

“The amazing thing about our technologies and operating model is they enable us to continuously improve the offering to our customers. Let’s say a customer wants to grow a new…

Sustainability Report 2021

'Our approach targets the four key pillars of Environment, Economic, People and Community'

Costa Group Holdings Limited, the Australian grower, packer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, has released its 2021 Sustainability Report. The 2021…

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