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VEK Adviesgroep joins investment group Atrium Agri: adapting to changing horticultural industry

VEK Adviesgroep joins Atrium Agri, a partnership in greenhouse horticulture sector that was erected last year. VEK and Atrium will collaborate on horticultural projects both…

Lambert

Frederic Gagnon, Lambert

"We make sure that each cubic foot of your mix is in total conformity with all our specifications"

For over 90 years, Lambert Peat Moss Inc. has been offering a wide range of peat-based products from various grade of Canadian Sphagnum Peat moss to one of its assorted ready…

Pylot

Pylot is further expanding its software platform and introduces benchmarking

Pylot continues to expand the functionalities of its platform at a rapid pace. Users of the program are now able to benchmark performance and climate data. This allows growers…

Fluence

Fluence launches Vypr 3x and Vypr Duo 3x2

"Growers now have a solution to leverage year-round crop production"

Fluence expanded its top light solutions and launched the Vypr 3x and Vypr Duo 3x2. The latest Vypr series additions feature Fluence’s diversified PhysioSpec spectra and…

More options available in snack tomatoes

Plant breeding companies are constantly developing new varieties that meet the demands of growers, market, retailers and consumers. In the past season, Sakata has introduced a…

Plenty

Plenty secures $140 million in Series D financing round

‌Plenty‌ ‌has secured a $140 million USD Series D round, led by existing investor Softbank Vision Fund 1 and including new investor Driscoll’s. The investment will be used to…

Kentucky Fresh Harvest

US (KY): Kentucky Fresh Harvest cuts ribbon on new high-tech greenhouse

On Thursday, October 15, 2020, Kentucky Fresh Harvest (KFH), celebrates the realization of a promise made to the community of Stanford with a ribbon cutting ceremony…

Makuhari Messe, Tokyo:

Video Japan: Hybrid edition of agri- and horticultural shows in full swing

All over the world, shows and events are being cancelled and lifted to a virtual platform. However, there are some exception, like the Flower Expo China, held in August, and…

Closer cooperation HerkuPlast and Hortus Supplies International

With headquarters in Germany, an entity in the Netherlands, HerkuPlast-Kubern GmbH continues to strengthen its position as an international key-supplier for propagation trays.…

Fresh strawberries grown in Tibet delivered to MT Everest Base Camp

Until quite recently fresh vegetables were virtually unobtainable at any price in Shigatse, a 182,000 km2 prefecture-level city located in the Tsang province of the Tibet…

Special Management

AREFLH welcomes EP’s adoption of report on European Recovery Instrument for Rural Development

AREFLH strongly welcomes the European Parliament Agriculture Committee’s approval on Tuesday of its report on the European Recovery Instrument for Rural…

CambridgeHOK

UK: Specialist in Priva climate management systems joins growing southern team at CambridgeHOK

CambridgeHOK has appointed experienced Priva climate systems specialist Elliot Court to add to its growing team supporting the horticultural sector across the south of…

WUR

Plant roots grow towards soil fungi

Plant roots not only release odours themselves, but also appear to react to odours that beneficial and harmful fungi in the soil release. They do this by actively growing…

UF/IFAS

Hydroponic vegetable production: Greenhouse training online course

The most requested course by participants of the award-winning Greenhouse Online Training program from University of Florida IFAS Extension is here. Learn to manage different…

PerfoTec and Oerlemans Packaging Group team up

Extended shelf life of fresh produce through collaboration

PerfoTec and Oerlemans Packaging Group will work together to further optimize the properties of sustainable packaging for fruit, vegetables and flowers. The machine…

Interpretation and evaluation of electrical lighting in plant factories

In plant factories, light is fully controllable for crop production but involves a cost. For efficient lighting, light use efficiency (LUE) should be…
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New website "All About Lettuce" for registered dietitians and influencers

This week the LGMA is launching a new website created specifically for registered dietitians, influencers, professional food writers and consumers. LettuceInfo.org is…

KTN

UK: Innovative AgriFood Tech companies looking for investors

Nine companies working on groundbreaking tech ideas will pitch for investment during KTN’s AgriFood Tech Investment Showcase. Investors could find their next investment at…

BioBoost

"From waste to source of income"

On 18 September, Alderman Albert Abee of the municipality of Westland presented the first copy of the brochure 'From waste to income source! Better use of horticultural waste…

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Healthy or sick? The tomato knows what to do

Lycopene is one of the best-known ingredients of tomatoes and a lot of research has already been done into the health effects of this nutrient. Hidde van Steenwijk, researcher…

PMA Fresh Summit

Five trends in consumer habits and how these can increase marketplace success

One of PMA Fresh Summit’s educational sessions focused on consumer behaviors and how they can be used to increase success in the marketplace. This session featured Anne-Marie…

Macfrut

"Macfrut looks to the future"

Macfrut looks to the future with optimism. In order to meet the expectations of its target audience, the international trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector is set to…

USDA awards $27 million to support local food projects

Local food systems and direct-to-consumer marketing through farmers markets, farm stands, and Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs) programs have flourished…

"EU agri-food promotion policy increases awareness of high standards of EU agri-food products"

Activities funded under the EU agri-food promotion policy contribute effectively to its general objective, have been implemented relatively efficiently, are…

Euroseeds

Euroseeds conclude first fully-fledged Virtual Congress

More than 400 participants attended the Euroseeds Congress on 11-13 October, the organization's first fully-fledged virtual experience. The congress featured an exhibition…

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Indicator species analysis: A useful tool for plant disease studies

Indicator species analysis (ISA) uses indices of an organism’s relative abundance and occurrence to estimate the strength of its associations with a priori groups of interest…

Upward Farms

US (NY): Ultra-local Brooklyn-based aquaponics operation has national agenda

Originally founded in 2013 as Edenworks and previously known as Seed & Roe, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.-based Upward Farms takes an ecosystem-based approach to its aquaponics…

Freshaholics

India: Aquaponics unit gets off the ground in Ludhiana vet varsity

Sanjay Dhotre Union minster of state for education, communication and electronics and IT, on Wednesday virtually inaugurated an ‘Aquaponics vertical farming system’ developed…

Greenheart Organic Farms

How heirloom vegetables have helped a UAE farm flourish in the desert

A stroll through Greenheart Organic Farms reveals rows and rows of vibrant vegetation, despite the early October temperatures. Yet most producers in the Gulf don’t even start…

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Dueling proteins give shape to plants

In an elegant choreography, plants take cues from their environment and channel them into form: flowers, roots, or branches. In a new paper in Nature Communications, biologist…

Corsican growers charter planes to get Moroccan seasonal workers

Corsican clementine producers have realised that the Covid-19 epidemic has really complicated the harvests. Normally, they would employ a workforce mainly made…

Federal energy efficiency program continues:

Focus on the use of regenerative energies

Agricultural and horticultural businesses can again receive funding from the Federal Energy Efficiency Program. The German Federal Ministry of Food and…

Koppert recommends the application of the biological fungicide TRIANUM®

How to properly protect strawberry crops from the moment they are transplanted

The days immediately after transplanting a strawberry plant are a key moment that will determine its growth and health during the rest of its life cycle. In those first days,…

Americold Realty Trust acquires Agro Merchants Group for $1.740 billion

Americold Realty Trust announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Agro Merchants Group (“Agro”) from an investor group…

Tomatoes hit $13 a kilo as shortage bites in New Zealand

Tomatoes are almost $4 a kilogram more expensive than usual, Stats NZ says. Tomato prices climbed 44 per cent in the year to September, hitting an average…

US is losing its taste for iceberg lettuce

For the US, this could be the year consumption of romaine and other leaf lettuce finally surpasses that of head lettuce, which is mostly iceberg lettuce. However, 2019 data,…

United Fresh Start Foundation celebrates National School Lunch Week

This week, United Fresh Start Foundation will celebrate National School Lunch Week, with support from Bayer, by calling attention to school districts that continue to offer a…

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