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"We are investing to secure the coco supply"

For the second year in a row, the team with Dutch Plantin is building a new factory in India. In addition, the Dutch facilities are being expanded. "The demand for coconut…

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Stephan Schilling, Divimove LLC:

"Fruit and vegetable retailers need to take off their marketing blinders"

Fruits and vegetables are staple foods, so some people might think that there is no need to invest in marketing for this product group. In fact, there is still a lot that can…

De Ruiter launches Vertuo (DRCE9613), designed for French customers

"Open plant architecture makes new cucumber variety labour friendly"

The new commercial cucumber variety of De Ruiter is called Vertuo. "Vertuo (DRCE9613) was first screened in 2018 at different locations in France. In 2019 and 2020, we…

Robert Van Der Geest new general manager for Mexican greenhouse Nature Fresh Farms

Nature Fresh Farms welcomes Robert Van Der Geest as General Manager to their Mexico team. Nature Fresh Farms has financially invested in the operation of a 15-acre greenhouse…

extra opportunity to check plants on pests

Transplanting provides ideal scouting opportunity

Although your plants may have been checked for pests and even treated with pesticides during propagation, there may still be one or two unwanted visitors when they arrive on…

Ghana: Delegation from Okeyehene's Palace harvests first greenhouse vegetables

This week, the Chief of Staff from the Office of the Okyehene led a delegation to visit the Youth in Greenhouse Enterprise Project (YuGEP) production site at Kyebi to assist…

Symposium on Agriculture in Japan

"Growing clean tomatoes started after Japanese earthquake and tsunami"

The Tohoku University Graduate School of Agriculture recently hosted a symposium, to provide evaluations and updates on its reconstruction projects in rural areas affected by…

Sustainable alternative for cleaning food surfaces

"Nanobubbles can provide solution to E.coli and Listeria"

Moleaer, a nanobubble technology company, in partnership with researchers from Virginia Tech, have evaluated and concluded that oxygen-filled nanobubbles are…

Biochar supplier exceeds crowdfunding target by half a million

Carbon Gold, a supplier of biochar to gardeners and professional crop growers alike, has surpassed its crowdfunding goal of £200,000, raising a total of…

The making of Monarch: a Dutch powerhouse

After the introduction of the Monarch, the smallest high-tech water-cooled LED grow light with the biggest impact, thousands of fixtures have been produced in our high-tech…

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New COVID-19 travel rules could hurt Canada’s greenhouse vegetable industry

New COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers entering Canada could hinder more than would-be pandemic tourists. They could also leave tomato, pepper, and other greenhouse…

Special Water 2021

Evapotranspiration partitioning of greenhouse grown tomato

New study on water productivity in greenhouses

Greenhouse industry has been rapidly expanded worldwide. An accurate partitioning evapotranspiration (ET) into transpiration (T r) and evaporation (E s) is critical for…

China: No soil needed, only spraying for vegetables growing on the "wall"

Next to a road in the agricultural area of ​​Nangang Town, 2 steel-framed greenhouses resembling the Bird's Nest (Beijing National Stadium) and the Water Cube (National…

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UK: SmartParc submits plans for a 155-acre food processing campus

SmartParc announced that it has submitted plans for its 155-acre high-tech food production campus in former Celanese near Spondon. The planned installation of 1.8 m2 will…
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Biostimulants induced regulatory defence mechanismes in plants under stress conditions

PennState University announces seminar on plant stress

To date, managing salinity stress in agriculture relies heavily on development of salt tolerant plant varieties, a time-consuming process particularly…

A CRISPR picture emerges on European Union GMO directive

A European Court ruling widely interpreted to mean that all gene-edited organisms are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) may not be as prescriptive as many first assumed.…

Valstar shows commitment to reducing food waste with video series

Valstar has launched a video series on its sustainability efforts. Every month, the company shares a new video featuring one of their employees sitting down with a specialist…

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US: PennState University announces virtual greenhouse growers day

The Greenhouse Growers Day webinar aims to help growers stay up to date on the latest practices and techniques to produce high quality herbaceous plants. This webinar will…

with Viraj Puri, Gotham Greens

Analysis on how COVID-19 has impacted indoor farming

Yahoo Finance’s Zack Guzman and Akiko Fujita discuss indoor farming outlook and the plant-based fresh food categories with Viraj Puri, Gotham Greens Co-Founder…

Building North Canada's future in local food production

Growing nearly anything in the Yukon brings its own set of challenges. “We’re basically at the top of the world,” says Derrick Hastings, farm manager at the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in…

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Webinar series from 2 February - 30 March 2021

Plant production lunch and learn webinar series for horticulture

The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Landscape and Greenhouse Team is hosting a Plant Production lunch and learn webinar series. The webinar registration has…

Japan’s strawberry brands vie for top spots

As Japan has many different kinds of fruit varieties, many, many fruit farms will vie for the annual "Best in…" awards. High prices often reflect the high…

Urban Farming using LEDs from Fluence by OSRAM

Year-round under-glass herb cultivation in the heart of Berlin

ECF Farmsystems uses innovative LED lighting solutions from Fluence for todays herb cultivation in the heart of Berlin. An innovative urban farm, ECF Farm Berlin (ECF…

UK-Ireland lorry traffic at Holyhead port slumps

DUP: Brexit deal for Northern Ireland is an ‘unmitigated disaster’

Britain left the European Union’s single market and customs union on New Year’s Eve, introducing a raft of paperwork and customs declarations for those…

Cambodian chilli exports up 27% in 2020

The Cambodian government’s policy to boost productivity performance in the agricultural sector has improved the nation’s exports markedly, with shipments of…

"2020 wasn't a good year for Bulgarian vegetable farming"

The year 2020 proved to be unfavorable for Bulgarian vegetable cultivation. That's according to data from the Dutch National Statistical Institute. Overall…

KM Packaging launches compostable product range

Global flexible packaging and lidding films supplier KM Packaging has launched a new range of compostable products. The C-Range of bio-plastic packaging materials includes…

Switzerland: Aldi and Migros recall salads containing listeria

Aldi and Migros are recalling several ready-made salads due to the presence of listeria. The two distributors recommend Thursday not to consume these products. Aldi has…

Serbia: Duty-free export of fruits and veggies to the EU for another five years

Fruit and vegetable producers and exporters from Serbia and other Western Balkan countries will continue to sell their goods to the EU customers duty-free in…

Kenyan vegetable growers expect economic boom due to schools reopening

Vegetable growers in Nyamache Sub County -Kisii County- say they are overjoyed by the schools’ reopening because they can now supply their sukuma wiki (kale)…

Yellow Pallet: Banana fibre pallets substantially reduce CO2 emissions

Approximately 21 million pallets are needed each year for the export of fruit from the tropics. These pallets need large amounts of wood and too much energy is consumed in…

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Increasing prices for Sicilian vegetables

It has been a fluctuating season for Sicilian vegetables, though things have been improving between the end of the past year and the first ten days of January 2021, especially…

American high school greenhouse serves families in need

As a pandemic that struck quickly, erased jobs and created financial crises for many suburban families continues into a new year, High School District 214…

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