Sky Farm, 18 meters above the ground

2 ha rooftop greenhouse opened in Shandong

Sky Farm, a 30-acre vertical farm, has been constructed atop a five-story building in the Guoshun Green Building Low Carbon and Steel Intelligent…

Capital injection for Blue Radix powered by 400 growers

Blue Radix, specialist in Autonomous Growing, is entering a new phase. Since its foundation in 2019, it has been working closely with growers to unlock…

Canadian greenhouses report record-breaking harvests

JC Fresh and Orangeline Farms, located in Ontario, Canada, report record-breaking harvests. JC Fresh Farms produces a record 315,700 pounds of…

Ledestar collaboraties with Shanxi Agricultural University's Tomato Industry Research Institute

New laboratory to research light spectra in tomato plants

Recently, Ledestar joined hands with the Tomato Industry Research Institute of Shanxi Agricultural University to establish the "LED Broad Spectrum…

Cannabis packaging company enters produce market

"We want to bring our cost savings, service, and technology to the produce industry"

Tychon Packaging announced their entrance into the produce packaging market with TychonVert. TychonVert is a ‘Go-Green’ packaging supplier offering…

Worldwide webinar Royal Brinkman June 1, 2023

How to end the season with a spotless greenhouse

Do you experience emptying the greenhouse as a stressful period? Or do you need help creating hygiene protocols? On Thursday, June 1, 2023, Royal…

New Zealand Agritech gets $29.9 million horticulture injection

The recent New Zealand Government Wellbeing Budget provides much-needed support that will drive higher paying jobs and new export revenues in the…

Nature Choice SAT:

"Cucumber production in Almeria, and also in our case, has been the highest in recent years"

"Overall, the winter cucumber campaign has been good," says Antonio Escobar, manager of the Almeria-based Nature Choice SAT. "We have been able to…

Experiments show warm season crops can be grown in harsh Indian winters

Ladakh's Trans-Himalayan Cold arid high altitude region, known for its hostile climatic conditions with temperatures plummeting as low as -45°C, has…

Three commercial assays validated to detect ToBRFV

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) emerged as a significant threat to tomato crops in 2015, breaking resistance in production cultivars. In…

Miguel Demaeght, BelOrta:

"The export market is increasingly coming into the picture for our strawberries"

At BelOrta, outdoor strawberries are now slowly coming in at the cooperative. "We have already had quite good volumes since the start of May, but with…

CAN: Travel not being booked for SAWP Mexico workers

All SAWP Mexico workers who have a work permit must have their travel booked within 30 days of the requested arrival date, or Mexico may cancel the request and…

US: Vernon farm's greenhouse destroyed in storm just as planting was to begin

A Saturday thunderstorm dealt a blow to a Vernon-area farm, destroying Silverstar Veggies greenhouse just as it was preparing to plant for the season. Silverstar…

Program brings greenhouses and jobs to Xinjiang

Paired assistance program matches wealthier eastern provinces with impoverished counties in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in China's far west with…

UK: Indoor seaweed producer pushes for local production as demand soars

“This is where the airplane goes – and there’s another one right next to it,” Pure Ocean Algae’s Michael O’Neill joked during The Fish Site’s recent…

Two vegan chopped salad kits introduced

Braga Fresh, home of Josie’s Organics, is introducing two organic, vegan chopped salad kits to its family of products just in time for National Salad…

USDA launches organic INTEGRITY database trade partner module

On May 17, the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) expanded functionality for the USDA Organic INTEGRITY Database by launching a new Trade Partner…

How genes show tomato plants are infected

A recently conducted study examined how certain genes, called PR genes, were expressed in tomato plants that were infected with two viruses: TMV and…

Tomato prices rebound in April, Dutch prices fall slightly harder

In the EU, tomato prices rose slightly in April after a sharp decline. That goes against the trend; prices usually keep falling in April. On average, a kilo…

Edible CBD coating could extend the shelf life of strawberries

Soon, you’ll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it’s disappointing when you get…

End of food price inflation might be in sight

The UN’s food price index is down about 20% from a record set a year ago, and further declines are expected. Mintec, a price-reporting agency whose clients…

Ethiopia exported more than $550 million worth of horti goods in 8 months of current fiscal year

According to the Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA), more than 550 million USD has been secured from the export of horticulture…

Panay Island, Philippines

Farmers in Antique province urged to produce more vegetables

Farmers in Antique province are encouraged to produce more vegetables and other agricultural products. Yesterday, Antique Office of the Provincial Agriculture…

Florida strawberry growers will have to change with the climate

According to University of Florida agricultural researchers working with the Environmental Defense Fund, if Florida's strawberry industry is going to survive…

Growing beans or melons in China? Then, beware of the agriculture police

Chinese President Xi Jinping's so-called agricultural police numbers 87,000 officers. They check that growers in China cultivate only…

More than 5,000 crop farms were affected

More than 7,000 km2 of flooded land in Emilia Romagna

"A first evaluation shows that at least 5,000 crop farms suffered damage from the floods in Emilia Romagna in recent days. The total damage amounts to…

Kira Weißbach and Birgit Unterhuber from Markthallen München:

Photo report: "Markthallen München represents the food and general interest services that are provided here"

About 300,000 tons are loaded annually at the Munich wholesale market. Despite various challenges, import volumes fluctuated only marginally. "After we…