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Using LED grow lights and less irrigation makes stronger plants

Hort Americas is currently working on a germination and propagation project of leafy greens and culinary herbs. The project is in collaboration with their demonstration…

Agtech company targets Texas for world’s largest lettuce greenhouse

Revol Greens announced that it closed a $68 million funding round, bringing the fast-growing company’s total financing to $215 million as it executes on its strategy of five…

"It's exciting to see AgTech innovation developed in New Zealand supporting growers in Europe"

Autogrow has ramped up their activity in the Northern Hemisphere by establishing a new Sales Director Europe and U.K. role based in the Netherlands supporting their expanding…

Intergrow breaks ground on newest 10 acre expansion

US (NY): "An ideal climate for the greenhouses and in close proximity to major markets"

Earlier this month construction began on Intergrow’s newest expansion in New York. The site will be a 10acre lit greenhouse, located within 24 hours of nearly 60% of the U.S.…

Pinduoduo

"AI strawberries are just the beginning for remaking agriculture"

Agriculture could benefit disproportionately from artificial intelligence to replace low-value manual labor, especially in countries where the farming workforce is dwindling…

360 Energy

"Grow your margins as well as your plants"

Today, we know that so much can be done to optimize a greenhouse’s energy consumption and purchasing practices leading to improved margins. Even with this understanding, there…

Roelands Plant Farms on Canada's Top Growing Companies list

"It's an honour to be on a list of this type"

Roelands Plant Farms is pleased to announce it placed No. 314th on The Globe and Mail’s 2020 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. Canada’s Top Growing…

Trends, figures, facts and the coronavirus in the German fruit and vegetable trade

"Have we arrived at the New Normal yet?"

The corona virus has a significant impact on one of the core elements of human social behavior: food. COVID moves all humans, world-wide: "Corona goes to our heart", says…

3rd prize in Pentawords 2020

International design award for fruit and vegetable packaging line Johannes

Last year AGF-Holland introduced the Johannes packaging line, a plastic-free packaging line for the entire fruit and vegetable department, with a line of baskets, trays and…

An in-depth look at Alberta's greenhouse industry

The latest Profile of the Greenhouse Industry in Alberta provides current benchmark data on greenhouse crop operations. "This report is of significance to greenhouse growers,…

Special Starting Material

Scientists predict economically important traits of crops

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) developed a new mathematical model to predict economic performance of crops. It can assist the…

Mastronardi Produce to release new lettuce line: Queen of Greens

It is a little-known fact that Mastronardi Produce, the company behind the world’s first branded tomato, actually has its roots in lettuce. In the 1940’s, when…

Ocean Mist Farms

Five new products added to Season & Steam convenience vegetable line

Ocean Mist Farms, a grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in North America, announced the launch of five new products in their award-winning Season & Steam convenience…

Red Sun Farms

Bringing year-round local supply to Canada by lighting up greenhouses

Red Sun Farms, a North American greenhouse grower with locations in Canada, USA, and Mexico, are embracing technology by lighting up a high-tech greenhouse to bring a…

Growers Express promotes Kirk Wagner to Chief Operating Officer

Growers Express, LLC, a processor of frozen vegetable products and primary licensed partner of the Green Giant Fresh® brand announced that Kirk Wagner is…
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United Fresh announces slate of new programming

United Fresh has announced its slate of new programming taking place this fall on the LIVE! 365 platform. United Fresh LIVE! 365 is the industry’s year-round…

European growers concerned their situation is poorly taken into account within Green Deal

The European fruit and vegetable sector is expressing strong concerns about its future with the combined effects of the COVID-19 crisis and the announcements…

Effect of bacterial inoculum and fertigation management on lettuce plants

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria have been applied to different vegetable crops but there is still no information on the effect of bacterial biostimulant application under…

The importance of food safety

Nature Fresh Farms takes food safety very seriously. "We believe that our overall success depends on our ability to supply food to our customers that meets or exceeds the…

Third stage of Sayuri greenhouse complex opened in Yakutsk, Russia

On September 25 this year in Yakutsk, a solemn ceremony was held for the commissioning of the third stage of the year-round greenhouse complex 'Sayuri'. As part of the first…

US blueberry growers question influx of foreign berries

The Oregon Blueberry Commission has joined in an effort to slow the large increase in blueberry imports from southern countries. Last week, the commission…

Food Fraud Database

More than 100 records of fresh produce fraud

Fraud with regard to fruit (and produce in general) is commonly related to labeling claims about production practices, production location or brand names. In…

Key US crops affected by extreme weather

Several crops in the US are suffering from the effects of severe weather over the last month or so. One of the affected sectors is the Maine blueberry…

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The New World Little Garden

New Zealand: New World continues to push for plastic-free produce

A fruit and veggie frenzy has once again swept New Zealand, thanks to a series of colourful little pots of seedlings you may have seen pop up in New World…

Better understanding of button mushroom DNA published, to improve breeding

A research team of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has made an important step in opening up possibilities to breed for innovative types of button…

Bonduelle 2019-2020 annual results

Bonduelle's Fresh Processed segment revenue drops by 6%

On September 25, 2020, Bonduelle's Supervisory Board, under the chairmanship of Martin Ducroquet, reviewed the statutory and consolidated financial statements…

₹350 mln allocated for current period - up to March

India: Kerala growers to get minimum support price for fruits and vegetables

Kerala state officials announced a minimum support price for farm-fresh fruits and vegetables with effect from November 1. The state will procure the produce…

Biobío is confident about Chilean blueberry exports to US

The Office of the US Trade Representative announced that it will request the International Trade Commission of that country to start an investigation to…

Freshfel 2020 Activity Report

European 5-year trend in 2019 shows intra-EU trade at €35.7 billion

In its 2020 Activity Report, Freshfel Europe highlights that -on Intra-EU trade- the 5-year trend in 2019 intra-trade amounted to 32.9 million tons worth €35.7…

Rite Hite GmbH offers advanced solutions for cooling and freezing halls

"Optimal sealing during the distribution process saves a lot of energy"

Energy losses and, therefore, high costs are an all-too-common occurrence in the refrigeration and frozen goods sector. Thousands of euros' worth of energy are lost every day.…

Cannabis smuggled in vegetable bags

Papua New Guinea: K260,000 worth of drugs found in vegetable shipment

More than 17kg of marijuana with an estimated street value of K260,000 was confiscated at a private wharf at Motukea in Port Moresby last Saturday. The drugs…

Bonduelle Fresh Americas joins Walmart commitment to halve food loss and waste

Bonduelle Fresh Americas, home of Ready Pac Foods, announced that it has joined Walmart in the "10x20x30" initiative to root out food loss and waste from the supply chain.…

USDA restricts PACA violators in multiple states

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they…

Genetically redrawn San Marzano tomatoes

San Marzano tomatoes have been genetically redrawn by a team of researchers from Enea, CREA, Polytechnic University of Valencia and Tuscia University to obtain…

Talete, from SP Soluciones Agrícolas

A biostimulant reduces water consumption in strawberry crops by 25-30%

This biostimulant improves the plants' ability to absorb and retain water, both in cases of scarcity and in optimal conditions. Strawberry field before applying Talete Strawberry field…

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