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Doubling the Boem Berry Farms acreage by adding another 15 hectares

On a random road near Kingsville, in Ontario, Canada, Chris Bastiaansen of Meteor Systems is driving. The Boem Berry Farms sign along the road, with the remarkable red-colored…

Cox Enterprises acquires BrightFarms

"Their transformative power led us to play a larger role in what they're doing"

Cox Enterprises announced the acquisition of BrightFarms, an indoorfarming company and provider of locally grown packaged salads. The move solidifies…

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Florida grower acquires hydroponic lettuce company

Green Life Farms has reached an agreement to purchase Finn Farms, a hydroponic grower located on Florida’s West Coast. The transaction will provide Green Life Farms with full…

More greenhouse strawberries being grown in Belgium

In 2020, the Belgian strawberry acreage shrank by 2.1%. That is mainly due to a decrease in open field cultivation. The area of covered farming increased by 12%. That is…

US sprout grower announces new ownership

Bob and Barbara Sanderson, who have been credited as pioneers of the US commercial sprouting industry, have made their family-owned business succession plan for Jonathan…

15 years of horticultural development in the Horti Science Park

Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Delphy Improvement Centre and the Lansingerland council are celebrating fifteen years of knowledge development for greenhouse…

Grower hosts 11th annual backpack giveaway

Lipman Family Farms, an open-field tomato grower headquartered in Immokalee, FL, opened doors for thousands of Immokalee-area children through its Annual Backpack Giveaway…

Pogona Barbata to receive $58m for high tech glasshouses and sustainable water management

South Australia is set to gain ten new water projects, with an overall value of $90 million, to enhance water security, help stimulate regional economies and…

Research: Half of those in the Netherlands are prepared to pay more for sustainable food and to live next to greenhouses

Two out of three Dutch people are positive about Dutch agriculture and horticulture. Farmers and horticulturalists are seen as hard workers and their important role in food…

UK: Revised plans for Tangmere vegetable growing facilities approved

An application from Madestein UK Limited, which specializes in producing fresh lettuce and herbs, for new facilities in the southwest corner of the former Tangmere Airfield…

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Understanding temperature in growing systems

In order to improve temperature control inside of a growing system, we must understand how temperature works inside of a system with plants and the variables involved in…

Study on a ground-source heat pump system for greenhouse heating–cooling

One of the important heating criteria of a greenhouse in the northern hemisphere countries is heat availability, particularly in the winter season. Among other heat storage…

"The plant empowerment path offers endless possibilities to learn more about plant physics"

With years of experience in rose cultivation, Peter van Ninhuys started working as a cultivation manager for Van Lipzig Tuinderijen in 2017. “At that time Van Lipzig…

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Lettuce: Meet the salad king of South Africa

Not knowing what to do after finishing his military service back in the 1970s, Michael Kaplan set off to work on a kibbutz in Israel. Back home in East London in 1978, he made…

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Putting Eupeodes-System to the test

Commercial trials of Eupeodes-System in Southern Spain have demonstrated the hoverfly’s potential to establish and contribute to aphid control in a range of high value crops.  Depending…
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Australia: Researchers develop method to convert urine into fertiliser

A research team at the University of Melbourne developed a way to convert human urine into fertilizer. Making use of electro-bioreactors, a membrane-based technology used to…

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Rockmelon growing successfully in Bangladesh

Rockmelon, a desert fruit, is now being cultivated in Bangladesh. Three farmers from Cumilla and Khulna districts have successfully cultivated the desert fruit in their…

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US: New chapter for Stone Bridge Farm

Randy Countermine used to mow the lawns at Stone Bridge Farm, the horse farm founded by former billionaire hedge fund manager Jeffrey Tucker. Now he owns a piece of it.  Countermine’s…

Thailand: seed company hires new chief R&D officer

East-West Seed is pleased to introduce Katalin Pákozdi who will join us as the Chief R&D Officer and be part of our Managing Board from August 16th, 2021. She is replacing…

RI Spinout wingsure develops AI-driven mobile insurance app for small farmers

"Underserved farmers can now insure crops with rapid claim resolution"

SRI International today announced that its insurtech venture spinout, Wingsure, is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR)…

BASF's vegetable seeds business partners with Nature Source Improved Plants

"We are moving forward in several areas of our research"

BASF's vegetable seed business has collaborated with Nature Source Improved Plants (NSIP) as an external collaborator since 2008, but as of July 1, 2021 they…

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Strawberry crown plugs provide flexibility and improved performance

Annual plasticulture strawberry production has not been adopted as rapidly in cold climate regions as has occurred in warmer production areas due to uncertainty about…

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US (NY): Urban farm coming to the Javits Center this month

A sprawling new urban farm is coming to one unlikely New York venue this month after a $1.5 billion reinvestment into the state’s “Crown Jewel” convention hall. The Javits…

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SA: this pecan nut farmer is building her growing dream

Precious Mathibe was born and bred in Pretoria in Gauteng. She spent her entire schooling career in the city and obtained a master's degree in international business. She was…

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Biotechnology company forms scientific advisory board

“Agricultural productivity relies on technologies underpinned by science"

BioLumic, a biotechnology company that develops photomorphogenic light signals for agriculture, today announced the initial formation of a Scientific Advisory Board, composed…

Video Growing a snail garm and fish ponds in one location

This video shows a location with a snail farm and mobile tarpaulin ponds. In the concrete pens, take notice of the water trench around the structure which helps to prevent…

1.5 hectares not too small according to Dutch Council of State

The owner of two plots of glasshouse horticultural land in 's-Gravenzande was found to be in the wrong by the Council of State yesterday in an appeal against…

South African farmers find many advantages to electric three-wheelers

The electric three-wheelers that Pierneef Smit, South African general manager at Berda Fruit Agricultural Consultants, noticed on Chinese fruit farms, have proven themselves…

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Fortune Growers and ec2ce partner to improve productivity and sustainability of vegetables in Mexico

Fortune Growers, a leading broccoli producer in Mexico, and ec2ce, an agriculture technology company based in Spain, announced their collaboration to deploy…

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Late start and mixed weather conditions makes for a challenging softfruit season

The strawberry harvest is continuing at Asplins Producer Organisation in Kent, the peak volumes are past but picking will continue with significant volumes for a while yet. “It…

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