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Taylor Farms announces investment with Pure Green Farms

Another major North American open field grower enters the CEA industry

One of the biggest open field growers in North America, Taylor Farms, enters the greenhouse growing market with an investment in greenhouse company Pure Green Farms. "This…

First edition of GreenTech Americas kicks off

This week the GreenTech Americas takes place in Mexico for the first time. "It fulfills a wish of horticultural entrepreneurs in North America. Many of them are ready to…

September 28-30. 2021

NL: Seed meets Technology 2021 to take place as planned

After a period of uncertainty the decision was finally taken: Seed meets Technology 2021 will not be cancelled or postponed. Following close consultation between the…

Pinduoduo pledges $1.5 billion to Chinese farmers

Pinduoduo, one of China’s biggest agriculture platforms, has pledged to contribute $1.5 billion to Chinese growers and the agricultural industry. The company explained they…

Ecologists in Action warn:

"Murcia consumes more than double the water it produces naturally"

"Desertification in itself isn't caused by climate change, it's caused by the misuse of land and water. Global warming only intensifies it," stated Ruben…

Belgium: Tomato Masters starts new expansion this year

Tomato grower Tomato Masters will have a new greenhouse constructed in Deinze in November. The growers will add 5 hectares, bringing the total to 21 hectares, divided over 4…

More sustainable substrates are now equal to peat and rock wool

Is it possible to grow strawberries and tomatoes on a substrate with renewable raw materials without yield differences compared to growing them on peat and rock wool? Yes,…

First annual Plant Lighting Short Course starts in October

Working in partnership, GLASE, OptimIA, and LAMP are announcing the first annual Plant Lighting Short Course. "This 6-week modular short course is designed to provide…

India: Simply Fresh to invest Rs 100 cr in hydroponics farms in Telangana

From a modest venture in hydroponics farming covering 10 acres in 2013, the Darbarwars have come a long way, expanding their business to cover an additional 150 acres in…

Students compensate for shortage of migrant workers at Westland growers

Westland employment agencies and nurseries have had great difficulty in finding enough labour migrants of good quality. This is what Martine van der Meer of…

Special Energy 2021

Karsten Eggert

The future of CHP in a net-zero world

Robert Ashley, Power Generation Specialist at Mott MacDonald, ascertains that CHP has a future in a net-zero world. In June 2019, the UK Government introduced legislation that…

UK: "Geothermal farms could grow tomatoes, melons and pineapples"

East Anglia, UK, could be transformed into a super-sustainable food production powerhouse growing crops like tomatoes, watermelons and pineapples by drawing…

Dutch growers receive support for geothermal expansion

In the Netherlands, several parties are pushing forward with their plans. They want to expand existing geothermal heat extraction. This is to be done through the 'Aardwarmte…

Uno Bites are back-to-school ready

As society gets ready for back-to-school season, parents are sending their kids to class with a fresh snack they love to eat by the handful: Uno Bites™ Nano Cucumbers from…
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ImmunoStrip for detection of Xanthomonas Genus

Agdia announces the commercialisation of a rapid diagnostic test for detection of several phytopathogenic members of the Xanthomonas genus on their ImmunoStrip® platform.…

GrowGeneration

US (WA): GrowGeneration purchases gardening store in Washington state

GrowGeneration announced the acquisition of Hoagtech Hydroponics. This acquisition brings the total number of GrowGen hydroponic garden centers nationwide to 59 stores. "We're…

Bee Vectoring Technologies

US: Bee Vectoring Technologies to terminate equity financing agreement with Alumina Partners

Bee Vectoring Technologies International has mutually terminated the definitive agreement with Alumina Partners that secured a commitment for up to $6,000,000 CDN in a…

How do cybersecurity gaps threaten our electric infrastructure?

Cybersecurity threats to electric infrastructure continue to be a top-of-mind topic for many business executives. From healthcare and data center facilities to commercial and…

“Introducing cress and sea grapes now shows we have guts”

As a grower focusing on the market's upper end, with herbs and special cress - in itself, a niche product - some varieties will, invariably, not make the cut. That is no…

Modeling natural light availability in skyscraper farms

Lighting is a major component of energy consumption in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) operations. Skyscraper farms (multilevel production in buildings with…

Rosselkhoznadzor hold negotiations with the food safety agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan on fruit and vegetable supplies to Russia

The Rosselkhoznadzor held video negotiations with the Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan on July 27, 2021. The Rosselkhoznadzor mentioned two cases of detection…

Supply chain cooperation as a sustainable solution

Supply chain cooperation is more than a short-term initiative. It involves a shared intention where all parties involved take similar ownership as well as share their…

Small watermelons are big business for Beijing farmers

Watermelons have made Beijing farmer Li Wanbo 300,000 yuan (about 46,200 U.S. dollars) this summer alone, a huge leap from when he worked in the city proper…

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The radish market was in a somewhat difficult situation over the last week and a half. "There was just a bit too much on the market", observes Erik de Jong from Jongfresh in…

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Frost damage leads to record Brazilian zucchini prices

The Mintec price of Brazilian zucchini reached BRL 6.46/kg on the 19th of August 2021. This is an increase of BRL 2.31/kg (+63%) month-on-month. This is the highest level…

The Andalusian pepper achieved its highest average price at origin in the last four seasons

In the campaign that is ending, Andalusian pepper farmers were paid the highest average price of the last four campaigns, according to the data prepared by…

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Spain: Government support for 79 innovative renewables projects in the manufacturing sector

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has selected 79 innovative renewable energy projects to be implemented in food and industry…

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