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Crop and solutions, not lighting, central to Schenkeveld lighting project

In December, Richard Schenkeveld joking gave Orance's Arno Wartewig a chocolate coin as a Saint Nicholas gift. "The last invoice," chuckles the tomato grower. He is from a…

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New hydroponic berry farm launches in Ontario

CAN (ON): “We are moving into the strawberry category as a united front"

Ever Tru Farms, a new Ontario-based and entirely vertically integrated berry producer of scale has entered the market in a way that will revolutionize the strawberry market in…

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A year of tomato life cycle stage

How your plants’ behaviour changes during different crop life cycle stages

How does a tomato plant uses its energy throughout the season? For the first time, the intrinsic tomato developmental changes over a full commercial crop cycle were monitored…

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"The demand for blackberries and in particular organic berries is certainly growing"

Despite some inclement weather conditions it is shaping up to be a good season for an Australian organic blackberry producer, with plenty of fruit setting over the past few…

Dynamic grow lights to research on the effects on high-wire

Signify will deliver Philips GreenPower LED production modules Dynamic and the Philips GrowWise Control System to a new research department at the Innovatie en…

Crisp partners with Infarm

Dutch online supermarket now offers vertically farmed greens

Infarm has partnered up with Crisp, an online supermarket covering the Netherlands. With this new partnership, Crisp customers can buy the full range of sustainable and fresh…

"It’s time to scale to being a high-production farming company"

Plenty appoints Arama Kukutaia as new CEO

"Now that Plenty’s technology is tested and proven, it’s time to scale up to become a high-production farming company. That’s what I’m here to do," says Arama Kakutai. Today, he…

Norway: New 15.000m2 farm to supply the country’s 5 biggest cities

“We decided to make a change in Norway first. Since the cold impacts grower’s potential in agriculture, we wanted to offer a way to extend this to year-round growing. One of…

CEA Advisors teams up with Parus-Europe for crop specific Strawberry Growtainers

CEA Advisors, manufacturers of The Growtainer, and Parus-Europe have finalized a strategic alliance to collaborate on the optimization and global sales of their Co-branded…

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Webinar on 27th of January

Growth opportunities for AgriTech between Maryland and the Netherlands

InnovationQuarter, Maryland Department of Commerce, F3 Tech, Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee, Netherlands America Chamber of Commerce Washington Metro (NACCWM),…

Geothermal heat main installation begins

Work has started on the installation of the new heat main that will supply Eden Project’s Biomes, greenhouses, and other buildings with geothermal heat in Cornwall. The heat…

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"We use just 1 pint per container of leafy greens compared to 12 gallons on field product"

"Looking for simple ways to contribute to sustainability in your own home? Simply switch to greenhouse lettuce and greens", the team with Revol Greens advises in a…

Cropping system exerts strong influence on antibiotic resistance genes

Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs), a kind of contaminants of emerging concern, often occur in the reclaimed water (RW) discharged from urban sewage treatment plants. Hence,…

Video India: Mahindra fixes cyclone damaged greenhouse

During last year’s cyclone, the greenhouse of ORG Farms was totally damaged. They approached Mahindra & Mahindra technical team for a solution. Their team jumped in and not…

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Plus, kicking off projects overseas in Italy and Singapore Vertical Future raises £21 million to stabilize production in the UK Vertical Future, a London-based agtech and vertical farm, raised £21 million ($29 million) in funding which will be used to increase farm production, technology efforts and construct more farms. However, the main objective really is to first stabilize production in the UK. This is very much emphasized as the core strategy, with…

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Increasing the performance of cucumber seedlings by LED illumination

Light is one of the most important limiting factors for photosynthesis and the production of plants, especially in the regions where natural environmental conditions do not…

Capsum and iFarm cooperate to launch farm laboratory

France: Joint R&D project to develop innovative beauty products

Capsum and iFarm have signed a cooperation agreement and are set to launch a farm laboratory to develop innovative beauty products. As part of a pilot project, a small farm…

Gazan farmers adopt green economy to reap financial harvest

Each morning, more than 140 Palestinian farmers, men and women, gathered in the town of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip to grow crops to sell. "This scene has long been absent from…

CAN: Cochrane's education greenhouse on wheels about to take shape

The Passive Solar Roller — Cochrane’s education greenhouse on wheels — is finally about to take shape. The design was dreamt up by a team at Cultivate Cochrane, but it’s the…

Australian Cabinet looking to ease close contact isolation as worker shortage increases

The Australian Cabinet is considering allowing more close contacts to go back to work with a negative test. Transport and logistics workers will be at the…

New Association of Producer Organizations: “French Producers”

The four cooperatives Océane and Vitaprim (Loire-Atlantique), Solarenn (Ille-et-Vilaine) and Kultive (Loiret) have just formed a new Association of Producer Organizations…

US grocery shortages deepening as pandemic drags on

A large demand for groceries, combined with soaring freight costs and Omicron-related labor shortages, is creating a new round of backlogs at processed food…

A dozen of these white strawberries can cost 60 euro in Japan

Lepe joins the white strawberries 'fever'

Pineberries look like white strawberries and have an intense flavor and aroma that is reminiscent of tropical pineapple. The pineberry has surprised consumers…

"Agriculture and horticulture unjustly underexposed in robot report"

A recently published report on the Dutch robot market is missing the current steps and developments in the field of robotization in the agricultural sector. That is the…

Dutch nursery growing fast, getting new greenhouse 'plant cultivation-ready'

You are a plant nursery whose buyers keep expanding. What do you do? In the Netherlands, Globe Plant deliberately chose to grow along with those customers. They have added a…

"The pandemic has only improved our professionalism"

The new strawberry season is in full swing in Huelva. This southern Spanish province is Europe's largest strawberry cultivation area. Every season brings challenges, many…

Lebanese agriculture faces heavy losses due to Saudi export ban

Fruit and vegetable exports from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia are worth around $36 million. Lebanese farmers were already reeling from the country's economic…

Machine rental option provides greater flexibility

Proseal’s machine rental options are providing food processors with a flexible, cost-effective solution to help meet the current surge in demand during the coronavirus…

Philippines: Vegetable smuggling is affecting Benguet farmers

Benguet mayor Victorio Palangdan underscored the urgent need to monitor and counter the entry of smuggled vegetables, not only in the region but in the entire…

Ghana farmers get support to boost tomato production

The Ghanaian government has begun the implementation of a specialized project aimed at supporting farmers in the Upper East Region to sustainably increase the…

BASF presents its new medium-cycle red California pepper with resistance to powdery mildew

BASF returns strongly to the pepper market with its Krakos F1 pepper. This medium-cycle red California pepper, which is transplanted from the first half of July, is resistant…

Russia: Preferential lending to agricultural producers

The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia refused to develop a draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning changes to the rules of…

In February Freshis will start operating in Barcelona and, by the end of the year, they hope to be operating in Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg

The first Spanish startup to deliver fruits and vegetables directly from the field to the table in less than an hour

The Spanish startup Freshis, which arrived in Madrid a few weeks before the lockdown, has become the first platform that allows consumers to receive fresh fruits and…

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