The Australian Hydroponic Farmers Federation (HFF) announced two of its committee as life members. At the 12th Biennial conference in Dandenong earlier this month, David Pearson and Tony Spurling were given the honour for their service to the industry. Mr Pearson, who also previously owned Country Fresh…
Justin Brazier didn’t always know that his path in life would take him right back home. While pursuing his master’s, Brazier has stayed involved with the Farmers Collaborative. He is currently working on a project with Velarus and David to build a year-round greenhouse in Mattapan, a neighborhood of…
Farmers are hailing the Content greenhouse project in Williamsfield, Manchester, for enabling them to increase production and earnings while adding economic value to the community. The project, which got underway in 2017, involves the revitalization of former bauxite lands for agriculture production.…
With support from the Andrews Labor Government, Flavorite has just finalized the build of a new six-hectare glasshouse at their Tatura site in Victoria, which is set to produce a further 4,000 tons of tomatoes a year and increase their employee base in the Goulburn Valley region from 110 to 170…
Modern facilities are helping to raise output and provide better lives for people in East China. Along with two workers he employs from his village, Sun Zhenxing, 35, a farmer in Shouguang, Shandong province, operates four greenhouses that cover 4 hectares in total. With each being 260 meters long and 40…
Gulnaz Nasyrova, a 9th grader from the Uritsky Lyceum School, designed a device called "Automated Greenhouse" and won third place at the republican competition "KazRoboProject-2021". "If the greenhouse allows you to get a crop quickly, then the care of vegetables, the selection of comfortable conditions takes…
In May, Biobest attended the official opening of Les Cagettes de Noel's photovoltaic greenhouse, where their beneficial insects and hives are being deployed to produce quality organic fruit and vegetables. Situated in the small village of Rians, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France, the…
Revol Greens is preparing for the opening in Temple, Texas, of its largest facility to date. Planting within the first of 20 planned acres in phase one of this new greenhouse is expected to start by the end of 2022. At scale and coupled with existing capacity, the Texas facility will provide Revol Greens…
When lettuce prices jumped to $10 off the back of extreme weather in New South Wales and Queensland, it sent a shockwave through the nation, but some farmers in the flood zone were left relatively unscathed because they grow their produce undercover. Now experts say protected cropping could be the key to…
City Roots, a family-owned urban farm and agribusiness destination, today announced plans to expand operations in Richland County. The company's $4.4 million investment will…
Local Bounti Corporation, a U.S. indoor agriculture company, announced the commencement of farming operations at its new controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facility in Byron, Georgia. "We are cementing our presence in the East Coast market with this new facility, providing us a bi-coastal presence…
The Dutch company Looije, which specializes in the production and marketing of cherry tomatoes, will open its new greenhouse in Águilas, Murcia, on August 3. Looije's new facilities were built by Novagric, an engineering company for agriculture, and have a cultivation area of 7.3 hectares equipped with…
California-based Misionero started out as a grower-shipper of field-grown lettuces and tender greens. However, in 2021, the company expanded into the hydroponic lettuce space. “We started partnering with Grupo Altex, an agricultural company in Mexico with more than 10 years of experience in the CEA…
The province of Almería in southeastern Spain has some of the driest conditions in Europe. Yet, with access to groundwater and an abundance of sun, it has become a major hub of greenhouse agriculture. On May 24, 2022, the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI) on Landsat 9 captured these natural-color images of…
The produce grown at Phelps Farm near Guttenberg runs the gamut from cucumbers and celery to cauliflower and cantaloupe, and Andrew Phelps knows precisely where each crop is planted. "Over there, we've got okra, snow peas, chard, dill, and cilantro," he said on a recent morning, indicating the neatly…
Following the construction of their facilities to produce fresh strawberries in Panama, Ag IncoTech are underway with their expansion in the country but this time for leafy greens and micro greens, under their Ag Berry Corp umbrella. As the construction phase has begun, James Archer, CEO of Ag IncoTech…
Guido van het Hof knew his greenhouse could do more. Grow more. A student of plant science, Guido and his team at Great Northern Hydroponics have been growing more than 10 varieties of tomatoes in Ontario, Canada, for more than 20 years. For Guido, decades of greenhouse experience have demonstrated the…
The Star Group, a Canadian grower, importer, and distributor of fresh produce is launching a unique new living lettuce trio under its Inspired Greens banner. Grown in the company’s state-of-the-art greenhouse near Coaldale, Alberta, the trio features a green lettuce varietal paired with two different…
Sweden-based company Naturvillan creates homes that aim for a minimal environmental footprint, fitted with reliable energy-efficient solutions, ecological materials, protective climate shells, automatic irrigation, and ecocycle-systems giving back nutrients from wastewater to the in-house garden plants.…
Jusoor Foundation inducted the actual production of the greenhouses project, which is part of the citruses medical patent program, in two phases. The program, funded by OQ company, is implemented in the Wilayat of Sohar, the Governorate of North Al Batinah. The inauguration ceremony was held under the…
In the coming weeks, greenhouse construction takes center stage in the special of FloralDaily, HortiDaily, and our Dutch newsletters GroetenNieuws and BPnieuws. For one month, we will pay more attention to everything that is being built in this sector.Besides new projects, we will also highlight technical innovations. What…
One of the nation’s largest fruit and vegetable growers, New Zealand Gourmet, hopes it has found a workaround after a nationwide shortage of commercial carbon dioxide supplies…
Finnish propagator Oy Sigg-Plant Ab was established back in 1955. During the last 15 years they have grown rapidly and are now active on a total of eight different markets in Scandinavia, the Baltic states and Poland where they delivered over 6 million young plants in 2021. Figure 1. Grafting of tomatoes…
Schools are out for the summer, and Rachel Rodrigue Nadeau knows where she will be until classes return in the fall: in the greenhouse she helped build. “We wanted to build one for quite some time,” the special education teacher at Lewiston High School said. “We” consists of Rodrigue Nadeau, her husband,…
Officials with Abegweit First Nation in P.E.I. say a greenhouse in the community will increase food security, promote nutrition and help members learn more about living off the land. Construction is underway now on the geothermal greenhouse in an open field near the community's daycare center. Gerard…
The last thing one expects to find in the middle of dusty and dry Khulais, located on the western side of the Saudi Arabian desert, is a farm blooming with all sorts of herbs and vegetables. Yet this is precisely what Sofian Al-Bishri, the 24-year-old CEO of Mojan Farms, has done. The qualified engineer…
The Huron Farmworkers Ministry seeks to take care of migrant workers. The outreach program of the Anglican Church’s Huron Diocese focuses on “immediate needs,” such as clothes and hygiene items. “We try to provide what we call social justice – give them the minimum stuff to live, to have a good life,”…
In Hanoi, Vietnam, daytime temperatures can reach up to 37 to 38 degrees Celsius. On top of that, it often rains, and the climate is hot and humid. But to grow a certain type of crop, some smart farms in Vietnam have started off with the reverse idea of lowering the temperature rather than raising it.…
The horticultural sector in China is on the rise; the country is increasingly focusing on its own food supply. This brings with it the necessary challenges, among others, in the field of energy and water consumption, labor, and knowledge. Hoogendoorn Asia tries to support Chinese market gardeners in…
The greenery proposed for Amazon’s second headquarters in Arlington is so extensive that the company needs a greenhouse to keep it going. According to plans submitted to the county, Amazon hopes to convert Meadow Farms Nurseries and Landscapes (10618 Leesburg Pike) in Great Falls into a greenhouse to…
The PC greenhouse project is located in Indonesia, covering an area of about 2500 square meters. The project is a big-span PC greenhouse for growing muskmelon, which is divided into nursery areas and growing areas. There is a wet curtain fan, a circulating fan, a high-pressure mist spray, a transferable…
A partnership between Yara Belle Plaine, A.E. Peacock Collegiate and Saskatchewan 4-H made it possible for the students at A.E. Peacock Collegiate to build the grand prize greenhouse of the 25th Annual 4-H Saskatchewan Lottery. Yara Belle Plaine provided the funds, while Vice-Principal Brad Raes…
Aliya Zhumataeva and Kazbek Asylbekov's idea to restore the abandoned greenhouse came up five years ago. So, Aliya and Kazbek applied to the regional executive authority in Kazakhstan to get permission to acquire the facility. Yet, it turned out that the greenhouse was unlisted. "Judges claimed that the…
Highfield Regenerative Farm has opened a greenhouse that will allow the urban community farm in Calgary to triple its production. The non-profit operation held the grand opening for its new facility on Friday morning, with a Barn Raising Party set for the evening. “It’s just going to change everything,…
"This greenhouse is located in Nepal at the southern foot of the Himalayas and covers an area of more than 3,000 square meters," said Mr. Pan, the Kingpeng's supervision engineer. Now, the greenhouse structure is erected and will be finished next month according to the construction plan. The top is…
Renu Energy Solutions, a locally-owned and operated solar installer in North Carolina and South Carolina, announced the details of a new solar installation at the greenhouse of Johnson C. Smith University’s (JCSU) Sustainability Village, an innovative living-learning prototype for students in Charlotte,…
The Kumasi Metropolis is pursuing greenhouse cropping technology to make the most out of its limited agro landmass following rapid urbanization. “The introduction of greenhouse cropping technology gives us a window of opportunity to explore agriculture even in our urban environment,” Mr. Samuel Pyne, the…
The Balochistan government has installed as many as 396 green tunnels aimed at enhancing the production of off-season vegetables and fruits production in the province through tunnel farming. Talking to APP, Minister for Agriculture Mir Asadullah Baloch said the Balochistan government had also constructed…
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated UAH 11 billion in grants for the creation of gardens and greenhouses. The government has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports. According to the report, for the first thousand participants, 70% of the project cost is financed by the state and 30%…
J. Huete International is participating in the construction of 5,000 m2 greenhouses in Erbil (Iraq). The Spanish company provides the structure, the plastic covering, the shading screens, the irrigation system, and the climate control, among other advanced and intelligent equipment. This highly technical…
The Star Group’s Inspired Greens, a Canadian living lettuce brand, is set for an early July launch of a line of side salads. Five new salads will be available in kits that include a base of Inspired Greens lettuce complemented by house-made dressings, vegetables, dairy, protein, and other toppings in a…
Australia's biggest cucumber farm will be developed in Western Australia as part of a joint venture between traditional owners and an established Australian horticultural…
A coating on the greenhouse deck is a kind of insurance. You keep excess light and heat outside the greenhouse. And if the radiation is still too high, you can close the movable screen. This is a combination strategy that more and more growers are adopting. A number of consecutive hot summers have…
Construction is expected to start in the coming months on two large greenhouses in Berlin that could yield up to 15 million heads of lettuce and 8 million pounds of tomatoes annually. The project by Boston-based American Ag Energy aims to supply local grocery stores with produce as early as next spring,…
The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) would like to recognize the recently approved bylaw for supplemental greenhouse lighting. OGVG and the Municipality of Leamington had been engaged in discussions for several months to ensure an effectively revised bylaw that addressed community concerns…
K. Pooval (55), an Irula woman, is struggling to pick up the threads of her life from a dilapidated tent, and she is not alone. Around 15 families from the tribe live in temporary tin sheds by the road in Pattiyarkovilpathi, as the construction of greenhouses promised to them by the State government is…
Ryan Bento, Account manager with Meteor Systems, shares on LinkedIn that 10 acres of Meteor Systems GM-21-180mm tear-shaped gutter were being rolled out into this Prins Greenhouses build. Peppers will soon be harvesting. Source: www.linkedin.com.
Mastronardi Produce, Nature Fresh Farms, and Red Sun Farms won big at greenhouse competitions and their products received awards for flavor and quality. Last week, SUNSET took…
The United States and the Netherlands are two of the world's largest exporters of agricultural produce. But despite producing large quantities of food, critical challenges for the future remain. To sustainably feed the world, the Netherlands wants to export solutions (seeds, knowledge, and technology)…
Revol Greens, a greenhouse lettuce grower, has chosen IUNU as its technology partner to deliver a fully integrated approach of artificial intelligence, digital solutions, and automation at scale to meet rising consumer demand for greenhouse-grown leafy greens. IUNU’s LUNA Platform helps greenhouse…
A few weeks ago, Gartenbau Vogel started growing bell peppers. In a new 1.5 ha Venlo greenhouse in Papenburg Germany, developed and built by Bosman Van Zaal GmbH. The glass greenhouse was specially designed for this cultivation based on the wishes and requirements of owner Patrick Vogel. He was supported…
A new strawberry greenhouse is under construction in Sharjah, UAE, and will be a showcase project for strawberry production in a desert climate. This 5000sqm greenhouse is the first phase for a pilot growing of 4 different varieties of strawberry and will expand soon to more than 2 hectares after the…
Armenia Tree Project (ATP) distributed the greenhouse materials to the first 25 beneficiary families of Artsakh’s Martuni Town, and the villages of Taghavard, Karmir Shuka, and Herher in the Martuni Region, Armenia. All 50 families participating in ATP’s backyard greenhouse program were severely affected…
Productions Horticoles Demers, a Quebec greenhouse production company, will more than double its output with the construction of a new, 15-hectare greenhouse In Levis. Tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, and eggplant will be grown year-round in the greenhouse. The time-lapse video is made by Gobeil Dion and…
Geri Horner and her husband, F1 team boss Christian Horner, have re-submitted plans for a £30,000 glasshouse at their country estate. Ginger Spice Geri, 49, who won The Great Celebrity Bake Off, wants to work on her healthy home cooking skills after the show. The couple plans to grow their own vegetables, keeping…
Rows and rows of leafy greens of all sizes and select varieties span across the greenhouses of TrueHarvest Farms in Belton. It’s where managing partners Jason Maks and Marshall McDaniel planted the roots for their hydroponic farm. They grow, harvest, and package lettuce to sell to restaurants, schools,…
It's a greenhouse you are not likely to see anywhere else in Thunder Bay. If you pass by the Matawa Training and Wellness Centre on Algoma Street North, you can't help but notice the geodesic dome that's been erected on the grounds of the former Dawson Court nursing home. It will be used to grow…
Mastronardi Produce is adding Longvine Growing Co. to its growing U.S. network. SUNSET® products will now be grown in a 28-acre greenhouse in Mona, Utah, owned by Equilibrium…
Confluent Energies is proud to select Havecon Horticultural Projects and the Atrium Agri Consortium to design, engineer, and construct its first innovative vegetable production facility in Massena, New York. The full investment for the upcoming first phase, in addition to phases two through four, will be…
Largely hidden from view, North Country Growers is completing the site work for its greenhouse project and hopes to begin constructing the first greenhouse next month. A subsidiary of American Ag Energy, NCG is proposing to build and operate two 10-acre greenhouses that will produce 15 million heads of…
Maan Farms, Canadian growers with a long history as local suppliers of Abbotsford, Fraser Valley, and Greater BC, began operations with the production of cole crops, but they soon changed to berries, mainly strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Nowadays, the company has diversified and covers a…
The next time you bite into a table grape or a cherry and admire the flavor, size, and texture, think about FruitWorks/IFG, a research and development company located just outside of Bakersfield, CA. They have invested years in natural breeding practices to develop cultivars that are well-known for their…
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It took hours, but a massive strawberry greenhouse development proposed on the south side—along with a few smaller future industrial and housing developments—shifted closer to reality Monday night. The commission unanimously OK’d changes to the city’s future land-use map in its comprehensive plan and…
Smartkas, a Dutch agtech enterprise that designs, builds, owns, and operates smart farms, has announced it will build and operate a 300,000 sq. ft. smart farm in Harlow, England, yielding 500,000kg of sustainably grown strawberries annually. Building on its mission to eradicate global food problems and…
It has been a long and arduous journey over the last three years, but finally, LeaderBrand's first stage of its major greenhouse project, a smaller three-hectare greenhouse, is nearing completion. Preparation of the soil has now begun. Gordon McPhail, LeaderBrand's general manager of farming, said he was…
DanDutch is a Dutch-Danish company with strategic international partnerships that offers specialized horticulture solutions to improve yield. One of its largest applications is ebb and flow irrigation equipment from its Danish partner manufacturers, Staal&Plast, Danvan, and FGM. These are frequently used…
United Architektur from Berlin recently won an honorable mention in an international design competition for a greenhouse restaurant in Iceland. The competition’s idea is derived from Iceland’s growing greenhouse revolution. It seeks to use its local renewable resources to support food production and…
With the help of Apeel Sciences, Westmoreland Topline Farms will begin shipping greenhouse-grown cucumbers without the plastic covering to retailers in the U.S. and Canada starting this month. Apeel and Westmoreland joined forces in 2021 and are launching commercial volumes of English cucumbers free from…
“This variety is actually the result of a problem,” says Erwin de Kok, Tomato Sales Specialist at BASF’s breeding company, about the NUN09398 tomato. This new cherry tomato has intermediate resistance (IR) against the dreaded Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV). Erwin recently took the variety to…
With North Korean authorities continuing to push the construction of Yonpo Greenhouse Farm despite the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, the government has recently begun efforts to expand the number of construction workers at the site. The government has claimed the increase in workers is aimed at completing…
An Emirati businessman steeped in a rich farming tradition is reaping the rewards of his enterprising approach to agriculture. A real estate boss by day, Abdullatif Al Banna, 56, spends many an evening tending to the thousands of pineapples he grows each year at his farm in the desert of Al Aweer in…
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College (NHSC) and North Dakota State University Extension Service are hosting a grand opening celebration at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7th, to dedicate a new greenhouse and community garden at the NHSC Four Sisters Garden in New Town. The greenhouse was built as part of a community…
Village Farms International has been named to Corporate Knights' inaugural "Future 50: The Fastest Growing Sustainable Companies in Canada." The "Future 50" is a list of the…
Communications company Cox Enterprises announced a significant strategic investment in Mucci Farms, a greenhouse grower of 60 years with a network of thousands of acres of indoor grown fruits and vegetables. Cox is committed to partnering with Mucci Farms to scale and meet growing consumer demand. This…
For more than 30 years, Dr. Hans-Christoph Behr has worked in the fruit and vegetable industry as an expert and consultant. He is a long-time employee of Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI). Among other things, Behr spoke with us about the consequences of the current rising costs for the…
In the sweltering summer months, greenhouse crops are faced with excess heat and sunlight, leaving farmers with the potential of ruined harvests. This can be mitigated through the use of shade paints, but these require routine removal in autumn to be applied again the following spring, making it a costly…
In cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the feasibility studies continue for the planned geothermal greenhouse in Kula, Turkey. Within the scope of the “Technological Greenhouse Installation Project with Geothermal Energy” planned to be held in…
A new $5.25 million greenhouse is being built on the University of California, Davis, campus to safeguard an important grapevine collection from red blotch disease and other pathogens. The 14,400-square-foot greenhouse will have a vestibule entry, be insect-proof, and provide another level of disease protection. It…
Plainview Growers, located in Allamuchy, New Jersey, announces that they have signed a contract with Havecon to build a 250,088 ft2 greenhouse facility at their main location in Allamuchy. This construction is scheduled to begin this summer, and the expansion will be completed by the end of spring 2023.…
BayWa successfully completes its flagship project in greenhouse production with the sale of its majority stake in the climate-controlled greenhouse in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to a specialist operator. In addition to operating the twelve-hectare high-tech production facility in Al Ain, UAE-based…
P'Petual Holdings is set to spark significant interest in the vicinity of $30million from large food and horticulture companies, institutions, and private equity investors when its assets and business hit the market in the coming weeks. P'Petual Holdings is a producer, packer, and marketer of…
From June 6 to 8, Hort Connections will be held in Brisbane, Australia. Cravo has been exhibiting at this event since 2016 and is looking forward to being present again. “It is the premier event for the Australian and New Zealand horticultural industries, getting together growers, market & industry…
In Europe, shoppers have had their choice of tomatoes for years. 'Standard' round red tomatoes are available in large numbers, but supermarket chains are increasingly carrying special premium lines too. They want to use these tomatoes - with that bit of extra appeal - to distinguish themselves. It is up…
Eastie Farm, which sprouted up in 2015, is made up of seven small plots of land sandwiched between buildings and behind billboards around East Boston. The neighborhood has a high percentage of immigrants in Boston and a median household income below the rest of the city. It's also the Boston neighborhood…
The commercial hydroponic greenhouse has been a success for four years. A worker-owned cooperative commercial hydroponic greenhouse celebrated four years in business in Springfield, Massachusetts. The greenhouse was constructed on a once notoriously polluted property – the former Chapman Valve factory in…
In Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, passive solar energy greenhouse are under construction. The total land covers 13900sqm, and the greenhouse area is 70434 sqm. The passive solar energy greenhouses are the new design and patent of Beijing Kingpeng International Hi-Tech Corporation. This kind of greenhouse consumes less…
Who will carry the increasing costs? That is what everyone in the Dutch greenhouse vegetable market wants to know. At the start of this new season, no one really had an answer, although, for now, growers seem to be saddled with it. What is clear is that this situation will not last very long. Will the…
A family-run farm in Oxfordshire has picked its very first fruits. Middle Farm in Mixbury has diversified to launch Featherbed Fruits and has installed a two-acre greenhouse that houses almost 80,000 strawberry plants. It has been run by the Rymer family for almost 100 years and farms a range of crops…
Ruud den Boer landed a dream job in October when he joined Oxin Growers as Greenhouse Vegetables Commercial Manager. Since times are turbulent in the greenhouse vegetable market, he was able to start immediately. Fortunately, Ruud is not unfamiliar with the sector. Peter Stafleu and Ruud den Boer at…
A new innovative glasshouse rolling gutter system installed by high-tech horticultural facilities specialists CambridgeHOK is to help a long-established fresh herb business remain at the cutting-edge of the industry for growing the very best produce. The new system, designed and installed for O'Hanlon…
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Schenectady announced the completion of the new storage facility at the Sustainable Living Center in Schenectady Central Park. Mayor Gary McCarthy was joined by State Senator Jim Tedisco to unveil the new facility before the Annual Masters Gardener’s Plant Sale. The new storage facility was funded by a…
Red Sun Farms is proud to announce it has been named Windsor Essex Large Company of the Year for a second time. "This prestigious recognition reinforces our commitment to the…
Warmer weather has contributed to an increase in the cucumber harvest in Ukrainian greenhouses. The growth in their supply on the market is forcing producers to revise prices…
In 2020 AGRICO, located in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, decided to provide their newest 12 hectares of high-tech cucumber greenhouses with the latest technologies and put the Plant Empowerment principles to practice. In this project, LetsGrow.com collaborated with their partner Invermex and provided a…
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The Ecoculture company will build the fourth stage of a greenhouse complex for the production of tomatoes and cucumbers in the Bobrovsky district of the Voronezh region. The area of the new greenhouse will be 40 hectares, and investments in the project will amount to 15 billion rubles. This will…
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Everybody talks about the weather. Amir Maan is doing something about it. “You have to,” the Abbotsford farmer said on Monday. For Maan, who focuses on strawberries and pumpkins, that means a greenhouse the farm opened in March. Not anticipating the coldest spring in ages, perhaps, but with an eye to the…
Big Beef, Better Boy, Fantastic, Cherokee Purple — what’s Cleveland County’s favorite tomato? If anyone would know, it’s Justin Lane. His family owns S & K Greenhouses, and each year they sell thousands of vegetable plants at their retail operation on U.S. 74. When it comes to selling tomato plants,…
DGD, short for Dutch Greenhouse Delta, is a whole industry chain association and an international cooperation platform spontaneously formed by top enterprises in the Dutch horticultural field. It aims to explore together with Chinese partners how the knowledge and industrial experience of Dutch…
Two brothers, a dentist with a background in Biology and an IT/tech business expert, have been working on starting a commercial, high-density vertical farm with the goal of supplying the entire British Columbia (BC) population with leafy greens and more. The idea for this venture originated seven years…
The Cill Ulta Glasshouse Redevelopment launch took place on 13 May in Falcarragh. The newly redeveloped glasshouse by Lárionad Acmhainní Nádúrtha CTR was officially opened by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD. A Ghaeltacht Ghlas - the sustainable development of…
Middletown High School North just received a $10,000 grant from Sustainable Jersey for Schools. Middletown North will spend the grant on its Outdoor Learning Lab, said North principal Patricia Vari-Cartier. This is an indoor/outdoor greenhouse where students grow plants and learn about ecology. "The…
Mokhtar Mehdizadeh, the director of the province’s Greenhouse Estates, said that the new greenhouse estates will be set up in Siahkal, Masal, Shaft, Rezvanshahr, and Anzali counties. He noted that different types of vegetables, ornamental flowers, apartment flowers and cut branches of flowers, medicinal…
Green Life Farms has completed the purchase of a 67-acre property in Wildwood, Florida. Here it will construct its 4th of 13 planned farms in the Southeast U.S., Located in Sumter County, FL. The Wildwood farm will further expand Green Life Farms’ market reach into central Florida, serving Orlando,…
Smartkas, a Dutch agtech that designs, builds, owns, and operates smart farms, has announced it will develop and operate smart greenhouses on approximately 77-hectares of land in Brazil, yielding up to 10,000 tons of fruit and vegetables annually. Building on its mission to provide food security as a…
Huete International continues to develop different projects. One of them consists of a semi-enclosed greenhouse located in the experimental farm of CEBAS-CSIC, an estate-owned center for agri-food development and the production of safe and quality food for sustainable use. The purpose of this greenhouse…
According to Jinxing Li, the director of the Rural and Agriculture Bureau of Jingtai County, the Baiyin Haisheng Smart Greenhouse Industrial Park is a key project that attracts investment in Jingtai County, covering a total area of 500 mu (202.4 hectares), with a total investment of 703 million yuan. It…
What's happening in Poland? A lot! Last year only, Citronex, the largest Polish tomato grower, expanded their high-tech cultivation acreage, ensuring the company now has 80 hectare of high-tech greenhouses. The company grows year-round with lights on a large part of that acreage. In a recent video, they show…
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The area under greenhouse cultivation has tripled in Hormozgan province, in the south of Iran, over the past six years and reached 760 hectares from 250 hectares. One of the development capacities of Hormozgan, which can generate a lot of income for the country depending on the activation of economic…
Senatorial candidate and house deputy speaker Loren Legarda’s greenhouse project in San Remigio, Antique, is seen to boost the provincial government’s anti-insurgency efforts, according to locals and agriculture officials in San Jose. Legarda, who is seeking a Senate comeback in the upcoming 2022…
Condoms aimed at gardening-loving mature Brits are being put on sale in some garden centers with the idea of encouraging the older generations to continue practicing safe sex. The odd range of gardening-themed condoms – naughtily nicknamed "hornicultural" prophylactics – were developed to counter the…
Connie Locklear owns the New Grounds farm in Pembroke with her husband, Millard. It's been in Millard's family for generations, and they've noticed more severe weather with the passage of time. That severe weather comes in many forms, including deluges of rain in the summertime. With support from the…
Each and every Saturday, WISH-TV highlights a local company together with partners at Indiana Grown. This week’s guests are Marcus Baker and his daughter, Trinity, from Dead Headers Greenhouse in Spiceland, Indiana. “We grow and specialize in annuals, perennials, tropicals, and a little bit of the unique…
It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, so what are some ways you can make the day a special one for Mom? How about creating a snack board customized to her taste for a delicious way to celebrate the day? Village Farms would like to share some of its favorite snack board ideas featuring all the greenhouse-grown…
Wittenberg Gemüse is located in Lutherstadt Wittenberg and specializes in the cultivation of fresh fruits and vegetables, including peppers, tomatoes, and strawberries. The greenhouse complex currently consists of 32 hectares. VB climate, part of Atrium Agri, has been asked for the third time to deliver…
Like just about everything else, farms come in all sizes and shapes. And like other items that come in various forms, what works for one may not work for all. “That’s what we are learning as we go along,” says Philip Smith, Executive Chairman of the Agricultural Development Organization, the recently launched…
An application for a greenhouse project nearby Nevsehir, Turkey, is approved and accepted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Geothermal energy resources in the Kozakli district will be utilized in the modern technological greenhouses where seeds, seedlings, vegetables, and fruits will be grown.…
Environmental community group Forres Friends of Woods and Fields (FFWF) has been awarded £7724 for a polytunnel to help them grow vegetables in fields they have converted at Chapleton. The money awarded by the Berry Burn wind farm Community Fund will pay for having the polytunnel built and kitted out…
Berry propagation company Van der Avoird in Molenschot, the Netherlands, has recently opened a new facility. They are showcasing some new techniques in their facility, such as a Caeli-ventilation unit and a vertical propagation system. Join us as we take a look inside the company. Jurgen with a Caeli ventilation unit…
NatureSweet® Tomatoes appointed seasoned consumer R&D and product strategy executive Martin C. Ruebelt, Ph.D., to its newly created position of chief scientific officer. The…
Lease proposals are being solicited for 32 high-wire acres in a high-tech greenhouse in Tehachapi, CA. The facility is owned by CEFF II Tehachapi Property, LLC.1 Tehachapi is located approximately 100 miles north of Los Angeles and within a day’s drive of 50 million people in population centers,…
On April 12th, at the construction site of the first phase of the new horti science park in Henan Province, China, workers were assembling the brackets of the steel structure and installing ceiling glass of the greenhouses. The park. called the Luoyang International Modern Intelligent Agricultural Science…
An international greenhouse solutions company hopes to expand its presence in Australia and New Zealand with the latest automation projects for fruit and vegetable production in greenhouses. Certhon Group Business Development Director Edwin Vanlaerhoven says that one of the company's main focuses is to…
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