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How to keep your growing environment clean

"We see most growers struggle in the air exchange between different environments, the make-up air from outside, low airflow, and lack of purification. In order to solve these hurdles, clean PPE and SOPs are required to reduce cross-contamination between plants, rooms, and the entire building. With the…

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US (MO): Bringing hydroponic greens and a show to the Grove

After living in New York for the past decade, Josh Smith is trading his television and film career for a move back home, with plans for his highly anticipated first restaurant, Neon Greens, in The Grove. As is the case with many people, the pandemic and its supply chain issues caused Josh to think about…

Five suggestions on starting a vertical farm

Starting a vertical farm can be an exciting and rewarding venture, but it also requires careful planning and research. Here are five suggestions to consider when starting a vertical farm.  Know your market and salesAccording to Reinfa, the key starting point is to identify your target market and sales potentiality…

How hydroponics is one of the solution to the world's water crisis

In this YouTube video, you'll see a conversation between Lydia Smith and Federico Marques, CEO/Founder of Moonflower Farm, regarding the upcoming global water crisis. They discuss food supply chain issues, food waste, sustainability, urban farming, microgreens, commercial farming, nutrition, and education.…

Italy: "Same productivity, but without the energy costs from artificial lighting"

Vertical farming is not new when it comes to vegetable production, but there is always an introduction that deserves the attention of producers. After all, production sustainability and the rationalization of resources are not something that can be disregarded. If we add energy saving to this, then the…

Uganda: Help households to get access to vertical farming education and food security

Lilian Nakigozi, Founder of Women Smiles Uganda (WSU) launched a fundraising campaign that supports poor households in Uganda. Women Smiles Uganda, builds adaptable climate-resilient vertical farming systems combined with training. Besides that, the organization empowers women to develop self-sustaining…

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Revealing the invisible in crops

To achieve continuous and detailed plant monitoring, growers must combine data from a large number of optical and other technologies, which requires sensor and data fusion. One grower that is using such an approach is Milan-based Agricola Moderna, a 1500-square-meter vertical farm that produces and sells leafy greens for salads…

Indoor growers fight pests and diseases with LED lighting

Horticultural lighting in indoor growing facilities and nighttime treatment with specific wavelengths on outdoor crops are under review for effectiveness in reducing pests and diseases that impact yields and profits. New research suggests that indoor growers and greenhouse operators use lighting in order…

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Bermuda: Old building potentially turned into indoor farm

An unused office building in the middle of Hamilton could become a “working indoor urban farm,” according to a planning application. While few details of the proposal were included in the online file yesterday, the planning application seeks in-principle approval to convert the vacant Victoria Hall into…

"Thermal hood extends shelf life and reduces temperature damage along the logistics chain"

The new thermal hood from Ecocool offers basic protection for all temperature-sensitive products at transport interfaces, especially for air transport. The solution is particularly suitable for protecting fruit and vegetables, berries, and cut flowers and met with a gratifying response during the…

Pelemix acquires Even-Ari Green

Pelemix has acquired the Israeli-based growing media manufacturer, Even-Ari Green Ltd. (EAG). The deal will see EAG's employees joining Pelemix's growing global team. Danny Levinson, founder and CEO of EAG, will be remaining with the new company as CEO of the EAG division, reporting to Pelemix global CEO Tal Brod. "The…

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Can the heat from running computers help grow food?

Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centers with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing hardware and reusing it to grow crops indoors. The new QScale data center…

Crash course on hydroponic farming in India

If you wish to start your own hydroponic farm in India, don't miss the opportunity to gain insights into the Indian hydroponic farming industry.  Learn the know-how of hydroponic farming, how to plan your project, and how much investment is needed in order to run a hydroponic farm successfully.  To register, kindly…

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US (GA): Tecogen to supply three chillers to indoor leafy greens facility

Tecogen Inc., a clean energy company, is to supply three DTX Tecochill chillers providing 1200 tons of cooling to a repeat customer in the indoor agriculture space for the cultivation of leafy greens at a facility in Georgia. The company also expects to enter into a long-term service agreement to…

AU: Provenance Propagation construction close to completion

With the glasshouse construction on track to finish in April 2023, Provenance Propagation is poised to become a leader in the Australian horticulture industry. "We're setting the standard for quality, service, and excellence in vegetable propagation." Provenance Propagation is on the verge of revolutionizing…

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US (OK): TPS building new band facility, hydroponics lab at Webster

There was lots of excitement at Webster High School and Middle School, where they broke ground on a new band facility and also a new hydroponics lab. School Board Member Stacey Woolley says the lab will have cutting-edge technology that will give a big jump start to kids who are thinking about a career…

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Vertical farming and power consumption: the most iconic duo

Vertical farming and power consumption are actually one of the most important topics in the industry, but it is usually given little attention or glossed over with buzz words, at least, it seems to me that people prefer not to throw out the hard numbers. Time and again, the topic of energy consumption…

'Why you should start sprouting'

Shoots, sprouts, microgreens, salad greens, grasses, activated nuts it’s a confusing business! The Doctor's Kitchen is welcoming Doug Evans on the podcast today, the sprout man himself, to talk us through how powerful and easy sprouting your own can be! Doug Evans is an early pioneer in the natural food industry. In 2002 he co-founded…

Technology determines best spacing of gutter-grown lettuce and harvest time

How can growers best determine their lettuce plants' spacing and when to harvest? That is what researchers at Wageningen University&Research (WUR) in the Netherlands addressed with the help of 3D images and computer vision. A recently published research paper elaborates on those third Autonomous…

“Getting the most out of your shipments is just one simple step away”

At Otflow, the mission is to reduce food waste on a global scale. Since 2018, their floor covers for containers have been used by over 100 exporters in over 30 countries. Over the past years, the team has been working on new ways to demonstrate the effect of their products, and as a result, they are now…

"If you don’t focus on the plant, you cannot develop the tech to be successful”

Although the high-tech pieces of equipment in greenhouses and vertical farms are oddly charming to watch, they tend to stray the attention away from the main point: plants. Thousands-colors LEDs, rolling benches, dripping lines, grow towers – how can one not stare at them? However, at the end of the day,…

Vitacress Real installation showcased at Dutch restaurant chain

A new HEMA store opened its doors in the heart of Hilversum, the Netherlands, and on the first floor, a La Place Restaurant can be found with a renewed restaurant concept. Leaf, a vertical interior landscape design bureau, has taken care of the greening with the leaf basic basins filled with various tropical…

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Cayman Islands: Solar-powered container farm faces regulatory hurdles

Plans for a solar-powered container farm that would sell excess energy back to the grid cannot be approved in the Cayman Islands as currently envisaged, regulators have said. The vertical farming company grows various greens, root crops and herbs in a container farm that's supplied by Freight Farms.  Yet,…

US (CA): Local farm supplies between 500-900 pounds mushrooms weekly

"As land is super expensive in California we're growing products that are high producers to balance costs out. The good thing is that we can grow our mushrooms right. Occasionally, we're bringing in new mushroom cultures every time so we're always trying to play around with that as much as we can," says…