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"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -yesterday
- “We can handle every product in any shape, size, and weight from automotive parts to salad and insects"
- Abu Dhabi to gain two farms worth $71 mln
- High-density vertical farm will supply enough leafy greens for all of British Columbia come fall
- US Foods partners with Kalera to expand its local and sustainable fresh produce portfolio
- Researchers develop new plant wearable device to monitor water stress in crops
Top 5 -last week
- What does the vertical farming industry need to be more successful?
- “We are building a technology that allows the grower to quickly see the return on their investment"
- What areas to address when scaling your vertical farm
- “Vertically farmed strawberries aren’t easy, but automation is set to solve the economics issue”
- "One container can get a yield of 324 kg of lettuce on the first round"
Top 5 -last month
- Cultivating coveted morel mushrooms year-round and indoors
- Learn from the icons of indoor farming
- “Vertically farmed strawberries aren’t easy, but automation is set to solve the economics issue”
- "By 2030 we want to have a turnover of 1 billion and we are fully working towards that"
- Japan: Seasonality gap of strawberries offers huge market potential for vertical farmers

Malaysia: Sunway Future brings young talent to hydroponics
Eleanor Choong, head of iLabs Ventures, explains the hydroponic system her company uses to grow fresh greens. Her company brings together urban farming professionals, tech companies, researchers, and young talent.

Orius
A new kind of bioreactor for the production of plant-based high-value natural ingredients
Orius SAS announces today the launch of the Biomebox®, its indoor farming flagship product for the production of high-value natural ingredients. Vertical and indoor farming stakeholders are starting to turn to the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. The Biomebox offers unmatched biological levers to…

Eliminate sensor failures under extreme conditions using just your phone
The nSens RH/T sensors from Novasina are able to maintain +/-0.5% accuracy even when used at high humidity and in the presence of volatiles such as ammonia. What sets them…

“As a specialist in climatic chambers, we can adapt to specific requests”
“Aralab always wanted to be the tip of the spear in technology. Our goal is to manufacture climatic chambers that allow R&D and production cycles to master plant growth operations at the highest level. That’s why we founded Grow to Green, in 2015.” Since then, Aralab has collaborated with various…

Putting flavor back on the menu with research
UK based Vertical Future is leading a project that aims to put more flavor on the consumer’s plate, at less cost. Scientists at Vertical Future are looking at the history of agriculture and investigating how, by growing heritage spinach seeds indoors, they could potentially help to protect the food of…

New campaign from CHAP aims to drive the agri-tech of tomorrow
Accelerating agri-tech innovation to bring new thinking to global food chain issues is the purpose of a new campaign from CHAP. Bridging the Gap Between Today and Tomorrow aims to provide insight into the agricultural practices and systems of the future, focusing on opportunities such as alternative…