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"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -yesterday
- Turning 1l into 200m3 of mist making vertical farming even more sustainable
- Spain: Supplying a wide range of microgreens, looking to expand to meet growing demand
- UN calls for 'transformation' of agriculture amid fears of global food crisis
- Smurfit Kappa opens up a new world of possibilities with water-resistant paper
- Vapor Pressure Deficit calculator app for indoor cultivators
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
Similar plans in the books for vine crops
Oishii opens new product segment by introducing $20 berries
"We always want to start with best-in-class products and make them more available to the masses. We aren't here to mass produce a low-quality product," explains Hiroki Koga, co-founder, and CEO of Oishii. In 2018, Oishii took the world by storm when Hiroki and his co-founder Brendan Somerville brought…
Planet Farms:
Introducing vertically-grown basil product: PESTOOH
Planet Farms introduces the PESTOOH family, Planet Farms’ very first fresh pesto range, made entirely from their vertically-grown basil. You can find Planet Farms’ PESTOOH online and in-store at Esselunga and from next week also at Iper, Il Viaggiator Goloso, Unes, U2, Amazon and Macai, followed by…
Image: @ryotei_kisho on Instagram
Is the Japanese white strawberry worth the hefty price tag?
These Japanese strawberries, which are a big part of the luxury fruit market in Japan, are white inside and out. They are super hard to grow and mostly (if not only) found in Japan. Because of this, you’ll occasionally find them in very select spots throughout Canada and the USA – if you can find them at…
We only need to find the broken cable...
Bowery launches a strawberry discovery pack
Bowery Farming releases the Strawberry discovery pack. Featuring two cultivars for a side-by-side tasting, these juicy, flavorful strawberries are grown indoors. Bowery’s Strawberry duo-pack is now in limited release in New York City. Each discovery pack, available at select retail partners including…
