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CAN (YT): Growing greens in passive solar greenhouses

When life gives you sunshine, trap it in the soil and grow lemons with it — or maybe tomatoes, herbs, and cucumbers. That’s Sarah Ouellette’s plan after she constructs the Yukon’s first commercially producing passive solar greenhouse. Ouellette is the owner and operator of Sarah’s Harvest, an organic…

“Liniac zucchini: quality choice among open field crops”

This spring, Gautier Semences is launching Liniac, a new variety of long green zucchinis for open field crops. “This variety is characterized by a high yield in conditions of viral pressure thanks to its resistance to 4 viruses and very good tolerance to powdery mildew, an asset to maintain a clean crop…

Vegetable breeder highlights springtime Arugula varieties

Tozer Seeds is concentrated on developing new and improved varieties aligned with market trends. The company calls itself an originator of wild arugula seeds, breeding them for over 20 years, with many of them recognized for their high quality, flavor, and vigor. This breeding program has resulted in a…

Nanotube sensors are capable of detecting and distinguishing gibberellin plant hormones

Researchers from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory have…

Amelie Aust promoted to Executive Chair of Fall Creek Board of Directors

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc., has announced the promotion of Amelie Aust to the executive chair of the family-owned blueberry breeding and nursery company’s independent…

Excellent sales campaign for Sicilian cherry tomatoes

"This year, we can say we are pleased with the tomato campaign despite the difficulties that the production sector has had to face because of the weather," reports Salvatore Albani, president of the PO that bears his surname and operating in Vittoria (RG), Sicily. Salvatore Albani "Unfortunately, there…

La Unión achieves a turnover of 307 million euro that allows it to double its EBITDA

A few months before its 30th anniversary, La Unión, a leading company in the marketing of fruits and vegetables, published its annual balance for the 2022 financial year, in which it grew by 8.4% over the previous year. "La Unión was able to maintain its status as a leading company and double its EBITDA over…

"Niche products like Radicchio Rosso lift nicely on the shipment"

Recently, Feeling Fresh sent the first pallets of red peppers to North American customers. Still, according to Marcel van der Pluijm, it will take some time before the larger volumes will be exported. "For that, our peppers are currently still at too high a level. Moreover, Mexico is in the full market, and…

Plantables celebrates 5 year anniversary

Husband and wife duo Adrian & Jodi Roelands, owners of Roelands Plant Farms, a 21-acre greenhouse that propagates seedlings for production greenhouses across North America, are thrilled to announce the 5th anniversary of their latest start-up, Plantables. Five years ago, an idea sprouted, pairing their…

Mass media campaigns can be effective in promoting safer crop pest and disease control

A new CABI-led study has found that mass media campaigns aimed at changing pesticide use to fight crop pests and diseases are more effective when farmers are exposed to multiple forms of communication. CABI scientists collaborated with colleagues from the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources…

Seaweed production has grown by nearly 75% globally in the past decade

In London, a startup is making a plastic substitute out of seaweed. In Australia and Hawaii, others are racing to grow seaweed that, when fed to livestock, can cut methane…

High vegetable prices drives Sweden’s highest food prices increases in 72 years

Very high vegetable prices in Sweden are driving the highest level of food price increases in the country in 72 years, while they also contributed to the highest inflation in 30 years. Sweden's inflation was up to 12% in February 2023, according to the high-income countries' latest released Consumer…

Monetary value of fresh produce imports from Mexico to US to exceed $53 billion by 2030

According to a recent report from the Center for North American Studies, CNAS, at Texas A&M University, fresh produce imports from Mexico are expected to grow substantially in…

Tomato price back to 2022 levels, strawberry price drops below five-year average

The tomato price fell a little further last week, bringing the week 11 median prices at VBT to 2022 levels. The average prices for cucumber and sweet pepper are still above…

Germany: Gera-Aga organic farm no longer grows cucumbers

The organic farm in Gera-Aga has stopped growing cucumbers in the greenhouse. The reason is the high energy costs, as Steven Bohn from the organic farm told MDR THÜRINGEN.…

"Fertilizer use has been decreased by 20 to 40%"

The Go Inverconec Operating Group will present at the Global G.A.P. Tour stop in Spain 2023, which will take place on March 14 and 15 at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Aguadulce (Almeria), the results of the implementation of a technological tool that brings together and relates greenhouse…

Resistance makes the difference: are our main focus in the leafy vegetable products"

This week the Enza Zaden Winter Leafy Days are being held in El Albujon, Murcia in Spain. Amid demo fields with dozens of familiar and new varieties, Enza Zaden breeders and…

New tropical mini pepper launched

Windset Farms® introduces SONATA™ Tropical Mini Peppers, the newest addition to the Windset Farms family. The SONATA Tropical Mini Peppers are a Tatayoyo® Mini Pepper variety with a deep orange color, adding brightness and warmth to dishes. With few seeds and sized between a blocky and snack pepper, they…

Canadian branch for Manisha Exports

Manisha Exports is one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of Coconut fiber, natural fiber, and coconut substrate products in Sri Lanka. The new subsidiary, Manisha Trading Canada, has been established in Oshawa, Ontario, to serve exclusively the growers and distributors in the North American…

Organic produce items saw wide range of performance in 2022

The performance of individual organic produce categories ranged widely last year, according to the State of Organic Produce 2022, a report released by Organic Produce Network. The 72-page report provides an overall view of organic produce retail performance in 2022 as well as specific insights into the…

“Taking 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…

NL: Stefix 95 floor sweeper supplied to Van der Knaap Group

At the beginning of January, Steenks Service supplied a floor sweeper to the Van der Knaap Group. Their previous sweeper had ceased to meet their needs, so the company traded it in for the Stefix 95. The old sweeper was collected by Steenks Service and fully refurbished. By offering this sweeper as a…

CPMA announces 2023 Passion for Produce participants

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is proud to announce 18 rising stars who will participate in the 2023 Passion for Produce (PFP) program in Toronto. As an…

Energy price crisis on vertical farming: where do we stand?

On Wednesday, April 12, Global Engage will hold a Virtual Meeting on Controlled Environment Agriculture. The meeting is free to attend and will take up to 60 minutes. The webinar will also be available on demand where registration is required. Click here to register. Since late 2022, the fast-growing…

Organic grower introduces Italian sweet peppers

Wholesum, Fair Trade Certified grower and shipper of organic vegetables, introduces new Italian sweet peppers, Dolci Belles. This new offering is part of the company's strategy to focus on organic greenhouse-grown varieties that bring an upgraded, flavorful experience to the consumer.   While traditional peppers have…

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US (FL): Farm workers use Florida march to pressure other companies

Farm workers were leading a five-day, 45-mile (72-kilometer) trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest in an effort to pressure retailers to leverage their purchasing power for better worker pay and working…

LED research in greenhouse cucumbers in the 2022/2023 season

In the 2022/2023 season, the team with Plantalux tested their new LED luminaires with different spectral compositions and their impact on the cultivation of greenhouse cucumbers.  As every year, the tests were carried out in research facilities belonging to the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw,…

Research uncovers a new approach to cooling greenhouse irrigation water

A research project at a southwestern Ontario greenhouse has found a sustainable method to cool the water that growers use to irrigate their greenhouse vegetable crops - improving both plant health and fruit quality in the process. Using funding from the Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation…

US (VA): Virginia Tech researchers receive National Science Foundation award to secure vegetable production in a changing environment

Virginia Tech researchers in the Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture (CAIA) and the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) were awarded a $750,000 grant by the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator program to enhance vegetable production and food security in the…