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Tiny houses connected by greenhouse

Iris and Roland live with their two daughters inside an unusual tiny house. Iris and Roland built two tinies and added a greenhouse in the middle. The idea behind this design was to have every part of the house face this sort of green patio, which they are still working on. Currently, the greenhouse…

Root deep: City launches seed library, addresses local hunger

A new initiative on the east side of Wilmington is budding to combat food deserts and reduce food insecurities many face in the county. Isaiah Lubben started Maides Park Seed Library in hopes of impressing upon others the ease and accessibility of growing one’s own food. Lubben took his position as the…

Tomato grower and meat processor open floating solar farm

At tomato grower Meer Fresh Products in Meer, under the watchful eye of Flemish Federal Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden, a solar park on a water basin was opened…

Smaller strawberries due to CO2 shortage

Several strawberry growers have reported it recently: the CO2 is too expensive. On Facebook, Kessels Aardbeien also writes about it. The first fruits colored for the grower…

How to solve efficiency in farm processing

“As harvesting, sorting, and packaging are mostly done manually in vertical farms, it creates a kind of inefficiency due to the fact that it’s time-consuming. Depending on the number of crops a farm is cultivating and the number of cycles, it can become quite inefficient to keep doing all of this…

US (MD): Governor announces launch of cover crop program supporting urban agriculture

Governor Larry Hogan announced the launch of a Small Acreage Cover Crop Program to support small farm producers and urban agriculture. The pilot program is operated by the…

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Ardent partners with growers on regenerative ag

Ardent Mills LLC has created a regenerative agriculture program to help farmers prepare for an emerging consumer mindset that prioritizes sustainable food solutions. “It starts with educating the farmers about the values consumers are looking for in their food supply,” Shrene White, general manager,…

Basil grown especially for pesto

Afrex Kenya exports agricultural products from South Africa to wholesalers and resellers from as far away as China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, the USA, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East; these products include mini vegetables, edible and fresh cut flowers. One specialized product offered by Afrex Kenya is a basil grown…

Horti Experience 2022 focused on international knowledge sharing

For the eighth time already, foreign Royal Brinkman employees visited its headquarters in 's-Gravenzande this week to participate in the Horti Experience. This year, the…

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SA: Johannesburg engineer build hop farm on rooftop

Hops are a key ingredient in brewing beer. One might argue it is the lifeblood of beer manufacturing. Very much like wine grapes, these green leafy cones are geography-specific. In South Africa, farmers typically grow and harvest hops in George once a year as the climate conditions are optimal for the…

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Honeydew secretions could be used to manage crop pests

Honeydew is a sugary solution produced by several different types of insects, particularly those that feed by inserting their proboscis into the phloem vessels of a plant. These vessels carry dissolved sugars and other nutrients all over the plant, and the sucking insects use their spike-like mouthparts…

"Dollar exchange rate means double export volumes to North America, but not all that glitters is gold"

The dollar is rapidly gaining value against the most important currencies, including the euro, which is at its lowest level in 20 years. Dutch exporters are noticing this.…

Amidst Hurricane Ian, Colombian bell peppers arrived in the US for the first time

Colombia just exported nine thousand kilos of bell peppers to the United States for the first time ever. This shipment, which arrived at the Miami Port Wednesday afternoon, despite the strong winds and surges from Hurricane Ian, goes to Central Florida, where it will reach out to customers around the…

US: Statement of Western Growers on Signing of AB 2183

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom's signing of AB 2183 into law, Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement: "It is shameful that Governor Newsom…

UK growers call for seasonal visa clarity as Defra denies ELMS to be scrapped

The government must act on Liz Truss’s pre-election promises by rapidly expanding the seasonal workers scheme, industry bodies have urged. British Apples & Pears chair Ali…

Grower with sustainable residual heat still suffers from high gas price

Gerard van den Heykant has 8 hectares of greenhouses in the Plukmadese Polder to grow 130,000 cucumber and tomato plants. Despite using residual heat from the Amer power…

Nouryon to acquire ADOB Fertilizers

Nouryon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ADOB Fertilizers, a supplier of chelated micronutrients, foliars, and other specialty fertilizers. The acquisition…

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Family behind James Bond franchise claims to have named ‘broccoli’

Currently, the world-famous James Bond films are produced by Barbara Broccoli and her half-brother Michael G. Wilson. It was Broccoli's father, Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli, who was the original producing co-founder of the franchise. So far, so good. But while many might assume that the Broccoli family was…

KeyGene early adopter of MGI sequencing

This week, KeyGene installed an MGI DNA-sequencing machine: a DNBSEQ – G400RS. KeyGene is the first to acquire and install this new sequencer in the Netherlands. “The new MGI sequencing technology offers a range of new possibilities for technology innovation for crop improvement’ said Dick Roelofs,…

Laser microperforated packaging prevents fresh produce waste

“Due to climate change, there will be even more challenges in our supply chain. While there is abundance now in, for instance, berries, the future will probably be different, and we will have to preserve every berry as much as possible,” explains Elisa Bongiolatti of PerfoTec, the need to prevent food…

Automation and control are the main focus of the International Propagation Seminar

Last week, Grodan organized the International Propagation Seminar for the 9th time. Plant breeders from home and abroad saw their expectations come true: current topics under the banner of automation and control were on the program. Topics within this theme ranged from robotization during the propagation…

Texas A&M AgriLife research to improve organic spinach production

Despite the greatly increasing consumer interest for organic spinach in the U.S. and worldwide, production is not keeping pace with demand. To help overcome some of the challenges facing organic spinach production, Vijay Joshi, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant systems physiologist at the Texas…

New cling film is compostable with industrial versatility

Cling film once revolutionized the way food was wrapped and kept fresh. And consumers in the 70s discovered a new skill as they mastered the art of unrolling the film and sealing everything from fresh produce to their favorite workplace snacks. However, unfortunately, conventional cling film is often not…

GHGA recalls various ready-to-eat vegetable products due to possible Listeria Monocytogenes contamination

GHGA is recalling various products (see chart below) due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. No other GHGA products are affected by this recall.…

Energy lecture for greenhouse growers with an eye for new technologies

The World Horti Center in Naaldwijk hosted energy producer Vattenfall's Energy Impact Event yesterday afternoon. A group of just under a hundred people, the majority of them growers, were informed about the latest developments and the subject of sustainability. A catch-all term that was addressed more…

Heatwave affects US supermarkets' produce sections

As high temperatures in the Western US are hitting the produce industry, US supermarkets have stated they are giving less shelf space to products with weather-induced…

Last week was national farm safety and health week

According to statistics from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), every day, approximately 100 farmworkers suffer a lost time injury, with the…

Light Science Technologies secures trials for sensorGROW

 Light Science Technologies (LST) has announced that it has signed trial contracts for its recently launched sensorGROW. If successful, these trials have the potential to roll into subscriptions and be worth up to £940,000 in recurring revenues over a three-year period. LST is also in talks regarding a series…

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Deficit irrigation conserves water in agriculture to aid in combating water stress

Deficit irrigation conserves water in agriculture to aid in combating water stress Washington State has nearly 15 million acres of farmland with around 39,000 operating farms, each producing necessary agricultural commodities. A few of the most well-known crops that are produced and distributed from…

VR-tour lets you visit high-tech greenhouse

On 26 September, NPEC is opening their NPEC greenhouse: an advanced, fully automated greenhouse with plant phenotyping technologies. And you are welcome inside to look around and discover this high-tech facility from behind your desk. The official opening of NPEC was also the kick-off of IPPS2022, the 7th…

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Strawberries pollinated by bees exposed to pesticides found to be smaller

If bees visit strawberry flowers, it results in bigger fruits. Researchers have now shown that if the bees are exposed to a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoid insecticides, then the sizes of the strawberries are affected. Strawberries pollinated by bees that had ingested the pesticide…

India: Haryana signs MoU with University of Birmingham to establish Centre of Excellence

The Haryana government and the University of Birmingham signed an MoU for the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for crop post-harvest management and sustainable cold chain in the state. In the presence of the Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, JP Dalal, Additional Chief Secretary…