Enza Zaden opens new office in Florida
On Wednesday, company executives, growers from Florida and surrounding states, dealers and local dignitaries gathered at the 60-acre facility in Myakka City to celebrate the expansion with the ribbon cutting of the company's new office building for the research and development team.
"We think we will be growing more and more," Enza Zaden president and chief executive officer Ton van der Velden said at Wednesday's event. "We will be here for the long run. We know what it takes for the growers to be competitive. We all know it takes a lot of efforts and it takes a lot of innovation. The whole idea of this station is we want to be known as an innovative company."
Enza Zaden Research USA, the American branch of the Netherlands-based vegetable seed-breeding company, uses hydroponic growing for tomatoes, sweet peppers and cucumbers. Hydroponic farming is an all-natural process using a liquid-mineral solution instead of soil to bring nutrients to the plants. One of the growing methods uses greenhouses, or tunnels, to grow the vegetables.
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