Sector | Grower in the Spotlight
Philippines: Premium salts, smart hydroponics top business concept search
South Korea: Jangsu County completes first shipment of smart farm grown cucumbers
First fully automated greenhouse for leafy greens in North America completed:
"We want to build a more sustainable and efficient food production system"
Wageningen UR
Plant research feedback generates extra €200k/ha/yr
Vietnam: D'ran Commune greenhouses left battered after flooding
Przemysław Sarbinowski:
"Optimal moisture levels crucial for healthy root development and consistent plant growth"
Fresh Publishers takes a look behind the scenes at Zentoo
Vegetable journalists impressed by chrysanthemum greenhouse
Bluelab lands in Spain:
Bluelab enters Spain as growers shift toward strict measurement and real time control
Preparing sixteen crops for Christmas
10 pepper growers making headlines in 2025
Adapting dragon fruit growing to Mediterranean greenhouses
extending outdoor herb cultivation season in greenhouse
Herb grower converts pepper greenhouse
Strawberry season winds down at Demedts - De Mey
"Lower demand is offset by pastry chefs, who are traditionally busier during the colder months"
Crop Controller excitement:
"The possibilities with AI are endless"
Florian Gostner, CEO of Fri-El Green House in Ostellato (Italy):
"We plan to expand the greenhouse area and increase our workforce from 600 to 1,000 employees"
"Success isn't judged by size, it is in the conditions which they grow"
CAN: Vineland Research honored with 2025 Excellence in Agriculture Award
Half of the Dutch tomato acreage concentrated within ten growers
Preparing for the season at FoodVentures:
“Close observation helps maintain stable generative–vegetative development”
Nigeria celebrates second greenhouse pepper harvest in Kogi ACReSAL project
De Bruijn enthusiastic about cleaning results with Second Skin:
“As if we had brand-new gutters”
Australia: The reward of helping people with rescued food
Abderrahim Oufaquir, SCEA Les Petites Métairies
Pitaya: the next trendy fruit "made in France"?
"For me, it was important that data confirmed what my gut told me"
US (ID): Agriculture company expands to help growers maximize crops amid economic uncertainty
Professionalizing the production process for water treatment systems
High Atlas Foundation to introduce a collaborative model in rural Morocco
"Propagation is an amazing way for us to use vertical farming sustainably"
Recipe for success?
Japan: Combining field expertise with seed-based strawberry cultivation
Drought pushes Nigerian farmers into soilless growing
Iceland: Growing to survive in a frozen wonderland
The rush to grow strawberries in Egypt results in falling prices
Maraldi Field Days in Pontecagnano (Italy)
Fresh-cut novelties take center stage
UK: Nottingham students urge rethink on agriculture degree pause
UAE: Upgrades to strawberry, hydroponic growing facilities announced in Hatta
“Auyl Amanaty” program boosts rural entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan
Huelva has started to harvest its earliest pot-grown strawberries
US (FL): Newberry mayor excited for agriculture technology growth, following $5.6 million grant
CEAg World Impact Award winners announced
Round seven winners of Grow-NY competition announced
Belgian Minister takes in sustainable agriculture during Brazil visit
Australia’s largest glasshouse, 43ha Perfection Fresh, gets sold to capital group
Dutch–Kurdish collaboration drives advanced hydroponic lettuce production in the Iraq
"There is a clear market, sufficient labor, and a government that encourages investment"
Nigeria: Ojodu youth unveil first soilless farm harvest
US (MN): Alexandria Area High School awarded grant to improve greenhouse
Bankruptcy declared for Dutch bell pepper grower
"I did everything I could to save it"
Young Indian growers drive soilless revolution in Guwahati
Suriname special - part 18:
d'ONS Foundation fosters a sustainable future for Suriname
A game changer for Canadian produce:
"I noticed a massive economic imbalance in leafy greens as a category"
“Warm-climate blueberry varieties are adapting well in India”
Cambodia: First modern vegetable farming community launched in Preah Sdach
For over forty years, Simon Voogt observed what does and does not work
"Renew drip systems after 2 years of use"
UK: New nursery glasshouse in Lowca set for approval at meeting
Cherry tomatoes see bumper harvest in NW China's Gansu
Founders Peter Geelen, Jan O. Voogt, and Peter van Weel:
"Plant Empowerment offers the fastest route to sustainable and profitable horticulture worldwide"
tomaté! doubles its greenhouse area in Saint-Damase with the acquisition of Excel-Serres
"More and more papayas will be harvested green, at the request of the marketers"
New producer organization "RheinlandGärtner" founded:
"Strong together for horticulture in North Rhine-Westphalia"
UK grower announces partnership with investment firm
Australia: Red tape hits roadside vegetable stores
CAN: Northern growers switching to greenhouses to fight frigid conditions
New Zealand: Waverley lettuce farm team set to sell farm
South African grower expands covered pepper and citrus production
Switzerland: Growers Day highlights tomato production under spectral filtering
ToBRFV dead or alive? Water test provides quick answers
China: Boosting tomato harvests with smart systems
Looking into the hydroponic research happening at the University of Minnesota
Agtira CEO suddenly passes away
“The vanilla sector could greatly benefit from self-pollinating varieties”
Shift shift secures long-term future for Moldovan agriculture
Greeneration partners with Arcadia British School
"It was inspiring to see our students so engaged"
Making the switch from greenhouse to smarthouse
"We want to empower growers by giving them information"
Suriname special - part 16:
Using resistant seeds and a foil greenhouse, Surinam propagator combats diseases in tropical climate
New strawberry substrate troughs for grower converting greenhouse
"We want to cultivate precisely as we envision it"
Mexico: Boosting pepper yields with precision fertilizers
UK grower expands with polytunnel greenhouse
Strong pricing until 2026 on Asian vegetables
New construction for Citronex in Poland and Romania: "We will also start propagating"
Fruit company Van Beusichem - De Waal looks back with satisfaction on the first picking season of Limore One:
"With a yield of 8 kilos per m2, the targets for this hybrid strawberry have been significantly exceeded."
How propagators switched to LED: "There's no One-Size-Fits-All solution"
Cold-water aquaponics is growing food and hope in India’s Himalayan farms
“Proper management and organization can offset the limitations of simpler infrastructure”
wireless lighting control
UK: APS Produce installs 3 ha of LED
Microgreens and in vitro cultivation pioneer reaches for the skies with its vertical farm
NL: BioVerbeek expands organic cultivation by 4 hectares
Greenhouse avocados: a new frontier in Mediterranean agriculture
Growing steadily through challenges in Iran:
“We have challenges with the Nesidiocoris tenuis population in this area every year”
Hydroponic greenhouse in the spotlight with 75 tons per 1,000 square meters in summer production
Germany: Showcasing the future of agriculture
China: Getting the most out of growing in rural Guizhou
tomato world
Azura invests $21.4 million in Dakhla
14-meter-high glasshouse gets new life at children's home in Suriname
From "high tech" to "smart greenhouse": Finka's evolution towards "Data-Driving Growing" agriculture and a strong human vision
"We have diversified our production and increased efficiency as a strategic response to the tomato tariffs"
Growing vegetables in Hawaiʻi by integrating fish, food, and the ‘āina:
“Aquaponics teaches respect for natural cycles”
US (UT): Jordan School District approves bid for $700k greenhouse at Herriman High School
Another season of innovation and research-based learning at Stellenbosch’s HortiDemoCentre
Ghana: Peasant Farmers Association donates to women vegetable growers
US: Reducing growers exposure to global supply problems
Dutch cucumber growers purchase tomato greenhouse: "Were looking for an option to enable lighting"
Suriname special - part 10:
“Rising demand drives launch of modern lettuce cultivation project”
"Although hydroponics in Mexican berries isn't widespread, we believe it's the future of this crop"
Vietnam: Opening ceremony held for completed strawberry facility
Poland: Construction of Citronex’ young plant facility in full swing
Malaysia: Finding a way to connect to food
NIBIO researchers experiment with growing avocadoes in greenhouses:
“If we closed the borders tomorrow, it would be salmon, potatoes and cucumbers for us all”
German grower Johannes Adams on this year's herb season:
"We have significantly expanded our cultivation capacity for parsley and thyme"
China: Getting the most from water tanks in the greenhouse
Bio Fruchtgemüse Produzenten e.V. looks back on a mixed organic cucumber season:
"A commitment from retailers would help us break the downward spiral together"
Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture visits growing facility
"Strange, beautiful environments where nature and technology are negotiating with each other"
Casting a cinematic lens on high-tech food landscapes
Modern greenhouses enable tomato harvests in Moldova until October
Inside Brightlands’ Next Generation Farming initiative
US (TX): New era dawns as Laredo greenhouse is revitalized
biomass-based nutrients instead of fertilizers
Malaysian delegation visits Japanese greenhouse company
Adriana Occhipinti (L'Orto Magico) and her forward-looking vision for agriculture
"We will increase production from 20 to 150 hectare after becoming a cooperation"
baby spinach farm is Finland's best greenhouse vegetable producer for 2025
"Fresh spinach was unfamiliar to Finnish consumers, but we succeeded well"
Kassius Rosa on the complexities of being a grower:
“My mind jumps from one greenhouse to another, always slower than I’d like it to”
Chile: Growers still not benefitting from desalination projects
Israel: Innovating for the future of horticulture
South Africa: Making the transition from security guard to hydroponic grower and educator
Dutch mission explores Italian greenhouse technology
tomato grower Lans embraces AI-driven smart pest monitoring
Using automation to safeguard 88 hectares of premium crops
Getting better fruit quality throughout the growing season
New Zealand: Creating a family formula for health and happiness through growing
Lit cultivation ensures a constant supply of extra-sweet winter strawberries
US: University professor leads research on plant viruses to safeguard crop yields
Francisco Jesús Montoya, manager of Campojoyma: