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"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -yesterday
Top 5 -last week
- Combining vertical farming and greenhouse horticulture to decentralize lettuce production
- Fresh produce chain hit by Lakeside Produce’s bankruptcy
- Growy acquires assets and team of Kalera International (&ever)
- Positive vibes on the first day of IPM '23
- CAN: Land Betterment acquires 50% ownership in greenhouse operations
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- How farmers are cutting out supermarkets
- Combining vertical farming and greenhouse horticulture to decentralize lettuce production
- Mexico: Rising Farms boosts capacity fivefold
- Higher light transmission and lower heat demand with double foil greenhouse
- Fresh produce chain hit by Lakeside Produce’s bankruptcy
Post-harvest & Packaging
Mediane introduces Sealpap banderoles
Paper packaging solution now also available as banderole
New legislation for the packaging of fresh products has given the use of paper in the packaging of fruit, vegetables, and other horticultural products, an extra boost. At the upcoming Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Mediane will introduce, among other items, sealable and recyclable Paper banderoles. Mediane introduced…
Cliff Beumel, President of Agromillora Nursery in California:
"Better root development through air root pruning"
With the ever-growing labor shortage along with increasing environmental awareness, Blackmore has launched Air Tray® Technologies to improve plant quality, production efficiencies, and reduce waste. Air Tray Technologies for Ellepot, developed by Blackmore Company, are designed for practical…
Retail Sleeve offers plastic-free alternative to pots
As a sustainable alternative to the plastic pot at retail, Blackmore Company has developed the Air Tray Technologies Retail system. Working with partners Ellepot, Schur, and Van Schaik Rack Solutions, they focused on four key areas to create a sustainable solution. Creator Lars Jensen of Blackmore states…
The art of recycled plastic
With 'The art of recycled plastic,' Desch is launching a new communication concept that elevates the making of products from recycled plastic to an art form. Kees Waqué, Manager of Retail and Marketing, talks about this unique concept, why it's time to look at plastic differently, and how Desch is going to show this art form. The…
Towards Clavibacter-resistant tomato varieties
Everyone is talking about the brown rugose virus. After all, there are only very limited solutions for that, and it can be particularly devastating for a grower's bottom line. This doesn't mean that other nasty pathogens are kept at bay. There is one in particular for which no solution has been found…
