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"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 -yesterday
- Sri Lankan coir industry is resilient in the wakes of the Covid-19 pandemic
- "It's time to highlight the shadow side of grow light"
- Controlling aphids with Eupeodes-System
- US (NE): Greenhouse fined for role in conspiracy to harbor undocumented workers
- "Our aim is to produce quality salads that keep customers coming back for more"
Top 5 -last week
- "Organic growers want to add microorganisms or bio-fertilizers without changing the EC"
- What do papayas, vanilla and black pepper have in common?
- Rising Farms: New lease of life for Mexico’s agriculture
- “There is much potential for optimizing blueberry and grape crops with nanobubble technology”
- "Breeding for the entire world from the new centre Tomato Vision"
Top 5 -last month
- Strawberry growers take production up in the air to answer market demand
- Indian aquaponic growers have big plans for organic produce
- Israeli vertical farms in New York
- "Organic growers want to add microorganisms or bio-fertilizers without changing the EC"
- "If we can bridge the gap between technology and reality, the sky is the limit for horticulture"
Retail
UK: Morrisons selling 11kg fruit and vegetable boxes
Morrisons has launched new fruit parcels packed full of fruits and vegetables. The new boxes contain no less than 135 portions of fresh produce. A typical box weighs in at…
80acresfarms
“Romaine calm & veg out”
80 Acres Farms, a high-tech indoor farming company now based in Hamilton, says it’s time to “Romaine Calm & Veg Out” — a slogan now on its website — and continues to let people order its salads and produce online and pick them up in Hamilton and Cincinnati. After people order products, they can show up at either location with their…
Joseph Talbourdet of Westmoreland Topline Farms:
“We see plenty of room for growth in the snacking mini cucumber segment”
Even though the pandemic has interrupted normal routines, snacking items continue to see good demand with retailers. Westmoreland Topline Farms launched their Huge Cruncher cucumbers in 2019, and have seen good demand for this snacking cucumber, as well as for their sanZano tomato. Mini snacking cucumbersJoseph…
Food goes to waste amid coronavirus crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic is leading to a 'tsunami' of change in how people buy food. The pandemic is leading the food industry and regulators to change policies as they grapple with empty shelves, a glut of fresh produce and milk, and sudden shifts in consumer buying habits. The problem isn’t a shortage of…
Macpac has re-launched Plantpac.
"On-line sales may be a short term answer to falling sales"
UK garden nurseries and growers have been hit hard these days. "Yet growers want to see the results of the weeks and months of green-fingered hard work get to their customers - and at the same time the health-giving benefits of plants are widely known whether by helping us to indulge our pastimes or…
Golden sweet cherry tomatoes on-the-vine
Honey Bombs to hit store shelves in May
First came Flavor Bombs®, Sunset’s first on-the-vine snacking tomato offering, then Sugar Bombs®, a grape tomato-on-the-vine. "We all know good things come in threes and…
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