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Jake Houweling with Houweling Dutch Plantin:

“For a young guy like me, I need to prove that I am someone they can trust”

“We started this company in January of 2019, as a subsidiary of Houweling Group and Dutch Plantin, specializing in water treatment and coconut coir,” tells Jake Houweling,…

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South Essex Fabricating set to build largest greenhouse in North America

"The sheer size of this pepper greenhouse makes it a remarkable project"

South Essex Fabricating is currently working on an innovative twenty-nine-hectare high-efficiency pepper greenhouse located in Leamington, Ontario.  "As the largest greenhouse construction…

Moleaer

Cleaner basin water and filters with nanobubbles

A Moleaer Clear nanobubble generator was installed at Prominent Grevelingen in the Netherlands in spring 2020 with the aim of investigating whether this technology is able to…

GreenTech

Nominees for GreenTech Innovation Awards 2020 announced

The exhibitors of GreenTech Live & Online submitted 26 innovations for the GreenTech Innovation Awards 2020. An expert jury selected 12 nominees from all entries in 3…

New line introduced by Beekenkamp Verpakkingen

New transport boxes without stacking rim, suitable for any pooled RTP

The blue rigid EPS-trays won't longer be used in 2021. A foldable crate will be the alternative, but that won't be a suitable solution for everyone. Therefore, for several…

Expansion of the acreage devoted to eggplant

Good demand and prices for the first peppers from Almeria

The pepper harvest has started recently in Almería; earlier than usual, because producers had planted earlier. As the days go by, the supply will gradually increase, although…

Bejo Ibérica remains open to new partners for the distribution of Redi

"We believe that the consumption of Redi will grow considerably in the coming years"

The launch of Redi took place in Spain and Portugal in the fall last year. Redi is a broccoli with purple shoots and tender stems that end in a small inflorescence. This new…

Infarm

Infarm raises $170M during pandemic to grow largest urban vertical farming network in the world

Infarm announced $170 million investment raised in the first close of a Series C funding round expected to reach $200 million. Led by LGT Lightstone, the first round included…

CombaGroup

Automated mobile aeroponics maker becomes certified B Corp

CombaGroup has officially become a Certified B Corporation, utilizing the power of business to address society’s greatest social and environmental challenges. CombaGroup joins…

Gecurrent

5 questions to answer before starting a vertical farm

Indoor farming is a science—but that doesn’t mean you have to be a scientist to start one. Plenty of people with diverse backgrounds, from finance and business to hospitality…

Special Starting Material

Bejo Seeds

Video Bejo's Open House Tour now available on YouTube

Bejo Seeds Inc. held its first ever Virtual Open House on September 1, 2020. The virtual event gathered commercial growers, farm market growers, industry professionals and…

Facebook: AGT Seedlings Supply

Former sales associate now runs his own seedling business without owning land

As opposed to what other people think, one doesn’t have to buy a lot in order to start a farm business. Arnel Tandang, 50, operations manager and owner of AGT Seedlings…

'Macfrut Digital has overcome the challenge'

A total of 32,212 participants in the three-day event, which was attended by 18,164 individual professionals, 49% of visitors were from abroad, 208,000 pages were viewed, and…

Temasek signs agreement to acquire majority stake in Rivulis

Temasek has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Rivulis. The completion of the acquisition is subject to all government authorizations and is…

New Ready Sides™ launches with four flavors

Church Brothers Farms is launching three-minute microwavable Ready Sides – adding to its existing line of retail fresh-cut vegetables. This is the company’s first retail value…
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US backs off from tomato import ban from Xinjian, China

Last week it was announced the US was preparing orders to block imports of tomato products and cotton from China’s western region of Xinjiang. The reason…

Ally DiMenna, new member of A.M.A. Hort team:

"I’ve heard more about tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers than I could possibly recall"

A.M.A. Hort has a new addition to the team. They are welcoming Ally DiMenna! Ally is bringing her design thinking, digital media, and customer service skills to the team as…

US (NC): Opportunity zones and criminal justice reform are changing lives in Wilmington

In his inaugural address, President Trump promised “the forgotten men and women of America will no longer be forgotten.” Over the past three and a half years,…

Little Leaf Farms

Little Leaf Farms doubles greenhouse growing capacity and broadly expands across East Coast

Little Leaf Farms, which grows the number one, best-selling crunchy baby green lettuce in the United States, is doubling its sun-drenched, greenhouse-growing capacity to 10…

Mohammed Ravanbakhsh

Utrecht scientists discover fast-forward plant improvement technology

Utrecht scientists demonstrates a new, non-GMO technology to develop new crops at a fraction of the costs of traditional breeding. By engineering the genes of bacteria that…

Irish minister McConalogue: "Agri-food companies must get ready for Brexit"

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today called on companies in the agri-food and fisheries sectors to urgently…

Brandt

Brandt expands Ag sales team in Pacific Northwest and Canada

Brandt Specialty Formulations has added two new territory sales managers, Cody Massey and Nate Britt, to its North American Ag sales team, covering the US Pacific Northwest…

NIFA awards over $10.7 mln to support Hispanic-serving institutions' ag science programs

This competitive grant program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic Serving Institutions to conduct higher education programs in the…

Antifungal activity of gallic acid against Alternaria

Tomato is among the most important vegetable crops worldwide. Early blight disease, caused by Alternaria solani, is a destructive foliar disease of tomato and other Solanaceae…

Stuart Brown new Inari CFO

Inari, a biotechnology company, announced Stuart Brown has joined the company as chief financial officer. Brown will lead the internal financial team and spearhead efforts with the…

Webinar 28 September 2020

The state of vertical farming in Asia

This webinar is designed for vertical farmers, cultivation and operation teams, support technology companies, business executives as well as investors looking…

Ecoation

Canada: Ecoation wins World in 2050’s Olympics of Innovation

After receiving 100+ nominations and applications, Diplomatic Courier has officially announced the World in 2050 Olympics of Innovation winners, naming Ecoation Innovative…

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Inabuggy has launched Inabuggy-Mart

Kroger’s second quarter sales climbed $30.49bln

Bigger customer base portends more growth for U.S. online grocery marketDespite a drop-off from a June peak, U.S. online grocery sales are nearly five times what they were a…

Serviagro 2000 obtains the Agrocovid-19 certificate from Sohiscert

First Spanish horticultural plant certified against COVID-19

The company SERVIAGRO 2000, devoted to the export of organic citrus fruits, has become the first company in its sector in Spain to obtain the AgroCovid-19 certificate issued…

“The COVID-19 pandemic provided an unexpected level of challenge"

Compac, part of the TOMRA Food family, and its partners ICOEL and Sardas were confronted with unique challenges, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit just as they were preparing to…

For repeated food safety violations

FDA issues first injunction under Produce Safety Rule to Illinois-based food manufacturer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that Fortune Food Product, Inc., an Illinois-based processor of sprouts and soy products, has agreed to…

Real-time tracking of import movements with Cargo Tracker

Combining data from various sources allows shippers who import goods through the port of Rotterdam to visualise the supply chain more clearly. A pilot project of the Port of…

India: Tomatoes more expensive than apples

In India, one can now find tomatoes that are costlier than apples. The price hovered around Rs60 (€0.75) per kg, somewhat higher than that of the golden…

"We are calling on young Aussies to take this opportunity to get the 'backpacker holiday experience' at home"

State governments invest heavily to attract Aussie workers to horticulture jobs during COVID-19 pandemic

Tasmanians are responding in droves to the recent agricultural jobs campaign, according to the State Government, which is encouraging the residents to roll the sleeves up and…

USDA PACA updates

As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

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