Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Green Bronx Machine to Launch First Wheelchair Accessible Farm at Local Bronx Public School Press Release – NEW YORK – Green Bronx Machine (GBM), a nationally recognized non-profit organization dedicated to helping students live happier and healthier lives, is partnering with Empire BlueCross BlueShield (Empire) to launch the first wheelchair accessible farm and teaching kitchen in America at P.S. 721x, a District 75 school in the Bronx dedicated to educating students living with disabilities. “Our students and faculty are so excited and so grateful to Empire and Green Bronx Machine for this classroom makeover that inspires…
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Humidity Management for Greenhouses: Dramm Partners with Humidity Management Leader, Vifra, To Offer Solutions to North American Market Press Release – Manitowoc, WI – Dramm is pleased to announce that they are partnering with Vifra, the specialists in humidity management, to offer their solutions to North American customers. Vifra focuses on helping growers optimize their greenhouse humidity. Founded in 1994 by Vincenzo Russo in Rome, Italy, Vifra produces high quality systems designed for easy maintenance and long life. Dramm is pleased to offer Vifra’s high-pressure fog and dehumidification systems to North American growers to help them optimize their growing climates.…
VertiFarm 2019: International workshop on vertical farming 13-15 October 2019 Wageningen, The Netherlands A new vision on plant production The world population is rapidly growing from about 7 today to 9.5 billion people in 2050 and eating habits are changing. The demand for high quality fresh vegetables that are safe, healthy, tasty, and sustainably produced within or near urban areas is strongly increasing. This requires a new vision on food production and distribution. Vertical farming offers a new route that could fit future urban food systems. Vertical farming is a rapidly developing technology where plants are grown under fully controlled conditions…
New Greenhouse Disease Management Recommendations for Vegetables and Herbs Originally written by e-Gro (Heidi Wollaeger) on Jan 24, 2019 Dr. Mary Hausbeck in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University and her colleagues have released a new guide for disease management for vegetable and herb crops. The new guide provides the following information about each registered product for vegetable transplants and herbs: 1) active ingredient, 2) trade name of the product, 3) FRAC code (numbers based on the mode of action of the active ingredient), and 4) re-entry interval. The disease recommendations are grouped by…
By John Porter, Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator, Extension Educator & Assistant Professor at the Nebraska Extension/Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture On a cold and snowy Saturday, producers, experts, and extension educators gathered at the Great Plains Growers Conference, held at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO to hear the latest and greatest in a variety fruit and vegetable production systems. From vegetable IPM and new farming technology to greenhouse and hydroponics, over 350 participants moved about the cozy interior of campus while snow fell outside. The conference is a three-day event hosted by the Extension services and grower’s groups…
Las Vegas Low Voltage to Become First Reseller of Integrated Operations and Plant Health Platform Press Release – Agrilyst today announced Las Vegas Low Voltage as its first reseller of its grower management software now fully integrated with Scanit Technologies airborne pathogen detection devices. Growers are increasingly seeking integrated solutions to handle all of their operational management. Agrilyst is the market leading software platform in the greenhouse and indoor growing industry for cannabis, floriculture, and vegetable growers. Their software tracks crops from seed to harvest, manages crop inventory forecasting and labor, and helps growers reach and maintain compliance on food…
In this month’ Indoor Ag Science Café, Chieri Kubota at the Ohio State University, reviewed two metrics that scientists and indoor growers can use to assess the crop productivity grown under electric lighting. ‘Working with numbers to assess your productivity – gram yield per kWh & gram yield per mole PAR’ was a number-intensive talk where Chieri explain how these numbers are used and found in your production system or available information in publications. Electric energy consumption is only a part of the total cost but important cost that can be managed so that productivity and therefore profitability can be…
Press Release Fifteen dynamic international start-ups will take the spotlight at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco (March 19-20), with breakthrough solutions ranging from soil health, crop optimization, fertilizers and healthy biotics, to precision irrigation, insect monitoring, off road automation, AI and digitized farming operations. From the summit’s acclaimed Technology Showcase pitching sessions to its dedicated TechHub area, these innovators offer game-changing partnership and investment opportunities for the 1,000+ global agribusinesses, food brands and investors who attend the summit each year to tap the freshest thinking in sustainable agriculture. Featured start-ups include: Aerobotics (South Africa) provides tree crop and vineyard…
Join us on Tuesday, March 12, and explore additional tools for expanding farm revenue through vertical farming innovations. Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension invite you to register at http://bit.ly/Register-2019-Vertical-Farming for the 2019 Virginia Innovation in Greenhouse and Vertical Farming Conference Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Virginia Farm Bureau 12580 West Creek Parkway; Richmond, Virginia Keynote Speaker Neil Mattson, Ph.D., Cornell University Special Guest Speaker Chris Higgins, Hort Americas In addition, you will hear from: Jerry Conner, Four Oaks Farms Travis Higginbothan, Fluence Bioengineering John McMahon, Schulyer Greens Ryan Pierce, Fresh Impact Farms Join academic and industry experts in exploring the…
Center for Food Safety Files Petition with USDA to Revoke Existing Organic Certification for Nearly All Microgreens and Significant Volumes of Berries, Tomatoes and Leafy Greens BY THE COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANICS The Center for Produce Safety delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture calling for the USDA to Issue new regulations prohibiting organic certification of hydroponic agricultural production based on the National Organic Standards Board’s April 29, 2010 recommendation on Production Standards for Terrestrial Plants in Containers and Enclosures. Specifically, amend 7 C.F.R. 205.105, Allowed and prohibited substances, methods, and ingredients in organic production and handling, to…
The conference where technology meets agriculture, the Silicon Valley meets the Silicon Prairie, and innovation comes back to the farm. We aspire to apply the Silicon Valley model to bring together promising ideas and leverage agricultural applications to build great new companies, exchange ideas and generate interest in this promising industry. Don’t miss an incredible day of panel discussions, breakout sessions, technology demos, startup pitches, and industry updates. Our 500+ attendees find partners, investors, and customers every year.
German AgTech startup Farmee teams up with leading Dutch consulting company Delphy to support farmers remotely German AgTech startup Farmee and well-known Dutch crop consulting company Delphy just launched the online platform Farmee Experts (https://experts.farmee.io). With their service, both partners provide affordable crop consulting services online. Any farmer in the world having an issue with their plants can post a question on the Farmee Experts website. Within 24 hours, the question is answered remotely by Delphy’s experienced agronomists. Farmers just have to pay for this troubleshooting without any long-term costs. All questions and answers are private and cannot be seen…
Moleaer Inc., the leading manufacturer of industrial-scale nanobubble generators, announces the addition of Michiel de Jong as Director of Business Development of Europe & Horticulture effective January 1, 2019. Michiel de Jong has worked the past years as Sales Manager for Oreon, a leading horticulture LED manufacturer. In his role he has built an extensive network around the world in horticulture and has propelled Oreon’s current commercial success. “We are thrilled to have someone with Michiel’s experience join our organization,” said Nick Dyner, Chief Executive Officer of Moleaer. “Michiel will help us develop the European horticulture market, which is critical to Moleaer’s…
Our friends at Indoor Ag-Con like to trial new approaches at their events; they’ve featured everything from specially commissioned indoor ag adult coloring books to a series of industry white papers. One of their more frequent requests of late has been for a space for participants to share their own ideas with fellow indoor ag enthusiasts. So, to this end, they’re trialing unconferencing at their upcoming Indoor Ag-Con Asia event in Singapore for the first time. How does it work? They have picked out five discussion topics – from food safety to funding a farm – that will be led by…