Hort Americas, a horticultural distributor in Bedford, Texas, offers a variety of LED and high pressure sodium light fixtures for both propagation and production applications. Hort Americas can provide its customers with a custom plan to meet their lighting needs. Lighting for vertical farms, multilayer production systems, propagation and tissue culture laboratories GE Arize Lynk produces the light intensity needed for typical indoor growing applications, including growth chambers and rooms, greenhouses, hydroponic, aquaponic and aeroponic facilities and vertical farms. These easy-to-install fixtures are available in 4- and 8-foot LED light bars. The fixtures can be daisy-chained from end to end…
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Village Farms is pleased to announce the company will be participating in the 2016 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World Resort. Village Farms will be one of 30 global marketplaces at the popular festival that draws guests from around the world. The new Greenhouse Guru marketplace will feature a food and beverage kiosk serving up a number of tasty dish offerings made with Village Farms exclusive tomato varieties. Greenhouse Guru will also feature an exhibit on greenhouse growing to showcase the many environmental benefits of this method of farming. The 62-day event takes placeSeptember 14 through…
Consumers are increasingly looking for quality food which is healthy, safe and at the same time cultivated sustainably. Greenhouse hydroponic cultivation already uses water more efficiently than field based production systems. However large amounts of water are still lost in so called ‘open’ systems. Water use efficiency can be significantly improved by collecting drain water and reapplying it to the crop. GRODAN, Priva and Groen Agro Control have collaborated to produce The Best Practice Guidelines for Greenhouse Water Management. The guide has been written to provide greenhouse owners and managers with an overview of current best practice. It…
MANSFIELD,OH- NatureFresh Farms Mobile Greenhouse Education Center appeared outside Krogers at 1500 Lexington Avenue on Friday. The organization answered questions on how greenhouse vegetables are grown, fresh produce, and more. The Greenhouse Educational Center travels to retail stores, summer camps, and schools throughout eastern North America informing consumers about how greenhouse vegetables are grown. NatureFresh Farms is a vertically integrated greenhouse grower. To learn more about NatureFresh Farms, visit www.naturefresh.ca/GEC.
PROFIT and Canadian Business unveils the 28th annual list of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies – Kingsville ON (September 15, 2016) Canadian Business and PROFIT today ranked Red Sun Farms as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies in the 28th annual PROFIT 500 List. Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth. “Companies become a part of the PROFIT 500 through innovative thinking, smart strategy and sheer grit,” says James Cowan, Editor-in-chief of PROFIT and Canadian Business. “These firms demonstrate what Canadian entrepreneurs can achieve, both at home and…
By Dr. Jaimin S. Patel, Research Scientist at the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Controlled environments, including greenhouses and indoor vertical farms, have become the next-generation agricultural systems for increasing crop production capacity year-round. However, plant pathogens invariably invade these controlled environments, causing severe losses. Every year several new diseases are reported on different crops and disease-causing organisms are responsible for significantly decreased crop production. Moreover, farmers who want to grow organic crops often find that it is especially difficult to manage plant diseases in controlled environments using organic practices. This year, I joined the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic…
After installing the first international Growtainer in the UK last year, GreenTech Agro is expanding its presence in Europe with the recent installation of another Growtainer at Spanish biotechnological giant Bioibérica. The Growtainer is the brainchild of Glenn Behrman, founder of GreenTech Agro and CEA Advisors. Two years after introducing his first Growtainers for sale in 2014, Behrman has now installed another EU Growtainer at the factory of leading Spanish pharmaceutical company Bioibérica in Pallafols, outside of Barcelona. Their enthusiasm for the Growtainer and vertical production has been driven by their interest in new, modern and sustainable indoor farming practices.…
A group of U.S. academics (Purdue University, Michigan State University, University of Florida, and University of Arizona) with expertise in growing and marketing crops in controlled environments is conducting a confidential industry survey on the production of leafy greens (lettuces, baby greens, herbs, microgreens, etc.) to guide them in the submission of a grant proposal to the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI). Your input will help ensure our efforts are appropriately focused on research and outreach topics that can assist producers and suppliers in greenhouse and indoor production of leafy greens and potentially, related industries. At the end of…
Salad Bars in Public Schools Sept. 4, 2016 Chris Higgins of Urban Ag News gives us an update on putting salad bars in schools through Tour de Fresh. About Green Sense Radio: Founding Farmer Robert Colangelo is also founder and host of the nationally syndicated Green Sense Radio show. Recorded live on the Farm, Green Sense Radio features entrepreneurs, innovators, academics, and policy makers who are making the world a better place. The program is heard coast to coast every week. Send us an email if you’re interested in sponsorship opportunities so your sustainable message can reach our millions of listeners! Click…
SEED is an eye-opening environmental documentary about the dramatic loss of seed diversity and the future of our food, from the creators of The Real Dirt on Farmer John & Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? We’re partnering with organizations in cities across the country to raise awareness about this critical issue as well as organizations that are working to build healthy, sustainable communities. We hope this film will inspire audiences to take action. SEED’s community outreach and engagement team will work with your organization and provide the resources to make this event a success and…
Hits 106% in less than 24 hours. Green Sense Farms is one of the first 100 companies to take advantage of the recent change in SEC regulations that allow for Equity Crowdfunding. They launched on Thursday, September 1st and broke records by reaching 106% of their funding goal within 24 hours. Interested parties can still invest for a limited time: https://www.startengine.com/startup/green-sense-farms-llc Crowdfunding regulations require that all investors have equal access to information and the terms of the offering only be conveyed through approved portals, in this case, Start Engine. More details of the campaign, including available shares and…
Smart app signals new era in Precision Growing for GRODAN customers ROERMOND, the Netherlands, − GRODAN, a global leader in stone wool substrate solutions introduces e-Gro: an easy to use, mobile app that gives real-time substrate information. e-Gro is a new service from GRODAN developed to support customers with a GroSens® MultiSensor system. Customers who need to have real-time reporting on their substrate, now have the opportunity to link their GroSens system to the e-Gro app. This new mobile and desktop application provides growers the possibility to get the maximum out of their substrate. It’s easy to use and very…
Around the world, more and more, human populations are concentrating in cities. The higher the number of city dwellers, the greater the demand for fresh agricultural products both in the United States but also in Europe, Asia and Latin America. And it is precisely here, in the sunny and beautiful land of Italy that AURORAS has begun working alongside farmers in order to improve productivity and management in the business of agriculture. AURORAS designs in-house IoT (Internet of Things) tools: interconnected objects equipped with wireless sensors for the monitoring of micro-climatic conditions and plant health. “We aim to support a…
ATLANTA – Demand for local food today is increasing and there are many ideas about the future of agriculture and technologies for growing. Aquaponics is one of several in discussion by growers, governments and investors, based on its many value points – offering a complete diet, very low water use and organic compatibility. Atlanta’s Aquaplanet is bringing this global discussion to Georgia in late October with a series of events featuring a new team which represents a cross-section of aquatic systems technologies and how they can be harnessed for economic development on a local level. AquaponicsVIP (Very Important Plants) is…