Horticoop acquires 100% of Smartcoat shares

Horticoop BV is set to take over the remaining 20% interest in Smartcoat owned by the French business Finoxa BV by the end of 2020. This will mean that the manufacturer of shading products will be fully controlled by Horticoop BV. With its characteristic brands Redusystems and Sudlac, Smartcoat is active in more than 50 […]

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Indoor Ag-Con Announces Formation of Inaugural Advisory Board

Committee of Industry Leaders From Indoor Agriculture, Grocery, Specialty Food, Commercial Real Estate, Hemp, Other Sectors To Provide Guidance, Insights To Help Shape 2021 Exposition & Conference PRESS RELEASE – Indoor Ag-Con, the premier trade show for the indoor agriculture | vertical farming industry, announces the formation of its inaugural advisory board.  Bringing together industry leaders from across […]

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Vegetable Seedling and Transplant Production in Greenhouses webinar series

WEBINAR SERIES FOR GREENHOUSE GROWERS A webinar series for growers producing vegetables and herbs as seedlings or transplants in heated greenhouses. Topics include transplant uniformity, root-zone management, organic fertilizers, disease & pest control. Three pesticides credits for CT and New England have been approved for this event. Hosted by:  Rosa E. Raudales (rosa.@uconn.edu) & Leanne Pundt (leanne.pundt@uconn.edu), UConn […]

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Dutch scale-up PlantLab launches first production site in USA

Annual harvest of 420,000 kilos for Indianapolis residents Den Bosch (The Netherlands), December 7 2020 – PlantLab, the Dutch indoor farming pioneer, has opened a new production site in Indianapolis (Indiana). This first-ever ‘Plant Paradise’ in the United States is growing vegetables for the local population at a site that was previously unthinkable – a […]

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Resource Innovation Institute previews new findings in 2021 Cannabis Water Report at MJBizCon Associations Day

Authors share water policy recommendations and recent data that contrasts with oft-cited statistics Press Release – Resource Innovation Institute Executive Director Derek Smith previewed the forthcoming Cannabis Water Report as part of MJBizCon’s 2020 Associations Day on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The presentation provided information about past and current cannabis cultivation water usage and shared a sneak […]

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U.S. Horticulture Operations Report $13.8 Billion in Sales

Press Release –  On December 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties report, the only source of detailed production and sales data for floriculture, nursery, and specialty crops for the entire United States. The data show that horticulture operations sold a total of $13.8 […]

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Indoor Ag Science Café discusses optimizing crop growth

‘Crop Growth Monitoring and Simulation Based Resource Use Optimization’ by Dr. Murat Kacira and KC Shasteen (University of Arizona) This presentation given by Dr. Murat Kacira and his graduate student KC Shasteen introduces the concept of using crop modeling/simulation for making indoor farming management decisions. Indoor Ag Science Café is an outreach program of a project OptimIA, […]

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Sneak Peek: Cannabis Research with NC State University and Current

By GE Current Current’s Senior Plant Scientist, Hans Spalholz, Ph.D., is teaming up with Dr. Ricardo Hernández, Ph.D., who is conducting research on the effects of light intensity on cannabis crops in a controlled environment. Along with being a horticulture expert with degrees in plant physiology and agronomy, Dr. Hernández is also an assistant professor […]

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Global CEA Census Report shows continued positivity despite COVID-19

PRESS RELEASE – Autogrow and Agritecture Consulting have released the 2nd Annual CEA Census Report highlighting positive signs of growth despite the global pandemic. Data captured over an 8-week period show 95% of growers have an optimistic outlook for the next 12 months with all types of operations including greenhouses, shipping containers, tunnel and vertical farms […]

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Update on lawsuit to revoke certification for organic producers

PRESS RELEASE – A friend of the court brief filed jointly by the Coalition for Sustainable Organics, the Western Growers Association, the Aquaponics Association and the Scotts Company was formally accepted this past week by the judge in the case seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Agriculture to initiate the formal rule making process to revoke certification of […]

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FFAR’s Precision Indoor Plants Consortium Launches Initial Lettuce Project

Lettuce is the third most consumed vegetable in the US. However, as a perishable product, much of the produce is not marketable because lettuce leaves discolor after harvest. In fact, 46 percent of head lettuce and 55 percent of fresh romaine and leaf lettuce is wasted. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is providing a […]

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Spread food against hate

Spreading Food Against Hate

He uses the power of art to erase every taste of hate from his city walls, in the hope of educating cities and citizens to respect. Why food? In Italy food is tradition, culture and pride. Most of all, food is spending time together: food is who they are, sharing and happiness. Cibo is spreading […]

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Make Hump-Day, HEMP-DAY

Hemplet Farms will host a Webinar on December 2nd: 12:00pm–1:00pm CST. Registration is FREE. Space is limited, sign up today! Visit Eventbrite to register for this content rich event. For more information contact Christian Lee via email at Christianl@hempletfarms.com Our webinar series is a great way to keep up to date on the latest regulations, […]

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Vinnova grants Swegreen and research partners 9,1 MSEK funding for an AI-driven vertical farming project

Swedish AgTech rising star Swegreen, together with research partners RISE and Mälardales University, secures funding from Vinnova, for a 9,1 MSEK project aiming to develop further Swegreens’ platform for AI-driven vertical farming, and to evolve a digitalized supply chain from farm to fork. The research partners Swegreen, Mälardalen University and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, […]

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