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University of Florida offers Weed Management and Irrigation Water Quality and Treatment online courses

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University of Florida Greenhouse Training Online courses  Our last Greenhouse Training Online courses for 2019! Weed Management Earn CEUs An intermediate level course that teaches all aspects of weed management in nurseries and greenhouses, including weed identification, developing herbicide programs, and the latest non-chemical methods of weed control that work. Irrigation Water Quality & Treatment […]

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History of the Tower Garden®

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By Morris Bryan, Inventor of the Tower Garden In 1974, I graduated from The Georgia Institute of Technology like the majority of the men in my family – my grandfather, father, two uncles, and three brothers – with a diploma I thought would change my life, but it wasn’t until that summer when I visited […]

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New York City needs more vertical farms: Urban growth on a higher plane

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By Joel Cuello, Originally published by New York Daily News, Oct. 1, 2019 While New York City as a whole by no means is a food desert, wherein access to fresh produce by its residents is severely constrained, such access nonetheless appears to require significant enhancement. The 2019 American Fitness Index for America’s 100 largest cities, for instance, […]

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Last Chance For Tickets! Pioneering Forum for Sustainability in Agriculture

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International scientists, investors, directors, and advisors come together to share global initiatives and spur innovation.  Miami, Fl., October – This month’s Sustainability & Digitalization Leaders forum is the exclusive, comprehensive conversation every thought leader in agtech should be a part of. The SDL agenda demonstrates critical awareness of the most relevant sustainability issues across the […]

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Plant Health on the Go Workshop for growers in December

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By Tory Moore, 352-273-3566, torymoore@ufl.edu  APOPKA, Fla. — The University of Florida and the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA) will hold a Plant Health on the Go workshop on December 3 where growers can learn plant health management techniques from horticulture experts.  Building on the success of the Greenhouse Training Online courses (https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training/), […]

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10th International Soft Fruit Conference in the Netherlands early bird exhibitors expires October 15

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BVB Substrates and Delphy are organizing the 10th “International Soft Fruit Conference” in the Netherlands. The conference will take place on Thursday 9th January 2020 in the “1931 Congrescentrum Brabanthallen” in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. We will be presenting many aspects of the cultivation of soft fruit in Europe in order to create a unique platform for growers […]

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Illumitex Launches NeoPAR-XO LED for Vertical Farming with 1820 PPF Output and FarmVision AI

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Illumitex upgrades it’s popular grow-proven NeoPAR LED lighting system for vertical-farming to record performance levels and adds FarmVisionAI™ to see every plant, from anywhere, at anytime. [Press Release – Austin, Texas] Illumitex, a leader in LED Grow Lights and Digital Ag, announces NeoPARTM XO, a major upgrade to their grow proven NeoPAR LED lighting system designed […]

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What are the challenges to running a successful indoor farm?

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(I had the opportunity to host the Great Lakes Ag-Tech Summit in Cleveland on Sept. 23, 2019.) The amount of investments made in the vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture industries has been well documented. Those companies that successfully raise capital are seen as industry heroes and it’s quickly assumed that they must have all […]

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Humidity control in greenhouses and other indoor plant environments

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When choosing dehumidification equipment, there are a number of variables that have to be considered to ensure that it operates effectively with the crop and production facility. In this webinar Dr. Nadia Sabeh will discuss: How to transition from indoor production facilities to greenhouses. How to select a dehumidification system. The impact of plants on […]

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Vertical farming across the pond: an overview of the UK indoor farming market

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Jonny Reader, research associate at the University of Nottingham and design engineer at V-Farm talked about the current fruit and vegetable market in the UK and insecurities surrounding Brexit. Here are the t 5 take home points: UK farming activities relay on forging seasonal labor and the future is uncertainly due the eminent UK departure […]

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RoBotany Builds 60,000-square-foot Vertical Farm in Braddock, Plans Nationwide Expansion as Fifth Season

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The company’s first urban farm, incubated at Carnegie Mellon University, uses proprietary robotics technology to grow affordable fresh produce for Pittsburgh-area grocery stores and restaurants PITTSBURGH—Fifth Season, an indoor farming pioneer, announced plans for its first highly efficient, commercial-scale indoor vertical farm, which will open in early 2020 in Braddock, an historic steel town near […]

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The Ohio State University to offer Greenhouse Management Workshop

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The Ohio State University is organizing annual Greenhouse Management Workshop (January 16 & 17, 2020; Wooster, OH), providing learning opportunities for the basics of greenhouse management practices. In this workshop, our hydroponics track focuses on Hydroponic Food Safety and GAPs provided by OSU Food Safety GAP training team. The contents are relevant to indoor farms […]

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Great Lakes Ag Tech Summit

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Whether you are a greenhouse grower or a vertical farmer, you won’t want to miss this. Join Urban Ag News, Hort Americas and Current, powered by GE, for the inaugural Great Lakes Ag Tech Summit on Monday, September 23. The summit will be held at at the historic Nela Park campus in Cleveland, Ohio. The […]

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University of Florida offers online course for Disease Management

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University of Florida Greenhouse Training Online courses  Earn CEUs with Disease Management Learn how to prevent and manage diseases in nurseries and greenhouses. Disease Management is the fifth course of the 2019 Greenhouse Online Training program offered by the University of Florida IFAS Extension. This intermediate course is designed for growers with some experience and […]

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