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Who Will Create The First Self-Cultivating Greenhouse?

Wageningen University & Research organizes an international challenge to boost vegetable production using artificial intelligence and autonomous greenhouses.

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Photo Report: A Hat-Trick In Tunisia

Building greenhouses in the Tunisian desert can be quite a challenge. The temperatures rise during the day but in the nighttime, it's really cold. Combined with the dust and the distances to projects, it's not an easy topic at all.

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Larry Ellison Says His $15M Hawaii Project Can ‘Transform Agriculture’

Billionaire Larry Ellison says he plans to use his Hawaiian island of Lanai as the first step toward transforming agriculture by growing fresh produce using automated hydroponic cultivation inside a $15 million greenhouse operation.

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NatureFresh™ Farms Shines Light on Tomatoes in Leamington, Ontario Expansion

John Ketler, General Manager at NatureFresh™ Farms, is excited to announce the newest NatureFresh™ Farms greenhouse expansion taking place in Leamington, ON later this year. Construction of a new 32-acre greenhouse facility will commence in the summer of 2018, with production scheduled to begin in 2019

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New Climate Screen Offers More Light And Lower Energy Costs

Ridder Climate Screens introduces a new energy-conserving screen fabric that offers 2% more light transmission – without detriment to its energy conservation properties.

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BrightFarms Hydroponic Greenhouse Coming To Abilene, Texas

BrightFarms, a company looking to build a state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse, is behind what KTXS News referred to last week as Project Ladybug.

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Urban Agriculture Firm Gotham Greens Will Double Its Footprint In Chicago

The site is near Gotham’s existing rooftop greenhouse, the largest commercial one of its kind in the world, on top of the Method soap factory in Pullman Park which opened in 2015 .

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The Green Revolution In Controlled-Environment Agriculture

Vertical farms are popping up left, right, and center. Shipping containers full of purple lights and heads of lettuce dot the North American landscape, while in Asia, so-called 'plant factories' (indoor cultivation facilities) show no sign of letting up.

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"The Technology of Cultivating on Water is Fascinating"

"A solid belief in yourself and an even greater belief in technology, that’s the formula for Botman Hydroponics, the ultimate floating cultivation system." The company spent more than ten years on development and research.

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KDV Built A Greenhouse Complex For 2.7 Billion Rubles In The Kemerovo Region

The greenhouses are built on Dutch technology. Equipment that makes it possible to grow quality and delicious vegetables, greens, preserving the maximum of useful substances - German and Finnish. - The general director of the enterprise Alexey Rogov told.

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This Local AGTech Startup Wants You To Forget Everything You Know About Farming

Industrial agriculture has allowed farmers to maximize the potential yield of their crops for centuries. But it has done so at a major cost to the environment — a cost characterized by a steady decline in soil productivity, reduced water quality, elevated levels of carbon dioxide, habitat loss, and more.

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Five Indoor Farming Question With Paul Brentlinger of Cropking

Paul Brentlinger grew up aroundCropKing, a greenhouse service company founded by his parents Dan and Marilyn in the early 1980s. He grew his first hydroponic greenhouse crop before he was ten. Known for their personal service,

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New York - Cornell University Small Farms Program - Lucrative Mushroom Enterprises

People may not think of growing specialty mushrooms on logs, in barns, high tunnels or greenhouses as a profitable enterprise. But fresh shiitakes and dried mushrooms are getting really good prices.

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New Yorkers Plan Major Greenhouse Farm At SUNY Cobleskill

The project is the first development the finance, commodities, and renewable energy consultants plan to own and operate outright.

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A Des Moines Couple's Urban Farm Runs Into An Expensive Roadblock of Polk County Regulations

A March 19 meeting may tip the scale on whether the couple’s two-year-old business ultimately succeeds or fails. That's when Polk County’s Board of Adjustments will weigh in after planning and development staffers determined the Quiners’ new building amounts to a commercial storefront, not just a farm stand.

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Mucci Farms, A $70M Investment In Huron, Ohio, Continues To Grow

Introduced, developed and entirely paid for by Mucci Farms , the Canada-headquartered company recently finished building its first of three greenhouses after breaking ground in spring 2017. Blueprints show each glass structure totaling 25 acres in size

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NatureFresh Continues Expansions And Increased Efficiencies

The company is also strong in its U.S. Department of Agriculture certified organics. Its organic line includes red, yellow, orange and green Bell peppers, tomatoes-on-the-vine and red grape tomatoes.

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North American Growers Welcome New Tool To Manage Light

The decision to partner with Sudlac was based on the European manufacturer’s proven ideas and concepts to manage light and protect the greenhouse structure, says Chris.

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Ontario Greenhouse Grower Wins PAC Award For Veggies To Go

The annual PAC Awards were judged by a panel of international brand design packaging experts from around the world.

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Canadian Greenhouse Expert Partners With Cannabis Company

The list of Canadian companies planning to grow and market cannabis is increasing, and greenhouse vegetable veterans play a key role.