Category: Controlled Environment
Hydroponic farming: Great Lakes Growers’ sustainable lettuce growing
Great Lakes Growers grows leafy greens and herbs. Read how the Ohio greenhouse grower works to grow sustainable hydroponics.
Urban ag farm to be built at Pittsburgh training center
Pittsburgh’s Bidwell Training Center has received a grant to build an urban farm and market. Read how the facilities will help the community.
Red Sun Farms grows through vertically integrated greenhouse operations
Discover how Red Sun Farms’ vertically integrated greenhouse operations ensure quality, sustainability, and year-round fresh produce supply.
Edible Garden partnering with James Beard winning chef to highlight produce
Edible Garden, a greenhouse and hydroponic producer, is partnering with a chef to promote fresh produce.
Vertiberry chooses Sollum’s CEA technology
Vertiberry, an indoor strawberry farming operation, has chosen Sollum’s LED lighting solution for its new facility in Québec.
Great Lakes Greenhouses boosts cucumber production with LED Lighting
Great Lakes Greenhouses has enhanced production through the use of Philips GreenPower LED toplighting and the GrowWise Control System.
Sustainability report released by Wholesum
Wholesum has released its latest scorecard on how it handles sustainability.
Greens to be grown at new 140,000-square-foot Texas plant
A new, 140,000-square-foot indoor vertical farm in San Antonio, Texas, being built by Soli Organic will grow more than 10 varieties of greens and herbs.
Oishii introduces indoor vertical strawberry farm
Oishii opened Amatelas Farm, a new, 237,500 square feet indoor vertical strawberry farm in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
First Michigan vegetable report for 2024 released
As Michigan’s vegetable growers gear up for the 2024 growing season, they face unusual challenges stemming from the warmest winter on record, according to the first weekly report from Michigan State University Extension.
Canadian greenhouse lighting effort involves strawberries
Strawberries are a part of Canada’s Center for Horticultural Innovation’s search for the best possible supplemental lighting to integrate into the greenhouse industry.
CEA Alliance welcomes supply chain loan guarantee program bill
The CEA Alliance applauds the introduction of the Food Supply Chain Capacity and Resiliency Act of 2024.
Edible Gardens vertical integration program starts with herbs
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) grower Edible Garden AG Inc. is switching to in-house production of potted herbs, a move expected to enhance its margins.
MSU upgrades greenhouses
In late December 2022, bitterly cold days hit the Michigan State University campus.
Cox Farms debuts with network of 17 greenhouses
Cox Enterprises has launched Cox Farms, with 17 BrightFarms and Mucci Farms greenhouse locations in North America.
New Hampshire greenhouse operator prepares for May opening
North Country Growers, hydroponic, greenhouse, protected agriculture, lettuce, leafy greens,
Vertical farming operator Oishii raises funds
Oishii CEA, vertical farming, sustainability, strawberries, tomatoes, indoor, greenhouse, controlled environment,
Edible Garden receives training grant in Michigan
Indoor leafy greens grower Edible Garden has received funding from Michigan for employee training.
Veg Connections: Seedless cucumbers in high tunnels
Seedless cucumber is a popular high-value crop. Read how high yield, climbing growth habit make seedless cucumbers a valuable crop for growing in high tunnels.
Drone workshop to help growers scheduled
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