greenhouse
Butler University’s CUE farm adds mobile greenhouse
Butler University’s Center for Urban Ecology Farm is the new home of the first fully automated, mobile greenhouse, an 8-foot-wide by 32-foot-long structure designed and built by Ball State University architecture students to enable the... more »
Ohio State launches new greenhouse program
The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (Ohio State ATI) recently approved a new greenhouse engineering technology specialization in their greenhouse and nursery management major. This program is unique in its engineering approach to traditional... more »
Skelly’s Farm Market adapts to retail agriculture
A traditional Midwestern farm that raised 350 acres of field crops and milked 50 cows a day has successfully converted to a small vegetable growing and farm market business over the past 26 years. Skelly’s... more »
Bella Verdi expands into new Texas greenhouse
Bella Verdi has opened a new 20,000-square-foot greenhouse facility located near Austin, Texas. The new facility will increase production of the company’s living and specialty lettuces as well as other leafy greens. Founded in 2003,... more »
Controlling whitefly in greenhouses
Recently, there have been reports from the University of Florida that there are now established populations of insecticide resistant sweet potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in Palm Beach County, Florida. There are two major biotypes (identical... more »
Controlled environments growing in popularity
University of Arizona plant scientist and professor emeritus Merle Jensen labeled controlled environment agriculture the “birth of an agricultural revolution.” A popular response to today’s consumer demand for fresh, healthy, locally grown vegetables, the concept... more »
Philips highlights LED grow lights in greenhouses
On March 8 and 9, a group of 50 tomato growers, owners and consultants from nine countries participated in the third Philips High Wire Event organized by Philips Horticulture LED lighting to learn from each other. Participants... more »
Ohio greenhouse becoming a lettuce leader in the Midwest
In 2011, friends Tim Ryan and John Bonner built a 300-square-foot greenhouse in Burton, Ohio, with the goal to become a local, clean, year-round provider of living lettuces and herbs. The result was Great Lakes Growers,... more »
Growers Supply to host CEA workshop
Growers Supply will be hosting its next CEA Hands-On Workshop April 27-29 at the company’s CEA Learning Center East in South Windsor, Connecticut. The April CEA Hands-on Workshop offers attendees a three-day schedule in which Growers... more »
Greenhouse system yields crops, electricity
A new type of commercial greenhouse panel improves light quality by amplifying colors that are beneficial to plants and generates electricity with no loss to production, according to the company that has partnered to develop... more »
