Hans Kristian Westrum, Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Soil Steam and his company, is spearheading a promising shift in how growers treat and reuse substrates. For years, Soil Steam has specialized in high-temperature treatments that eliminate pathogens from soil. However, in recent months, Hans and…
Amoéba has gained final approval of its biocontrol active substance by the European Commission as a low-risk substance. This approval is the result of a five-year European validation process, the final administrative stages of which took place in the first half of 2025. In January 2025, EFSA published on…
Experiments lead to a greater understanding, deeper insights, and sometimes they even bear fruit. That was certainly the case last summer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), where researchers nurtured a dozen tomato plants. Tucked into a corner on the second…
Small fruit crops in west central Michigan continue developing under variable weather conditions. Early in the season, the region experienced hot spring days followed by sudden drops in nighttime temperatures, leading to sporadic spring frost damage in blueberries and other fruit crops. Over the past…
GreenTech Amsterdam 2025 once again proved itself as a platform for the global horticulture community. The event welcomed over 11,800 visitors and saw a notable shift in audience composition, with increased attendance from growers, breeders, investment companies, and retail professionals. All six…
Sollum Technologies has announced an upcoming live webinar hosted by Greenhouse Grower, featuring Abhay Thosar, Chief Horticulture Specialist, and Matthew Bonavita, Vice President of Sales for the US market. The event will explore how Sollum’s 100% dynamic LED lighting solution helps greenhouse growers…
Voting is now open for the HortNZ board directors’ election. Nine candidates are standing to fill three vacancies on the HortNZ board: Simon Cook, Shane Flynn, Tom Keefe, Dermott Malley, Lochie McNally, John Murphy, Carol Palmer, Erin Simpson and Shaun Vickers. HortNZ is encouraging all eligible growers…
“We’re excited to share that things are progressing well at Nourse Farms,” says John Place, CEO of the berry plant nursery. Photo right: John Place, Nourse Farms CEO The company’s operations are now in full swing across three key locations, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Washington, each playing a…
The Organizing Committee of Fruit Attraction, which will be held from September 30 to October 2, met yesterday in Madrid and confirmed the good progress that the Fair’s 17th edition is having and that they expect growth in all parameters. Three months before its start, 2,179 companies from 61 countries…
The Eldoret airport runway expansion project is underway, aiming to accommodate larger cargo aircraft, thereby impacting the agricultural export capacity for farmers and agri-businesses in Kenya’s North Rift region. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) Board Chairman, Caleb Kositany, along with Regional…
FreshFleet, a supply chain platform focused on the fresh produce sector, has launched FreshTradeDesk, a new marketplace designed to connect buyers and sellers in real time. The platform aims to improve speed, communication, and efficiency across the fresh produce trading process by allowing users to…
You might remember from your school days the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, who went in search of the Golden Fleece. But did you know that the ancient Greeks placed that legendary quest in what is now modern-day Georgia—a country on the Black Sea, separated from Russia by the Caucasus Mountains and sharing borders to the…