CambridgeHOK is reaping the rewards of investing in technical expertise and innovation as it has enjoyed a record year in 2024. Over the past 12 months, CambridgeHOK has further expanded its work, launching CambridgeHOK Refrigeration, a specialist company in its own right that designs and installs…
Taylor Farms is embarking on an strategic collaboration with Hessing, fruit and vegetable processor in Europe. This collaboration not only ensures financial stability for the implementation of the Hessing’s Green Future strategy but also brings invaluable resources from Taylor Farms’ extensive knowledge…
Students at Chester Elementary School were excited to eat their vegetables at school lunch before Thanksgiving, said Vanna Maffuccio, their school principal. “They were eager to dig in because the cafeteria was serving the hydroponic vegetables they grew and harvested during their first grow cycle of the…
Over the past decade, researchers have been working on sensors to detect a wide range of chemical compounds, and a critical bottleneck has been developing sensors that can be used within living biological systems. This is all set to change with new sensors by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and…
The East Allen Township Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to grant conditional use approval to BrightFarms for its 1.5 million-square-foot greenhouse complex. Supervisor Frank Kostecky was absent from the vote. The project must still go through the township’s land development process before…
Or rather, the question is, how does a plant cool when the stomata close? Gerrit Vermeer, a former cherry tomato grower and now a PUM advisor in tropical countries, corrected himself at the beginning of this cultivation contribution. Earlier, in response to challenges growers encountered with LED…
Tomato leaf diseases pose a significant threat to plant growth and productivity, necessitating the accurate identification and timely management of these issues. Existing models for tomato leaf disease recognition can primarily be categorized into Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Visual…
Local farmers in the Minot area aren’t letting the cold weather stop them from growing produce. Farmers are using innovative techniques to make local food accessible during North Dakota’s long winter. A greenhouse in Sawyer uses geothermal heating. It’s a system that farmer Quinn Renfandt said heats and…
The widespread application of LED plant factories has been hindered by the high energy consumption and low light use efficiency. Adjustment of the daily light integral (DLI) offers a promising approach to enhance the light use efficiency in hydroponic cultivation within LED plant factories. However, most…
Uzbekistan’s state gas supplier Hududgazta’minot has introduced temporary restrictions on gas supply to greenhouses due to a sharp drop in temperatures, causing increased demand and lower gas pressure in pipelines. On December 12, a letter from Hududgazta’minot’s Samarkand branch informed greenhouse…
Founded and led by brothers Patrik and Tommy Sigg, Sven Sigg AB is recognized as one of Finland’s largest greenhouse tomato growers, located in, Finland. They have a diverse portfolio that includes tomatoes, peppers, and bell peppers. Spanning 88,969 square meters of growing area, Sven Sigg AB also…
Local Bounti Corporation has announced that it has received a two-year award from a large multinational retailer to supply Local Bounti’s living butter lettuce product to 13 of the Retailer’s distribution centers from Local Bounti’s California and new Texas facilities. “This new award with a large…