Join Jeff Epping for an inspiring and practical exploration of gravel gardening, an approach that blends natural beauty, ecological resilience, and dramatically reduced maintenance. Drawing from his extensive hands-on experience,…

If you love the flavor of kiwifruits but live in a temperate climate, did you know that you can grow hardy kiwiberries instead? These vines can thrive as far north as Zone 3 and still return year after year to produce extra sweet fruits by the bucketful. Learn how to grow and care for hardy kiwi...

While we love the typical redbuds that we’re all familiar with in our garden, only one plant stands out in the genus, as a true shade tree. While most redbuds that gardeners know, mature at 10-20′ tall, Cercis glabra towers above them all at a whopping 50-60′. This long-lived redbud is sadly...

Catching the eye of consumers scanning store shelves can be a challenge in the greenhouse-grown or controlled environment agriculture (CEA) leafy greens category. “There are so many new local greenhouse or vertical farm operations that are really designed specifically for lettuce production,”...

Several firms now use microbes to produce high value human milk oligosaccharides for infant formula. But could plants be a better production vehicle? AgFunderNews (AFN) caught up with Totality Biosciences cofounder and CEO Leila Strickland, PhD (LS), and VP R&D Collin Barnum, PhD (CB) at Future...

Beetles and orchids are two of the most diverse groups of living organisms on Earth. So, we might expect them to share a long and dramatic evolutionary history. However, that does not seem to be the case.For decades, orchids were treated as the aristocrats of the pollination world. Their flowers...

As biochar draws growing attention from controlled environment growers seeking alternatives to peat and stone wool, the American Biochar Institute (ABI) is positioning itself as the standards and guidance body that commercial operators will need to navigate sourcing decisions. The organization, which…

When Professor Francesco Orsini and his team at the ResCUE-AB research centre within the University of Bologna's Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences agreed to test Kaatop, a Brazilian plantable tile, against conventional hydroponic benchmarks, the results surprised even the product's…

In a climate of traditional market volatility, Brio Hydroponics—a developer of high-yield, soil-less farming ecosystems is reinforcing the position of its 100-acre Unnati Park as a premier destination for institutional and strategic capital. Strategically positioned as a high-yield alternative asset,…

The Dutch greenhouse sector is facing a new round of uncertainty. Political proposals are pushing up costs, while geopolitical tensions continue to drive energy prices higher. Against this backdrop, the annual LichtEvent in Bleiswijk raised a key question: does supplemental lighting in the Netherlands…

Edible Garden has engaged Steadfast City Economic & Community Partners to support the optimization and execution of its Midwest platform initiative in collaboration with Tetra Pak. The engagement is designed to support site planning, development strategy, and long-term scalability for a facility that is…

Most greenhouse lighting systems are losing yield to failures no one can see, and leaving energy savings uncaptured every day. Netvion adds an intelligence layer to the LED drivers already installed in your greenhouse — no new hardware, no rip-and-replace. A driver runs at 60% of rated output for eleven…

A pair of enthusiastic Hosmer Elementary School ambassadors showed two members of Congress around their school Wednesday, ending with a meal cooked up by the school cafeteria staff that featured produce grown in Watertown High School's hydroponic farm. Congressman Jim McGovern and Congresswoman...

Researchers at the University of Seville have demonstrated the effectiveness of active vertical garden systems in improving indoor air quality in buildings. To do so, they worked inside a closed glass chamber installed at the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering, where they found that…

A report on Colombia’s cut flower industry examines its growth over the past 60 years and its U.S. trade relationship. The post The Current State of the Colombian Cut Flower Market appeared first on Greenhouse Grower.

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MISUMI Group Inc. (now MISUMI) recently announced that it has entered into a business agreement with Oishii Farm Corporation. This agreement with Oishii exemplifies MISUMI’s commitment to the sustainable growth of the manufacturing sector and the broader monozukuri (a Japanese philosophy of...

The 2025/2026 fresh strawberry season in Egypt is drawing to a close, while the processed strawberry season is in full swing. This season has been particularly tough, marked by oversupply, issues with seedling quality, and falling prices. Khaled Albana, CEO of Legacy Farm for Strawberry Production and…

The global pepper market is currently influenced by weather-related disruptions, seasonal transitions, and shifting supply patterns across key regions. Limited availability in some origins continues to support prices, while the gradual increase in new-season volumes is expected to bring more balance to…

Conventional pesticides typically rely on synthetic active ingredients designed to interfere with insect physiology, targeting nervous or endocrine systems to induce mortality. While effective, these approaches inherently introduce compounds intended to disrupt biological processes. Lost Coast Plant…