Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com "We planted most of our greenhouses with new seedlings in mid-January and were able to harvest the first cherry and cocktail tomatoes in week 13/14, followed by vine tomatoes in week 15/16," reports Thomas Rottner, grower and managing director of the family-run business
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com "We're trying to democratize automation for greenhouses, not only for the people who have the high-end budgets, but also for the small to medium producers," Ying Hau, the company's COO, said. © Tinneke Hattingh | VerticalFarmDaily.com Ka Suen Jason Chan and Ying
Crop Science
Source: VFD.com in collaboration with the University of Warwick and Farm Urban Ltd., the project will trial a novel, two-stage approach combining early disease detection with sustainable biological control methods. The Greenhouse Innovation Consortium (GIC) is acting as a facilitating partner, supporting knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring the
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com European approval The duckweed species Lemna gibba and Wolffia arrhiza received official EU approval as vegetables for human consumption in January 2025. Wageningen Research brings more than ten years of duckweed research to the project, covering cultivation conditions, crop physiology, microbiological safety, and product quality. Within the
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com At GreenTech Amsterdam, Morgan Meadows Davis, Product Manager at Cree LED, outlined the company's latest development in horticultural lighting: the next generation of its XLamp® XPL S Line Photo Red LED. While a three percent increase may appear modest, efficiency gains are becoming increasingly valuable
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com CO2 enrichment, lighting management, and the trade-offs of dynamic climate control "There is never an absolute magic bullet where you just press a button, and everything goes perfectly" Carbon dioxide enrichment and lighting are the final two variables in greenhouse climate control, and both have
Controls & Automation
Source: VFD.com "What I see is that some technologies which before belonged only to certain industrial businesses have now become affordable for growers," Davide explains. "If you wanted to purchase a computer in the 1980s, it cost like a house. Rising wages in regions traditionally associated
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com This is the case for a major seed company in South America, which has incorporated 8,000 linear meters of Hydroponic Systems' ECO system, equipped with a spacer and drainage collection channel. © Hydroponic Systems A practical entry into hydroponic cultivation The ECO system allows for substrate
Regulation & Compliance
Source: HD.com Purdue College of Agriculture engineer Caitlin Proctor, who recently received a major grant from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), is studying potential solutions to these problems. "We think of hydroponics as super-controlled," Proctor, an assistant professor in agricultural and biological
Controls & Automation
Source: HD.com Turkey: Alanya tropical fruit growers turn to smart automation against climate change Thanks! According to Alanya Tropical Fruit Producers Union President Ali Huddoglu, growers are now modernizing their greenhouses with automated systems that manage ventilation, irrigation, humidity, and soil-based water use. Huddoglu said the union has been
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Many e-commerce store owners in the indoor growers' niche face unexpected account freezes from traditional one-size-fits-all payment processors. Shopify businesses can now securely accept credit card payments for hydroponics equipment, processing machinery, and growing supplies with less fear of disruption. "They are just trying to
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com You don't have to log in, log out, or deal with session issues." © Wesley Francis | VerticalFarmDaily.com Dennis de Korte, Business Development Manager, and Martijn van Mechelen, Group Product Manager, at the Priva One stand at GreenTech Amsterdam 2026 Role-based dashboards across multiple sites