Crop Science
Source: VFD.com Trade-offs between yield, physiological performance, and quality in hydroponically grown basil Thanks! The experiment was conducted in Switzerland characterized by a continental climate with Mediterranean influences, to compare successive harvests across two setups: an indoor, high-density hydroponic VF system (fully controlled microclimate) and a conventional
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com New project trains growers on teen-leaf lettuce climate control Thanks! Optimal operation of greenhouse climate control systems which control environmental parameters in the greenhouse is important to optimize both crop yield and quality. However, the greenhouse industry lacks a comprehensive training platform whereby new greenhouse growers
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Creating modular architecture for vertical farm modeling Vertical farming enables crop production in urban environments, independent of weather and seasonal conditions. This work develops a system architecture for simulating energy and resource flows in vertical farms through systematic functional decomposition grounded in system dynamics principles. Second, functional
Facility Design
Source: HD.com The operation produces more than 20 tonnes of tomatoes, 10 tonnes of bell peppers, 24,000 watermelons and 24,000 butternut squash monthly, according to the company. Its 16 one-hectare greenhouses are supported by automated irrigation and fertigation, boreholes, a packing house and cold-storage facilities.
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com "Aluminet® and ChromatiNet® manage the angle of the sun across the sky to eliminate moving the curtain during the day or night," he explains, while noting that the materials themselves are passive and do not replace retractable curtain systems where dynamic environmental control is required.
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com US (TN): Doubling down on vertical growing Greener Roots Farm stands as Nashville, Tennessee's first commercial hydroponic vertical farm. The company specializes in cultivating a variety of herbs and leafy greens indoors throughout the year, providing fresh, locally sourced produce to nearby restaurants and grocery
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com linking airflow to 35 percent higher basil yield "The plant has never been the center of attention when designing a growth system" Growers designing a controlled environment typically specify temperature, humidity, and light, then leave a climate company to engineer a room that hits those
Business & Operations
Source: VFD.com Looking at the trade-offs between hydroponic growing and conventional growing Controlled Environment Agriculture, specifically high-density vertical farming, offers unprecedented spatial yields but often suffers from a "yield-quality trade-off," in which accelerated biomass accumulation dilutes secondary metabolites. The experiment was conducted in
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Paco García, crop advisor on one of the major intensive farming projects in Faiyum, Egypt "New blueberry plantings in Egyptian greenhouses now number in the thousands of hectares" Blueberry is fast becoming one of the crops leading the expansion of intensive agriculture in Egypt, where
Energy & Sustainability
Source: HD.com UK: Webinar to be held on horticultural sector growth The UK government's forthcoming horticulture sector growth plan represents a major opportunity to transform what is grown, what is eaten and how a more resilient food system is built. With growers continuing to face soaring energy
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com Against this backdrop, controlled-environment agriculture, vertical farming, precision fertigation, and new fertilization technologies represent strategic research areas for developing more sustainable agri-food systems. With this international perspective in mind, the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), Mexico, will host the 1st International Symposium on
Business & Operations
Source: HD.com New Zealand: Growing the good bugs, feeding the bad Most growers try to get rid of pests, but at a former tomato greenhouse near Karaka, Chris Thompson and his team need them to thrive. He picks up a leaf of a tobacco plant grown for its "