Agro-Invest is a turn-key greenhouse project in the Kaluga region and partners Dalsem and Hoogendoorn have captured this inspiring project on video.

Russian greenhouse project Agro-Invest captured on video

Agro-Invest is a turn-key greenhouse project in the Kaluga region, a special economic zone located 300 km from Moscow. The first 20 hectare of
GreenTech Innovation Award 2016 nominees announced

GreenTech Innovation Award 2016 nominees announced

A shortlist of nominees, all but two of them Dutch, has been announced for the GreenTech Innovation Award 2016. An international jury has selected
Chrysanthemum beer and striking presentation make pot mums hip

Chrysanthemum beer and striking presentation make pot mums hip

Breeders of pot chrysanthemums have for a long time aimed to optimise the task of the grower. By concentrating on ‘families’ of varieties the

‘Algae are the vegetables for the future.’

Although they only started growing fresh algae commercially less than a year ago, Hendrik Staarink and his partner Stefano Canziani are fully confident about
Debets Schalke completed a turnkey greenhouse project of five hectares in Abkhazia. It is unique that the greenhouse is heated using electricity.

Electrically heated greenhouse completed in Abkhazia

Debets Schalke completed a turnkey greenhouse project of five hectares in Abkhazia. Besides the fact that this is the first modern large-scale greenhouse construction
Schut Papier, based the Netherlands, brought a new type of paper made from raw materials such as tomato and sweet pepper plant fibres to the market.

New type of paper made from tomato and sweet pepper plant fibres

Schut Papier, based in Heelsum, the Netherlands, brought a new type of paper made from raw materials such as tomato and sweet pepper plant
F&A Next, the European platform for start-ups in the Food & Agri sector, is bringing the biggest group of international Food & Agri investors ever together.

F&A Next brings food & agri start-ups and investors together

F&A Next, the first European platform for start-ups in the Food & Agri sector, is bringing the biggest group of international Food & Agri
Key points for attention in the online sale of fruit and vegetables are quality and food safety. Another factor to take into consideration is packaging.

Food safety and quality critical success factors in online sales

Key points for attention in the online sale of fruit and vegetables are quality and food safety. Another factor to take into consideration is
Six parties have taken an important intermediary step towards the completion of the ‘Leiden Region Heat Supply’ project.

Zuid-Holland heat hub one step closer

Nuon, Heineken Netherlands, the municipalities of Rotterdam and Leiden, Warmtebedrijf Rotterdam (Rotterdam Heat Supply) and the province of Zuid-Holland have taken an important intermediary
The central theme of this very specal Jungle Talk is the relation between healthy plants, healthy food and healthy people.

Shaping the future: from agri- to nutri-culture

Prof. Dr. Ir. Tiny van Boekel, working in food quality and product design, Lars Charas, ‘gastronomic author’ and founder of Feeding Good and Peter
'Out of all the greenhouses in the world, 80 per cent have their origins in the Netherlands and that we are involved in a large number of these'.

Alumat Zeeman’s Green Boys Network

‘Of course we export. Out of all the greenhouses in the world, you can be assured that 80 per cent have their origins in
A fermentation plant on a greenhouse horticulture site will be fermenting biomass in a controlled manner as from 2017, in which biogas will be released.

Greenhouse horticulturists in Bergerden to buy sustainable CO2 from biogas plant

A fermentation plant on a greenhouse horticulture site in Bergerden will be fermenting biomass in a controlled manner as from 2017, in which biogas
Four plants selected as promising suppliers of natural cosmetics

Four plants selected as promising suppliers of natural cosmetics

The ‘Plants4Cosmetics’ study that Wageningen UR–Food & Biobased Research was engaged to conduct by the Centre of Expertise for Plant Compounds, Bio Base Westland
Van Uffelen Flowers

Van Uffelen Flowers shows new high-tech chrysanthemum nursery

Van Uffelen Flowers held an open-doors day to show off its newly delivered four-hectare chrysanthemum greenhouse at Herenwerf in Maasland on Saturday 16 April,
If the drilling is successful, the participating growers will get a connection to the geothermal energy coming from the Triassic layer.

Over thirty growers are interested in geothermal energy from a depth of 4 km

KP Holland is one of the thirty growers who have signed an agreement to participate in the geothermal project Trias Westland. If the drilling
Machiel Reinders is currently focusing on trends in the agrifood market, in which capacity he is also involved in the Fresh ONLINE Pack project.

‘Online environment offers numerous opportunities.’

Machiel Reinders is a senior researcher of Marketing & Consumer Behaviour at LEI Wageningen University Research Centre. He is currently focusing on trends in
During the Innovation Expo a consortium of horticultural businesses will show a prototype of a green wall that produces clean air.

Consortium is working on a green wall for active air purification

During the Innovation Expo, taking place on April 14th in Amsterdam, a consortium of horticultural businesses will show a prototype of a green wall
Koppert Biological Systems is introducing videos featuring the most prevalent pests and their natural enemies in the lead roles.

Koppert introduces videos featuring nature’s little helpers

Koppert Biological Systems is introducing videos featuring the most prevalent pests and their natural enemies in the lead roles. The close-up visual material shows
BOM Group is building 18 hectares of greenhouses for 4Evergreen

BOM Group is building 18 hectares of greenhouses for 4Evergreen

Dutch bell pepper producer 4Evergreen is considerably expanding its acreage in the Zeeland Smidsschorrepolder. The company of the brothers Grootscholte has asked the BOM
At the well-attended EnergiekEvent 2016 in Bleiswijk was the 10th anniversary of Kas als Energiebron also celebrated.

EnergiekEvent 2016 looks back and forward

'We should not depreciate the closed greenhouse', 'Greenhouse growers should rely less on feelings and more on knowledge' and 'In the greenhouse sector of