John Landschoot: ‘We are strongly focused on reducing energy consumption’
As both mechanical engineer and the son of a ‘cash crop’ farmer, Johnny Landschoot had a solid foundation for becoming owner and operator of
Viktor Topchii: ‘We’re not just a farm, we’re a pharmaceutical facility’
As a producer of medicinal crops, GroVida has to comply with exceptionally strict regulations in terms of both security and hygiene. Viktor Topchii explains
‘Plenty of potential in Brazil for high-tech tomato growing’
In 2019 Dutchman Arjan Kouwenhoven opened a brand new tomato farm in Brazil, one of the few high-tech greenhouse operations in the South American
Gabriel Forero: ‘Overcoming challenges with technology, data and people’
As head grower in charge of the year-round production of both tomatoes and strawberries, Gabriel Forero has his fair share of challenges. “These are
Passionate about quality, sustainability and changing people’s lives
The ‘Qukes’ baby cucumbers grown at Family Fresh Farms in Australia are sold into supermarkets nationwide. The key to the company’s sustained growth lies
Cuttings production company in Uganda aiming for further growth
Xclusive Uganda – a company with Dutch roots − specialises in producing cuttings of chrysanthemum, kalanchoe and garden and pot plants. It supplies various
Neil Alcock: ‘Our focus makes it hard to decide which varieties to keep’
The small, close-knit team at Seiont Nurseries in Northwest Wales produces plugs and liners of shrubs, perennials and ferns for sale throughout the UK.
High hopes of improving quality and yield while reducing costs
Father and daughter team Lucian and Laura Ene run the biggest and most high-tech gerbera cultivation facility in Romania. The last expansion, in 2019,
‘Everything is focused on delivering the right quality for our customers’
Everything Agrokultura Group does is focused on improving the quality of its fresh produce. It combines its agronomic expertise with advanced greenhouse technology and
‘High-tech greenhouses the direction for Chinese horticulture’
As part of a joint venture with Haofeng Food Group, in 2018 the Chinese state-owned building materials company China National Building Material (CNBM) set
‘This greenhouse has everything a grower could dream of’
Little Leaf Farms is a semi-closed high-tech greenhouse facility in Devens, Massachusetts, USA. Horticultural entrepreneur Paul Sellew was keen to offer consumers in New
Austrian grower: ‘Flavour is our most important asset and we treasure that’
Quality, quality and more quality. That is key at Frutura Thermal-Gemüsewelt, an Austrian company that produces its vegetables exclusively for the Spar supermarkets. Although
The cousins Jos and Bram Moerman: ‘We keep the nursery in the family’
Many greenhouse operations are family businesses, and it can often be difficult to persuade the next generation to take the company on. At Sunnyside
‘Hybrid lighting guarantees high-quality tomatoes all year round’
A more generative plant, 10 to 12 % more production, and Brix measurements at summer levels all year round are the key results of
“We fine-tune the amount of water to the plant’s energy supply”
In Next Generation Growing, everything revolves around the needs of the plant. In the past, much of the way growers controlled the climate was
‘We aim to grow the best basil in Europe’
Christ en Jacqueline Monden of De Kruidenaer in Etten-Leur had hybrid lighting installed in their new high-tech greenhouse, in which they grow basil, just
“Combination of breeding and production is key to success”
Despite having gained a growing reputation in the world of plant breeding over the years, cultivation of pot and bedding plants is still German
“We’re aiming for 5% higher yields with more and bigger fruits”
The roofs of many new greenhouses now contain glass with an anti-reflection (AR) coating, which improves light incidence. For a long time there was
Dutch growers grow pink tomatoes in Azerbaijan for Russian market
John and Jolanda van der Lee have swapped the Netherlands for Azerbaijan to run an 11 hectare tomato nursery there. Before they left, they
“Knowledge of soil organisms is key in ideal potting mixture”
Bark, the main ingredient of orchid substrates, is steamed at high temperatures. This kills off all the impurities and pathogens. But unfortunately it also
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