‘There is still a whole world to conquer.’
The consumption of fruit and vegetables is declining. The purchase of fresh vegetables by consumers dropped by three per cent and the purchase of ...
Winner Arie van den Berg Innovation Award announced
Leo de Jong is the winner of the Arie van den Berg Innovation award. In the context of the 50th anniversary of Berg Hortimotive, ...
How Dutch Sprouts wants to conquer the world
Henri Hekman was major shareholder of the BLGG Group, the leading laboratory for soil analysis. In 2013 he sold the company to Eurofins. But ...
Wageningen UR starts search for sustainable growing media
The greenhouse horticulture industry makes large-scale use of growing media, as these ensure better-quality produce in greater quantities. The current range of substrates, such ...
Urban Farm UF002 De Schilde open to the public on 20 May
The biggest commercial urban farm in Europe will open its doors to the public on 20 May. UF002 De Schilde, the official name of ...
Kubo to supply turnkey Ultra Clima greenhouse in China
Fruit juice producer Haisheng, a Chinese company with more than 2,000 employees, recently ordered an Ultra Clima greenhouse from Kubo. This fully closed 12-hectare ...
More targeted innovation for higher fruit and vegetable consumption
According to the new Food Pyramid, we should all be eating more fruit and vegetables. However, most people aren’t even able to meet the ...
Pioneering with Next Generation Growing
Marius Mans of Mans Flowers is one of the first growers in the Dutch ornamental plant cultivation sector to firmly adhere to the guidelines ...
‘Taking part in this development is not voluntary, but mandatory.’
Entrepreneurs have to jump on the online bandwagon, says Harrij Schmeitz, the director of Fresh Informationmanagement Center (FIC). The objective of FIC is to ...
Belgian greenhouse horticulturists study Dutch geothermal wells
A delegation from a greenhouse horticulture community in the Belgian city of Kempen and representatives several government agencies visited a geothermal well and a ...
‘More than anything else, we simply want to remain the best.’
In the course of the past 50 years, the BOM Group has developed from an innovative greenhouse builder, heating systems installer and screening specialist ...
Wageningen UR for Greenhouse Horticulture’s Veggie Palace wins design award
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture and its partners won a design award for its Vegetable Palace in West Flanders: an ambitious building for research and ...
Houweling’s smart solutions to save energy and water
Houweling's Tomatoes in Camarillo, California has been showered with awards for its sustainable approach. Many of the techniques for saving water and energy are ...
Huisman Scherming opens webshop for screening products
Developer, supplier and installer of screening systems for the horticultural industry Huisman Scherming recently opened a webshop for screening products. The webshop offers a ...
‘The ornamental plant niche has grown very quickly.’
JEM-id is based in Honselersdijk and develops websites and software. Ninety-five per cent of its clients are active in the fresh produce and ornamental ...
Second geothermal drilling project in Californië a success
Drilling commenced at the end of 2015 for a second geothermal well in the Californië horticultural area located just to the northwest of Venlo ...
Online sale of fresh produce promising and challenging
The online market for fresh produce and ornamental plants is growing. However, while the ornamental plant sector is making giant steps forward in this ...
Thermoflor builds sustainable production hall for Kébol
On Saturday 19 March, Amaryllis specialist and flower bulb exporter Kébol in Rijsenhout will be opening the doors of its new building to interested ...
Farmer stores solar energy in a giant battery
Generating energy from more than a thousand solar panels, temporarily storing the electricity in a giant battery and selling it when prices are most ...
New technology purifies residual water from greenhouse horticulture
A technology never applied before is being tested in Friesland to purify residual water derived from crop protection agents. The technology is based on ...
UF De Schilde urban farm approaches completion
A lot of hard work is currently being done in The Hague on the topmost storey of a former Philips factory building, where a ...
Kubo to build 190 hectares of solar greenhouses in Oman
Greenhouse builder KUBO is building a 190-hectare solar greenhouse complex for PDO, Oman’s largest oil producer. Instead of crops, the greenhouses will be containing ...
Svensson launches new climate screen
With the introduction of the new Harmony climate screens, Svensson proclaims to have taken diffused light to the next level. Recently conducted field tests ...
Hoogendoorn introduces The Next Grower
The Next Grower is a new online tool developed by Hoogendoorn. This tool enables growers to configure and visualise the greenhouse irrigation, climate and ...
Priva introduces Alarms app
Priva introduced Priva Alarms, an app with an alarm function, at the Gorinchem Horticulture Business Days. The app displays an overview of any alarm ...
Holland America Line to grow ‘live’ cresses on its new cruise ship
Holland America Line is entering into collaboration with the acclaimed Dutch grower Koppert Cress. The horticulture specialist aims to start growing micro-vegetables aboard HAL’s ...
Sundrop Farms most inspirational tomato grower of 2016
Sundrop Farms from Australia was elected most inspirational tomato grower of 2016 during the Tomato Inspiration Event held in Berlin on 4 February. The ...
Vierpolders geothermal well taken into operation
The Collectief Aardwarmte Vierpolders geothermal heat well has been taken into operation. Although this is a few months later than planned, Paul Grootscholten has ...
Biobest develops new weapon in the war against aphids
Combating aphids with biological crop protection agents is everything but easy. This is why Biobest is involved in relentless research into new ways to ...
Priva introduces affordable UV disinfectant
The introduction of Priva’s Vialux M-Line has put water disinfection using UV light within the affordable reach of every horticulturist. UV disinfection will enable ...
