InterGrow well positioned for rising demand in US for greenhouse tomatoes
Nearly 20 years ago two Dutch and two Belgian growers joined forces and bought an existing greenhouse in the USA. It was a chance
‘Open crop can bring forward production and save energy’
How much leaf does a tomato plant need to produce a good yield? That’s the main question behind a research project, The New Crop.
‘Good plant balance ensures lower plant burden and faster ripening’
Gardener’s Pride, the tomato nursery belonging to Cock and Marja van Overbeek, is starting to master the principles of Next Generation Growing. The new
No artificial lighting but two energy screens and no dehumidification
Gertjan van der Spek is the first tomato grower without artificial lighting in the Netherlands to have two transparent energy screens and no dehumidification.
Deleafing Robot by Priva wins GreenTech Innovation Award 2016
Priva won the GreenTech Innovation Award 2016 yesterday at the international trade show in Amsterdam. The company was the winner in the category Equipment
Growing vegetables in an urban environment
Apart from Vertical Farming, there are numerous hybrid cultivation initiatives taking place in and on buildings, also known as Urban Farming and Rooftop Farming.
Wireless sensor gives representative image of water content in slab
Dutch tomato grower Kees Stijger, of Honselersdijk, believes that measuring the water content in a single substrate slab is not enough. Instead, he feels
Revolutionary greenhouse technology delivers higher yield and better quality
Japanese producer Kagome has recently completed its first season with a new tomato greenhouse complex designed and built by the Japanese company Daisen in
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘With good bacteria and fungi you can win the war in the slab’
Plants are just like people. The fitter they are, the more resistant they are to diseases. But how do you create such a fit
‘A good growing climate produces healthier plants.’
Royal Pride is one of the few companies in Holland that is allowed to display the Milieukeurmerk (Dutch quality mark), so the bar on
‘The interests of the whole should be given priority over the interests of the i...
Tomato grower Frank van Kleef of Royal Pride believes a lot can still be done regarding cooperation between the horticultural and industrial sectors in
‘The focus points of our brainstorming sessions are sustainability, sustainabili...
Duijvestijn Tomaten in Pijnacker was elected ‘world’s best tomato grower’ in the Crop & Process Technology category in 2015. Ted Duijvestijn explains the innovative
‘De-leafing curbs energy loss’
Evaporation - and therefore energy loss - can be limited by removing excess foliage. This principle is, however, applied to only a few crop
LEDs for energy savings of 50%
LED lighting allows energy consumption to be reduced in the cultivation of tomatoes with assimilation lighting. Even better: energy consumption can be cut in
