Solar energy project at Sundrop Farms among Clean Energy Award finalists

Solar energy project at Sundrop Farms among Clean Energy Award finalists

The large solar project that provides Sundrop Farms Australia with energy and fresh water is nominated for the Clean Energy Council’s 2018 Innovation Award.
Tomato grower Geert Koot from Dutch tomato nursery Gebroeders Koot

New LED lamp rates highly in hybrid lighting trial

A trial with hybrid lighting (SON-T + LED) at Dutch tomato nursery Gebroeders Koot has yielded good results. The LED lamp used in the
The Plantalyzer

Tool for accurately estimating vine tomato crops

The Plantalyzer is a unique tool for accurately estimating vine tomato crops. It counts the number of vine tomatoes on the plant in the
Tomatoes fresh

Special packaging material keeps tomatoes fresh for 30 days

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Hyderabad have succeeded in keeping tomatoes fresh for 30 days using special food packaging material.
In 2004 two families, who each ran a small-scale business in Vienna, decided to set up a new, more professional horticultural business together.

“Quality is our guideline and we are continuously striving for better”

More than ten years ago the Austrian horticultural families Kainz and Mayer decided to join forces and set up a new business. Their aim
vegetable production company Agrícola Zarattini grows peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, asparagus and strawberries, predominantly for export markets.

‘We are committed to high standards of quality, food safety and sustainability’

Founded in 1971, Mexican vegetable grower Agrícola Zarattini is a family business that produces peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, asparagus and strawberries. Having started out with
Golden Fresh Farms, based in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA, has recently completed phase one of what will become an 32 hectare high-tech greenhouse facility for tomatoes.

Pioneering climate control solution in tomato greenhouse

Golden Fresh Farms, based in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA, is a high-tech tomato producer selling to leading grocery retailers in North America. In Greenhouses spoke
Penicillium chrysogenum is a beneficial fungus whose Latin name means “painter’s brush”,

Penicillium

Penicillium chrysogenum is a beneficial fungus whose Latin name means “painter’s brush”, after the shape of the branched hyphae bearing rows of black/grey spores.
Next step is to develop dynamic light recipes with the light colour adjusted to meet the needs of the plant at different times of the day or growth phase

First trial with dynamic light recipe in tomatoes ups production by 8%

There’s a lot of work going on into LED lighting at the moment. We already know from past research that light colour impacts on
The Plantalyzer automatically measures the tomatoes in the greenhouse

Plantalyzer works as automatic counting system for tomatoes in greenhouses

HortiKey is contracting Wageningen University and Research Centre and Berg Hortimotive for the realisation of the Plantalyzer. The Plantalyzer automatically measures the tomatoes in