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Van Der Hoeven Brings New Dimension To Controlled Environment Agriculture By Opening Office In The United States
The world is increasingly realizing that we need to preserve our planet and that it requires a more sustainable approach on agriculture. Additionally, people across the globe deserve access to healthy food. The demand for locally grown and healthy food continues to grow in the U.S. as well. Moreover, the U.S. continues to be a strategic hub for global decision-making in Controlled Environment ...
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Insect farming seems to be such a good business opportunity, that even the notorious “Iron Man” Robert Downey Jr cannot pass it up
Insect farming seems to be such a good business opportunity, that even the notorious “Iron Man” cannot pass it up. Robert Downey Jr. is the latest investor of one of the biggest insect farms being built in Northern France: the nutritional and environmental benefits of bugs are well-established, which has prompted many companies to find the most effective solution for insect protein ...
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AlfaTech (SG) Becomes Integration and Service Partner of Urban Crop Solutions for South East Asia
AlfaTech will become the integration and service partner for the products of Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) in the South East Asian region. After an already first successful joint project for the National University of Singapore, both technology companies will now work together for indoor vertical farming projects. Urban Crop Solutions has since 2014, been active in the engineering, procurement, ...
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Carbon Robotics Disrupts Farming Industry with Autonomous Weeders
Carbon Robotics, an autonomous robotics company, today unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots. The Autonomous Weeder leverages robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds. Unlike other weeding technologies, the robots utilize high-power lasers to eradicate weeds ...
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inSoma Launches Seed Round After YC S2020
After completing the Summer 2020 Y-combinator batch (and being named a crunchbase favorite), we are excited to announce the launch of our Seed Round. Please reach out at info@insomabio.com! ...
By InSoma Bio
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Urban Crop Solutions Ranked #4 in Fact Company’s List of Most Innovative Companies
Urban Crop Solutions has been named the fourth Most Innovative company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by Fast Company. The only indoor farming company to be named in this category, it stood out for the launch of PharmSpeeTM – a platform enabling the use of plants, instead of animal cells or synthetic materials, for the production of ingredients for the biopharmaceutical, life ...
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Groundbreaking Step Makes Van Der Hoeven The Largest Turnkey Greenhouse Supplier On The Chinese Market
Joining forces after years of successful collaboration with partner Yonghong. Van der Hoeven Horticultural Projects launches the first joint venture ever set up in China by a company of its kind. Together with its partner Kunshan Yonghong Greenhouse Co., Ltd., Van der Hoeven takes an important step in the chain. This groundbreaking collaboration makes them the largest and most complete turnkey ...
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Celebrating Research Centre’s Third Anniversary with Notable Accomplishments & Milestones
Urban Crop Solutions (UCS) launched its research centre in 2020. The fully equipped state-of-the-art research centre, housed at its HQ in Belgium, boasts multiple controlled environment growth chambers for crop cultivar screening, nutrient formulations, plant cultivation techniques, LED light spectrum research, hydroponic irrigation, and cultivation development. The research centre is operated by ...
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Cultivating change: Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers explore climate-resilient solutions
On the north-central plains of Sri Lanka, in the small rural village in Galenbindunuwewa, a community of maize farmers are reshaping their farming practices to respond to the growing challenges posed by climate change. They recently welcomed researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and a delegation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food ...
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Van Der Hoeven Horticultural Projects Realises Doubling For Costa
Costa is located in New South Wales in Australia, near the village of Guyra. This client grows tomatoes for the Australian market. The construction of the current project started in 2019. However, work temporarily halted, caused by the bushfires that raged in Australia at the end of 2019, but the project eventually resumed in September 2020. Daan Kristel (Project Coordinator) explains the details ...
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Urban Crop Solutions Launches E-Shop for Spare Parts and Consumables
In a further extension of their service offering, Urban Crop Solutions has launched an e-shop to better support their existing, and new customers in the day-to-day as well as long-term operation of their indoor farming businesses. Everything that an operator needs – from seeds and substrates to sensors and container parts – can be ordered via the e-shop. The e-shop is a separate and ...
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RDO-Vermeer Moves into State-of-the-Art Facilities
RDO-Vermeer has made investments to enhance both its Lakeside and Salinas, Calif., locations. The new facilities offer expanded shop and fabricating space and easier access. In 2011, the former Poway location merged into Lakeside, which joined the RDO Equipment Co. organization in 2009. The Lakeside facility offers more than 80,000 square feet (7432 m2) of shop space (under roof) and 19 service ...
By Vermeer
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Joraform looking to expand Global Network
Joraform is always looking to expand its global network so we are seeking new distributors around the world. We are particularly interested in hearing from potential partners based in Argentina and Saudi Arabia. We would love to hear from you. Interested parties can please contact ...
By Joraform AB
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Aerox is going to participate in FVG select 2017
Aerox will be present at FVG select 2017 conference in Cologne. June 13th and 14th. Looking forward to meet you there. Contact us for an appointment at the conference or via www.aeroxinjector.com. For more information about FVG select 2017, click ...
By Aerox B.V.
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FDP visits Tribodyn
On 14 August 2019, Tribodyn AG welcomed members of the FDP. The party had set itself the goal of getting to know some innovative companies from the Northeim district. So Tribodyn AG could not be missing. On Wednesday morning, Konstantin Kuhle (member of the German Bundestag), Christian Grascha (member of the Landtag Lower Saxony) and his deputy Eckard Ilsemann talked with CEO Bernd Riedel, the ...
By Tribodyn AG
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Expansion Christiaens Group
Because of the continued growth of the Christiaens Group we needed to expand our office ...
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Eby Plants Awarded Ford Drop-Ship Codes
Eby Truck Bodies is pleased to announce that Ford Motor Company has awarded drop-ship codes to four Eby facilities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, and South Dakota. This allows Ford chassis dealers to ship chassis directly to Eby locations for installation of Eby aluminum bodies, which reduces the total cost to ship completed vehicles to fleets, Ford dealers, and end-users all over the country. ...
By M.H. Eby Inc
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Father’s Day – An Open Letter to My Farmer Dad
Dad, Like you, I’m a man of few words. But this Father’s Day weekend, I want to share my heartfelt thanks for the dad you are and all that you’ve instilled in me. As farmers, we work the land we love and love the land we work. From the time I was young, I saw your grit, your perseverance, your resilience, your work ethic and your dedication. Even more important, I saw your ...
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One Planet Leaders - LAST CHANCE FOR SIGN-UP!
One Planet Leaders - The applied sustainability programme for business leaders and ...
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Capello, a socially committed business
In November 2014, we took part in the fund-raising campaign organized by the cooperativa Momo cooperative, together with the Associazione Fiori sulla Luna association and Fondazione i bambini delle fate foundation that has been funding social projects to benefit the disabled since 2005. We are actively involved in the “Famiglie al centro” project, making a monthly donation that goes ...
By Capello Srl
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