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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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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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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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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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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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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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Data integration, key to the future of smart irrigation
The agricultural sector requires profound transformation to meet the challenges posed by water scarcity, rising prices and the need to be more competitive. Data integration, which spearheads digital transformation, enables irrigation associations to deploy new technological solutions that harness data to usher in greater sustainability, say Idrica’s experts. Integrated water cycle ...
By Idrica
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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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Who is your candidate for Stockholm Water Proze 2015?
Only three days left to nominate for the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize. Who do you think should win the world's most prestigious water prize on its Silver Jubilee year? Nominate your candidate online by September 25. Stockholm Water Prize consists of a USD 150,000 award and provides the Laureates and their work with global acknowledgement. Learn more about Stockholm Water Prize. The 2014 ...
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Illumitex has released a white paper titled, “A Short Payback Period for Illumitex LED’s vs. 1,000 W HPS.”
The white paper, written by Rebecca Knight, PhD, includes steps for calculating the return on investment across different parameters including the total cost of ownership of two Illumitex LED systems compared to a 1,000 W HPS system. Payback periods of 1.5 years for the Power Harvest and 1.9 for the Neosol DS were determined. These results were based on a photoperiod of 10 hours per day and ...
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Why nectarines are the next big thing
Nectarines, the fuzzless peach, used to occupy a narrow slice of tender fruit offerings in Ontario. The fruit is starting to take away acreage from peaches, now accounting for 14 per cent of tender fruit volumes. And Vineland Research and Innovation Centre using a sensory evaluation panel can provide feedback on whether new varieties are hitting the mark. Read more ...
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Veolia shines after sixth straight quarter of growth
Veolia shares outperformed a flat CAC40 index today on the back of an encouraging set of first-quarter results that saw revenues grow by 7% at constant exchange rates to €6.4 billion, while EBITDA rose by 5.3% to €876 million. Topline growth was particularly impressive in Latin America (up 22.5% due to contract wins and price increases), Asia (up 21.1% on the back of momentum in the ...
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Baling Small Squares in Billimari NSW
Baling Small Squares in Billimari NSW with the Jadan Small Bale Accumulator collecting them into neat packs of 15 Bales. Baling Small Squares in Billimari NSW with the Jadan Small Bale Accumulator collecting them into neat packs of 15 Bales. ...
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Figaro Project Timeline now online
Discover the past and future of the Figaro Irrigation Platform with this interactive timeline. ...
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Waterlogic sponsors Olympian
Waterlogic has proudly sponsored French Olympic equestrian competitor Didier Dhennin, rider of bay mare 'Ismène du Temple,' in his quest at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Dhennin competed in both Individual and Team Eventing equestrian events including Dressage, Cross Country, and Jumping elements from the 9-12th of August. He placed a remarkable 6th in the Eventing Individual Jumping Final.More ...
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Noreco Capital Markets Day 2010: Prepared for continued growth
Stavanger, 28 January 2010: Noreco (OSE: NOR) enters 2010 with a solid basis for continued growth in production and reserves. The company has an exciting portfolio of exploration opportunities which will be tested over the coming years, and is involved in several development projects that will substantially increase oil and gas production. An improved capital structure and a growing portfolio of ...
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Fix the real problem: end America’s energy vulnerability
Three writers from the centre for American Progress, one of the most influential policy think tanks in the US, have written a compelling argument for America to wean itself from its addiction to ...
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