Controlled Environment Agriculture

BrightFarms Expands in Mid-Atlantic

BrightFarms, a supplier of locally grown salads for supermarkets, is expanding distribution in the Mid-Atlantic with retail partner, Ahold-Delhaize USA. The expansion will include over 330 Food Lion stores throughout Virginia that will be serviced... more »

GLASE to Present Lighting Webinar This Week

GLASE (Greenhouse Lighting & Systems Engineering) will present a free webinar this week on Horticultural Lighting Systems Energy-Savings Calculations. The webinar will take place Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. eastern time In controlled environment agriculture supplemental lighting... more »

Researchers Receive Grant to Study Indoor Production of Leafy Greens

A multi-university team of horticulturists, engineers and agricultural economists led by Michigan State University (MSU) has received a four-year, $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study indoor production of leafy... more »

Indoor Ag-Con Announces Keynotes

Indoor Ag-Con has announced a sneak preview of its keynote speaker for the May 2020 meeting. Attendees will hear from CEOs, thought leaders and industry experts from today’s cutting edge farms and other innovative companies... more »

Prepping for the New Year!

It’s hard to believe that we are down to the final two days of 2019. The older I get, the faster time seems to fly so I say this at the end of every year,... more »

Mastronardi Produce Adding 64-Acre Greenhouse in NY

Havecon Horticultural Projects is nearing completion on the construction of Green Empire Farms (GEF), a high-tech greenhouse in Oneida, NY. The new greenhouse brings Mastronardi Produce Ltd.’s internal greenhouse network to seven locations across the... more »

Gotham Greens Expands into New England

Rhode Island Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and community leaders today joined Gotham Greens to celebrate the grand opening and first harvest at the company's newest greenhouse. Gotham Greens converted the site of a former General Electric... more »

APHIS Creates Informational Page on Tomato Virus

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted an informational web page on Tomato brown rugose fruit virus. On November 15, 2019, APHIS issued a Federal Order imposing restrictions on imports of tomato and pepper... more »