Controlled Environment Agriculture

PMA to Present Panel Discussion at Indoor Ag-Con

Indoor Ag-Con has announced a new marketing partnership with the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) for its upcoming conference (May 18-20, 2020) in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Wynn. As part of the new alliance, PMA will... more »

Indoor Ag-Con, PMA Team Up

Indoor Ag-Con has announced a marketing partnership with the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) for the 8th annual conference taking place May 18-20, 2020 at the Wynn Las Vegas. The three-day conference program will offer insight from... more »

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 »