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It's our plan to put the greenhouse floriculture industry into a position of long-term, profitable growth, and it's made up of five key priorities. Group... Read more
At Willoway Nurseries, robots will take over the task of spacing pots, which means workers won't have to do it by hand.
From hard-to-use guest worker programs to a shortage of foreign-born employees, maintaining a stable workforce means overcoming a variety of labor-related... Read more
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December 15, 2008
As part of Greenhouse Grower's 25th anniversary, we've been profiling people we expect to shape the industry for the better over the next 25 years.
December 3, 2008
Who will be our 25th Grower of the Year? You can help decide. Submit a nomination for our 2009 Grower of the Year by Feb. 28.
December 2, 2008
A recent behavioral research study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School found people have less worry and anxiety when fresh-cut flowers are present in the home.
December 2, 2008
In the future, anything can happen. People from from prominent industry companies look at the next 25 years and discuss where their companies are headed.
December 2, 2008
The Horticultural Research Institute, the research division of the American Nursery & Landscape Association, recently granted 2008 scholarship awards to a handful of exceptional students interested in pursuing careers in our industry.
November 24, 2008
The Syngenta Grower of Tomorrow internship program is now in its second year and open to students pursuing degrees in agronomy or horticulture from 28 select universities in the United States. The first-place recipient will receive a $2,500 scholarship
November 11, 2008
Celebrating the next 25 years in commercial greenhouse production with future forecasts.
November 4, 2008
Students are growing food for fellow students at Michigan State University's student organic farm, where a 4,320-square-foot unheated hoop house is providing organic salad greens, carrots and radishes for the university's Yakeley Hall cafete
November 4, 2008
The National Honor Society for Horticulture at Virginia Tech University recently launched a service project called Guerilla Gardening, an initiative focused on nonviolent direct action toward cultivating land.
October 29, 2008
Kerry's Nursery of Homestead, Fla., ranked 16th on our Top 100 Growers List this year, recently earned certification through VeriFlora. The decision to pursue certification made sense for the operation, President Kerry Herndon says, because "
October 29, 2008
Michelle Jones, an Ohio State horticulturist, has been appointed to the university's D.C. Kiplinger Endowed Chair in floriculture in order to advance research and education and perpetuate the profitability and sustainability of the floriculture industry.
October 21, 2008
Blogs are sprouting all over the Web these days. Colorado State University Extension Specialist Steve Newman recently joined in with his blog, "Greenhouse Advisor."
October 20, 2008
The Glass City has a heritage that sparkles, winner 100,001-1,000,000 category .
October 17, 2008
Our 25 Ones To Watch are setting the bar high for their futures.
October 15, 2008
The last planned offering of the Floriculture College of Knowledge certificate program will be held in coordination with the Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo from November 11-12 in Lansing, Mich. The pre-registration deadline for the program is Novembe