HortAmericas has donated $10,000 to the AppHarvest Foundation to support its AgTech education program that introduces high school students to controlled environment agriculture.

Hort Americas will partner with Irrigation Design & Construction to market GE Current LED grow lights for a range of controlled-environment markets.

These companies – each of which are title sponsors for Greenhouse Grower’s GROW Executive Summit this week in Charlotte, NC – are facing future challenges together with growers.

Building a greenhouse costs more today than it did two years ago, so growers need to be cautious about what they are spending.

President and General Manager Chis Higgins outlines how the company, a GROW Executive Summit title sponsor, is helping controlled-environment operations plan ahead for the coming year.

Hydroponics represents an opportunity to regulate nutrition in a very precise way, providing opportunities to improve crop quality and yield.

The greenhouse fresh-produce market, industry insiders say, is well-poised for continued growth as a key player in the overall supply chain.

AmericanHort’s Production Technology Conference in Dallas, TX, kicked off on Monday, Oct. 10, with a tour of three local production facilities.

Hort Americas General Manager Chris Higgins will be riding in this year’s Tour de Fresh four-day cycling event in California to raise money for the “Let’s Move Salad Bars To Schools” campaign.