These crops can be susceptible to several diseases that reduce plant quality and marketability.

One of the challenges with microgreens is providing plants with the light intensity they need for quality growth without compromising quality.

Pure Green Farms is now incorporating artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to automate operations and steer better crop performance at scale.

Abby Prior will spearhead a new Commercial team focused on retail and distribution growth, customer service, and consumer education.

The certification is a milestone in the company’s mission of driving the industry toward a more sustainable food system through industry-leading social and environmental practices.

In an upcoming webinar, Michigan State University’s Erik Runkle will focus on the effects of the photon flux density and spectrum at regulating lettuce when grown hydroponically in vertical layers.

Once the new megafarm in New England is completed, it will allow BrightFarms to produce 4 million pounds of lettuce for the region all year long.

Green Life Farms, a 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse in Lake Worth, FL, has acquired Finn Farms, a hydroponic grower located on Florida’s West Coast.

Taylor Farms has entered the greenhouse growing market with an investment in Indiana-based Pure Green Farms, which produces leafy greens year round.

With temperatures rising above the norm in the Western U.S., investors are looking to controlled environment agriculture.

Leafy greens experts from three growing operations weigh in on where the market is now and where it is heading post-pandemic.

The current market for leafy greens in North America is estimated to be worth about $15 billion, and this number is likely to increase as new trends come on the horizon.

As Minnesota-based leafy greens grower Revol Greens plans for future growth, it has also built a model for sustainable greenhouse leafy greens production.