The greenhouse vegetable operation is partnering with the University of Windsor to examine the opportunities of electric trucks in the greenhouse industry.
From the use of cloud-based software to improved rack-tracking systems, greenhouse growers have several tools to help them deliver a high-quality product to the market.
Navigating the rules regarding trucking exemptions and hours of service can be challenging. However, groups like AmericanHort can help you make sense of them.
For all the steps that greenhouse growers are taking to navigate evolving trucking and shipping regulations, there’s one potential solution that may be on the horizon: driverless trucks.
Greenhouse growers are not alone in searching for solutions to the trucking and shipping challenges facing them. Here’s how two companies are helping growers deal with increasingly stringent regulations.
You may be growing some of the highest-quality plants the industry has to offer, but if you can’t get them to your customers on time and with the same quality, it won’t matter.
Floral leaders attending the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Connections: Floral event in Miami analyzed how investments are new technology is needed to improve shipping and delivery of floral products.
Despite being enacted at the end of last year, repercussions from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate are still being felt by a multitude of industries, including horticulture.
Record cold, wet weather in early spring caused headaches for growers across the country, but winter-weary consumers were eager to buy, and May and June sales made the season a success.
Nature Hills Nursery has developed Plant Sentry, a comprehensive plant compliance system that is designed to ensure that e-commerce vendors grow and ship only plants that are fully compliant with phytosanitary regulations.
AmericanHort is hosting a free webinar on Thursday, March 15, concerning the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate for trucking and its impact on the horticulture industry.
