EZ Grow Farms, the North American supplier of strawberry plant material, celebrated the grand opening of its new high-tech greenhouse last June. As mentioned in our previous article, the new 18.5-acre glass greenhouse in Langton, Ontario, Canada, is equipped with advanced systems designed to optimize strawberry propagation and complements the company’s existing 6.5-acre retractable roof […]
Established in 1999, Nature Fresh Farms is one of the largest vertically integrated leaders in greenhouse-grown produce in North America, producing both organic and conventional varieties of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and strawberries. For this article, we interviewed Octavio Rodriguez Director of Growing Operations of Nature Fresh Farms’ Ohio facility, and Jose Agustine Ramirez Zamudio, Head […]
If you drive around you will come across these road signs, introducing Ryvers, Bergseheyde, and Proefcentrum Hoogstraten. These are three companies that will grow strawberries on Growtec gutters in Belgium! Ryvers is now almost ready with the new build of 4 hectares and later on a retrofit of a 2.5 hectares greenhouse too. Bergseheyde is […]
EZ Grow Farms, Expectations VS. Experience, Part 1 Dusty Zamecnik, the General Manager of EZ Grow Farms joined us for an interview, to talk about the exciting changes taking place at his company at the moment. He is the first client to buy Growtec’s gutters, Robur’s spraying booms, and MJ-Tech’s high-pressure fogging system, in one […]
For Rob van Enckevort of De Peelkroon, converting former vegetable greenhouses into strawberry farms is nothing new. Previously, he and his family transformed a pepper greenhouse and a tomato greenhouse into strawberry farms. Now, a former cucumber greenhouse has been set up for strawberry cultivation. The young plants have been planted in the greenhouse in […]
Another successful Northern Hemisphere strawberry season is in the books. If you’re in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) or greenhouse industry in North America, some of the major production successes you’ve seen this last year—from both competitors and contemporaries—were likely accomplished with help from Growtec and their cutting-edge horticultural infrastructure technology, expertly coupled with offerings […]