US (MI): Cultivation and processing facilities may soon be coming to Charlotte

Charlotte's City Council has decided that they're not going to allow cannabis shops in the city anytime soon, but the community could see cannabis growing and processing facilities. On average, each dispensary brings in about $28,000 in tax revenues to a community according to Mayor Michael Armitage.…

US (OK): Cannabis top crop in OK, concerns on the rise

Over the last six to eight months, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) said Oklahoma has seen a huge influx of cannabis growers coming to the state, including both legal and criminal organizations. Mark Woodward is the OBN public information officer and said he credits that to cheaper land prices,…

CAN (ON): From produce-growing to cannabis-growing

Before the family behind one of Canada’s longest-running and most successful greenhouse vegetable growing operations got into cannabis, they had two concerns. The first was fears about how some of their U.S. competitors might react and if they would use the company’s cannabis position against them, says…

Introducing organic baby hemp greens

Field Fresh Farms, a grower/shipper of conventional and organic produce, will introduce its new baby hemp greens product at PMA Foodservice at booth 506 in Monterey, CA on July 21-22. Available as a baby leaf offering and as an ingredient in leafy green mixes to both foodservice and retail, this…

Dutch government adviced to rethink lower natural gass prices greenhouse horticulture

Some Dutch farmers can currently count on reduced natural gas tariffs. Whether this will continue remains to be seen. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) is…

"We are enabling additional tools for sustainable production"

Corteva Agriscience and Andermatt USA announced today a multi-year agreement for two technologies that will benefit U.S. farmers. Andermatt USA is the U.S. subsidiary of…

US (CA): Cannabis growers are building tricked-out firefighting rigs to save their crops

When wildfire threatens the heart of California’s cannabis-growing 'Emerald Triangle', local grower Robert Steffano fires up 'The Wookie'.  That’s not some new strain of cannabis. The Wookie is a 1990 BMY-Harsco Military M923A2 cargo truck that weighs more than 21,000 pounds. Steffano bought this beast in…

Cannabis culture in hydroponic

Despite the number of different cultivation methodologies, hydroponic or soilless cultivation in substrates is one of the most used in the cannabis industry. This is, of course, a consequence of the easiness of use, of transport, and low cost of such a setting. “It is crucial to be familiar with large-scale cultivation, but…

Fluence Bioengineering

"HVAC systems are always out of sight, but they shouldn't be out of mind"

In a move to professionalize the cannabis industry even more, Surna Cultivation Technologies is now offering Preventative Maintenance Programs. “I am a mechanical engineer with a background in the commercial HVAC space,” says Troy Rippe, VP Operations and Development at Surna. “In cannabis, it is…

90% recyclable design enables growers to simply upgrade and replace

Light Science Technologies (LST) has launched nurturGROW to the market, its new sustainable grow lighting product range, offering an innovative solution for indoor farming, covering greenhouses, vertical farming, polytunnels, and medicinal plants. Created with four core component parts, the…

Growcoon takes big step by obtaining OK Soil certification

After obtaining the OK Compost Certificate in 2017, Maan Biobased Products has taken a major, important step. The Growcoon has been awarded the OK Biodegradable Soil certification. The biodegradable grow and seed plug Growcoon can now officially demonstrate that it is biodegradable in the soil without…

Harborside

US (CA): Harborside to appoint new interim CEO

Peter Bilodeau has been asked to step down from his role as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Harborside, and Matt Hawkins, Chairman, will assume the position of Interim CEO while the Company completes its search for a successor. In addition, Ahmer Iqbal, former CEO of Sublime, has been appointed Chief…

BIOS

How do Eugenius and Health Pharms grow their flower power?

BIOS, a NASA spinoff in horticultural lighting, recently hosted a webinar with Trey Willison from Eugenius and Nice Robertson from Healthy Pharms. In this webinar they discussed how rebates can help the move from HPS to LED, lessons they’ve learned, and much more. You can watch this webinar on the BIOS…

US (CA): Breeder to launch seedbank

Herbies Seeds has launched its own seedbank.  "Herbies has been working closely with notable Spanish breeders to create an exclusive line of cannabis seeds, which is characterized by stable, fool-proof genetics optimized for growers of all skill levels," the Herbies team explains. "Included in this release…

US (MA): Greenjeans Farms presents preliminary plans for Whately cultivation facility

Greenjeans Farms held a preliminary discussion at Wednesday’s Selectboard meeting to introduce a proposed cannabis cultivation facility at 149 Christian Lane, which is currently the location of Long Plain Farm. The facility still has many hoops to jump through before it is approved, but Wednesday’s…

Heirloom Collective

US (MA): Bernardston cannabis growers propose expansion

The Planning Board will hold a public hearing Tuesday regarding a special permit application for an addition to The Heirloom Collective’s existing cannabis cultivation facility, as well as construction of a building to house office space and a retail cannabis dispensary. The Heirloom Collective, which…

US (NY): Temporary cannabis license floated

State Sen. Jeremy Cooney doesn’t want to let the state’s dilly-dallying deprive potential cannabis growers of a growing season next year. Cooney, a Rochester Democrat, has introduced S.7295 in the state Senate to require the state Office of Cannabis Management board to establish a provisional adult-use…

Deep learning technique to monitor canopy surface inside a greenhouse

The real challenge when separating leaf pixels from background pixels in thermal images is associated with various factors such as the amount of emitted and reflected thermal radiation from the targeted plant, absorption of reflected radiation by the humidity of the greenhouse, and the outside…

Biofarming shortens cycles from 14-23 weeks to 3-4 weeks

Few things are more complicated than producing medicines from biomass. The main reason is the fact that medicines have to provide the same effects to the user consistently. Thus, it doesn’t come as a surprise that producing medicine from a plant adds a whole new level of complexity, as said consistency…

"The system tells us straight away whether additional installations are needed"

For years, it was mainly either 'standard' glass Venlo greenhouses or 'standard' foil greenhouses that were erected for growers at the most diverse locations internationally. In the meantime, the greenhouse has become a tailor-made suit and you increasingly come across specifically designed greenhouses,…