Europe Is Building a Research Hub for Hydroponics: Who, Why, and What Will Come of It
The leafy hydroponics market is growing. But the more producers enter the sector, the sharper the question becomes: which systems, varieties, and technologies are truly optimal? The answer was decided to be found scientifically — and in 2026, the Leafy Hydroponics Consortium launched in Belgium. What this structure is The consortium is organised by Dutch […]
80 Acres Farms Enters 17,000 US Stores — Microgreens Now at Walmart and Safeway
When microgreens land on Walmart shelves, it is a signal that the product has definitively left niche status. That is exactly what happened at the start of 2026: vertical farm 80 Acres Farms announced a major expansion of microgreens sales across the United States. What is being sold and where From January 2026, 80 Acres […]
IoT and Automation in Microgreens Growing: How Technology Is Changing Small Business
The biggest pain for a microgreens producer is not the growing itself — it is consistency. Today the harvest is perfect; tomorrow it is too humid and half the trays are covered in mould. Or you forgot to water on time and ended up with a stressed crop the day before harvest. This is exactly […]
NASA Is Growing Microgreens in Space — and It Is Changing Agriculture on Earth
What could astronauts eating on the ISS possibly have to do with us? As it turns out, NASA’s research into growing microgreens in microgravity produces technological solutions that then transform ordinary Earth-based indoor farming. And that is not a metaphor. Why microgreens are the ideal food for space Conventional crops take months to mature. Microgreens […]
A Robot That Sees Every Weed and Never Touches the Crop: Ecorobotix Raises $150M
Imagine a sprayer that does not blanket a field with chemicals uniformly, but sees each plant individually — and treats only the ones that need it. That is exactly what the ARA system from Swiss company Ecorobotix does, and in 2025 it secured one of the largest investment rounds in agri-robotics: $150 million. How the […]
Woolworths and 800 Farms: How Big Retail Pulls Agriculture Towards Organics Without Coercion
Usually the transition to organic farming is a farmer’s own initiative. But what if a major supermarket comes to the producer and says: “We will help you become better”? That is exactly how Woolworths’ “Farming for the Future” programme works — and 800 farms in South Africa and Mozambique are already part of it. Not […]
Romania Is Building the Country’s Largest Hydroponic Complex Powered by Geothermal Energy
While most European greenhouse operations struggle with gas bills, Romanian company Green Tech International has taken a fundamentally different path. In October 2025 it broke ground on the country’s largest hydroponic greenhouse complex — and it will be powered not by gas, but by the earth itself. What is being built and why Green Tech […]
Microgreens in Bread: Brilliant Idea or Marketing Trick?
What do you do when your child flatly refuses to eat greens? Tiffany Sanders of Indianapolis found a simple solution — hide them in bread. That is how Sanders Funny Farm was born, a bakery specialising in microgreen-infused baked goods. How it all started Two years ago Tiffany decided to make her family’s diet healthier. […]
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