Lettuce Shelf Life After Harvest: Temperature, Ethylene, and Cooling Methods That Actually Work
Lettuce is a crop that spoils not in the field, but after it. Most growers lose 15–25 % of marketable value not through disease or pests, but through poor handling in the first hours after harvest. Temperature, storage neighbours, and the cooling method matter more than any agrochemical protection. Why Lettuce Spoils So Quickly Lettuce […]
Light and Temperature on a City Farm: How Two Key Factors Shape Your Yield
No light, no growth. That is not a metaphor — it is literal plant physiology. Among all the microclimate factors on a city farm, light stands apart. It does not just matter; it defines how active all the other parameters can be. Temperature, humidity, irrigation, CO₂ uptake — all of these adjust to the light […]
₴50,000 a Month from Microgreens on 10 m² — Myth or Reality? We Do the Maths
You have definitely seen it. Ads on Instagram, YouTube, Telegram. A smiling person in front of green shelves explaining how they transformed their life. “Started from zero,” “minimal investment,” “now earning ₴50,000 a month from 10 square metres.” And then — a button: “Buy the course.” We picked up a calculator and counted everything — […]
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 […]
USDA Launches $700 Million Regenerative Agriculture Programme
In December 2025, the USDA — the United States Department of Agriculture — announced the launch of a Regenerative Pilot Program with $700 million in funding for the first year alone. It is the largest government investment in regenerative agriculture in American history. What regenerative agriculture is — and how it differs from organic Organic […]
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 […]