Like most young hustlers, Darius Cheruiyot of Silibwet, Bomet County has tried his hand in almost everything, from being a mechanic to a driver and a boda boda man. But none of those ventures given ...
Jonathan Webb, CEO of AppHarvest, sees a world of promise in tomatoes, provided they're grown the right way. Namely: indoors. At the company's 2.75-million-square-foot greenhouse complex in Morehead, ...
EXETER — Tim Schartner walks a field his family has worked for a century, part of the landmark farm that served as a gateway into South County’s bucolic region for generations of Rhode Islanders ...
The planned facility will have about 30 acres under glass initially with the option to expand to 60 acres in the future, Houweling said. Currently, plans call for a mix of about one-third cucumbers ...
WASHINGTON — If you head down to the Dupont FRESHFARM farmers market on Sunday morning, you may notice something odd in the bins of locally grown fruits and vegetables. Many are overflowing with ripe ...
Year-round greenhouse farming keeps fruits and vegetables in season, but it comes with a cost: increased water usage. Smarter ...
The Netherlands has some of the most efficient greenhouses in the world. Dutch company Looye Kwekers has tomato plants that grow a foot a week with limited water. The Netherlands yields 12 times more ...
photos by ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL Anthony Carver, Grainger County agricultural extension agent, admires ripe tomatoes at Morgan Farms in Rutledge, Tenn. (Photo: Adam Lau) April and Betty Morgan, from ...
Planting the first vegetables, flowers, or shrubs of spring marks a new year of gardening, but growing plants in a greenhouse can mean that season never has to end. Whether heated or unheated, a ...