Cover Story

Casey Houweling on Everything Else

Chris Beytes

It’s been nine years since Inside Grower first profiled greenhouse tomato grower Casey Houweling for our inaugural January 2013 edition, asking his views on everything from the new urban farming trend to taking risks at his age (he was just 54). In this interview, he catches us up on his business ventures, and how that industry has evolved over the past decade.

Features

A Fresh Crop

Jennifer Polanz

New All-America Selections winners make for great options in hydroponic production and greenhouse growing for farmers markets and retail.

Features

CEA: A Path to Sustainability?

Nathan Wallace-Springer

Just how sustainable is CEA growing? Let’s take a look.

Features

Let’s Talk About Sex

Dr. Brian Corr

In the plant world, hermaphrodites are very common by the botanical definition—having both male structures (anthers and pollen) and female structures (stigmas and ovaries) in the same flower. However, the term hermaphrodite (or “hermies”) has specific use in cannabis culture.

Features

pH Correction for Irrigation Water

José Rodriguez

Why? When? How?

Features

The Heating Game

Jennifer Polanz

Tips for reducing heating costs for the near future, both with new builds and existing facilities.

From Your Editor

Change Is Inevitable

Jennifer Polanz

The one thing you can always count on in life (besides death and taxes) is change. Our industry is no different.

Insider

A New Sustainable Substrate for CEA

Jennifer Polanz

Proterra Ag introduces the company's first product, HYPERroots, a sustainable substrate.

Insider

Aquaponics for the Win, Literally

Jennifer Polanz

Nelson & Pade Inc., an aquaponics supplies company in Montello, Wisconsin, won a Wisconsin Innovation Award for its contributions of innovative solutions in the state.

Insider

Biochar & Lead

Jennifer White

New research out of the University of Sienna in Italy indicates that amending soil with biochar can reduce the availability of lead and thus reduce its uptake in lettuce.

Insider

GreenTech Awards

Jennifer Polanz

GreenTech’s awards recognized two innovative new products.

Insider

Indoor Growing Is Trendy

Jennifer Polanz

Hold on to your LEDs—indoor farming is trendy.

Insider

New Lighting Tool

Jennifer Polanz

A collective called Project Lamp has come out with a new calculator designed to show you your lighting electricity costs.

Insider

New Trade Organization

Jennifer Polanz

Remember earlier this year when the United Fresh Produce Association and the Produce Marketing Association announced it was merging together? We have more details about what that will look like in 2022 and beyond.

Insider

Signify to Buy Fluence

Jennifer Polanz

Signify made the announcement in December that it has entered into an agreement with OSRAM to buy Fluence, a Texas-based horticultural lighting division for $272 million to strengthen Signify’s position in the North American hort lighting market.

Pest Management

ToBRFV: The Fight for the World’s Tomatoes

Saman Soltaninejad

Here’s how to spot and prevent Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in production.

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