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    Photo credit: Image courtesy of Peace Tree Farm from HortiCann Closing Plenary presentation.
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    Growers share specifics about horticultural LEDs

    Carrie Meadows
    Oct. 23, 2020
    HortiCann Light + Tech Closing Plenary put the spotlight on growers’ experience with horticultural LED lights.

    Photo credit: Image by J Garget via Pixabay.
    The California Energy Commission (CEC) is proposing new Title 24 policy changes that would ultimately ensure that LED horticultural lighting is installed in new grower operations. Interested parties can submit a comment on the policy to the CEC by visiting this link: https://bit.ly/34Af2Wg. (Photo credit: Image by J Garget via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or non-commercial purposes.)
    Status: “In a relationship” — Vertical farming technology developer Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) continues to seed its business in Scotland, recently announcing a supply partnership with AgTech specialist Vertegrow via a project in Aberdeenshire. (Photo credit: Image of LED-lit growth tray courtesy of Intelligent Growth Solutions.)
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    Photo credit: Image by iamereri via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
    Signify LED fixtures can help promote healthier salmon and thus the fish farming bottom line. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Signify.)
    Photo credit: Image by Gerd Altmann via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
    CubicFarms’ autonomous systems are used in controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) operations, and can be monitored by growers using an app to control factors such as irrigation and nutrients. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of CubicFarms Systems Corp.)
    Photo credit: Image by Abdulhakeem Samae via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
    Horticultural Lighting

    UV a ray of hope in modern farming

    Carrie Meadows
    May 1, 2020
    UV light science can applied to the greater good beyond protecting human health.
    Shown is part of one screen in the results section of the Lighting Research Center’s Horticulture Luminaire calculator, which among other things reveals whether an “upgrade” scenario would deliver a payback over a base case. The payback line is not shown in this screenshot. More is visible in an LRC YouTube video at https://youtu.be/9AXLdZ1EeFc. (Image credit: Screenshot courtesy of LRC.)
    Horticultural Lighting

    LRC online calculator helps horticultural growers choose luminaires

    Mark Halper
    April 23, 2020
    The free tool prioritizes photosynthetic photon flux to compare the lifecycle costs of buying and running lighting systems for indoor farms.
    Investment in LED-supported vertical farming begins to bloom in the UAE. (Photo credit: Image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.)
    Horticultural Lighting

    Abu Dhabi Investment Office announces funding for LED vertical farm R&D

    Maury Wright
    April 23, 2020
    AeroFarms, Madar Farms, RNZ, and Responsive Drip Irrigation will receive AgTech-centric funding to further develop vertical farming techniques that can help feed the UAE region...
    FIG. 1. Neil Mattson revealed that CEA isn’t a clear winner over field agriculture for crops like lettuce, but LEDs have helped close the gap in terms of costs, and fields can’t meet global food demand. Photo credit: Image courtesy of Joey Mechelle Farqué.
    Horticultural Lighting

    Horticultural lighting evolves to business, cannabis creates greenrush (MAGAZINE)

    Jan. 29, 2020
    The first HortiCann Light + Tech conference continued the tradition of its predecessors in delivering vital scientific information relative to plants, reports MAURY WRIGHT, but...
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    Investors seek value-add opportunities in horticultural SSL

    Carrie Meadows
    Jan. 24, 2020
    As the growing horticultural lighting market moves closer to maturing, it is gearing up to bring in the green if companies can show investors how they differentiate.