Nov 21, 2014 | Trade Show
The 19th Expo Agro trade fair in Mexico attracted over 100,000 participants this year with attendees hailing from all parts of North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Trade floors and greenhouses were high traffic areas with great interest in the greenhouse...
Nov 7, 2014 | Agro Innovations
75 years experience counts big for lighting experts at Phillips. Working to perfect lighting for city farms. and using their vast resources they are perfecting lighting “recipes” for various crops in vertical city farming arrays. Through intensive study,...
Nov 3, 2014 | Urban Farming
Texas gardener Marshall Hensley has found Coir to be fast way to prepare his heavy clay based garden beds quickly. Wanting to plant some carrots for a before the holidays harvest, he realized his beds would need some work to make them carrot friendly. Typically he...
Nov 2, 2014 | FibreDust Press
Hortidaily 5/20/14 The Hortiflorexpo IPM, held in Beijing between 23 and 26 April, was an opportunity to introduce coir to the Chinese market. While there are challenges involved in dealing with Chinese growers and distributors, the fact the coir is such an effective...
Nov 2, 2014 | FibreDust Press
Hortidaily 12/16/2013 Plant propagation is a delicate science that requires a significant amount of investment. A lot of things can go wrong during the process, and if one of many factors is off, it could result in the loss of plants, time and money. Realizing...
Nov 2, 2014 | FibreDust Press
HortiDaily 11/20/13 In order to serve the local food movement, FibreDust LLC launched a new product for the home gardening scene earlier this year: The City Garden Box. With this retail garden box, Fibredust promotes growing your own veg at home. At the IHTF &...
Nov 2, 2014 | FibreDust Press
HortiDaily 9/25/13 What started as a hobby for Sam Ahilan, founder of FibreDust, has turned into a company that provides quality coco coir to some of the world’s largest growers. After more than a decade in business, Ahilan is now looking to emerging...
Oct 31, 2014 | Agro Innovations
Weevil infestation can cause serious crop loss to African chick pea farmers, but Purdue University’s “pics bag” (Purdue Improved Crop Storage) is enjoying great success in reducing the crop loss. Invented by entomology professor Larry Murdock...
Oct 28, 2014 | Urban Farming
You wouldn’t think of abandoned buildings, rooftops, parking garages, and subways as typical locations for farming activity, but the buy fresh, buy local movement is strong and as a business, hydroponic farms are sprouting up where you’d least expect them....
