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The Untouched Harvest: How Greenswell Growers Is Redefining Lettuce Production with Full Automation
In a modest greenhouse spanning less than 1.5 acres in central Virginia, a quiet revolution in leafy greens production is unfolding. Greenswell Growers harvests over 3,000 pounds of lettuce every day — five days a week — with fewer than 15 employees. Its secret? A level of automation so complete that their retail lettuce travels Continue Reading »
Samurai Precision Meets Midwest Horticulture: Inside the Collaboration Driving Grafting Automation
At Ohio State, a compact Japanese machine is helping researchers rethink what’s possible with vegetable grafting — and opening new doors for crop resilience, labor savings, and food system innovation. In a quiet greenhouse at The Ohio State University, a compact robot is doing something profound: it’s grafting tomatoes with near-perfect accuracy, and it’s doing Continue Reading »
Plantpeddler’s Poinsettia Playbook: From Trials to Timely Delivery
The poinsettia season may unfold in the final months of the year, yet it’s often a year-round planning process for growers of any size. At Plantpeddler in Cresco, Iowa, the work begins long before the holiday rush. In fact, the team invests months in varietal trials, capacity mapping, and perfecting greenhouse routines to ship a Continue Reading »