Marketing in Bloom • July 2024

Propagating Knowledge at Petitti Garden Centers

When Angelo Petitti first shared a weekly gardening tip on radio in the mid-1980s, the term “content marketing” didn’t exist. More than a decade would pass before the term was coined—and several decades before it came into widespread use. But that didn’t change the impact of what Angelo did ...

Greenhouse Management • July 2024

Dare to Dream A Different Dream

When Ieda Del Bianco learned she was being honored with a Horticultural Industries Leadership Award (HILA), she thought she was the target of a hoax. Then she dug a little deeper and discovered it was true. “It was really a beautiful surprise,” she says. The first thing she did was ...

CEAg World • June 2024

CEAg World Insights June 2024 Inaugural Edition

Inaugural Edition of CEAg World's Insights June 2024: - Rising to the Challenge of Extreme Heat - Freshwater Scarcity and Saline-Water Irrigation - Michigan Sweet Cherries Under Cover - Bell Peppers Get an AgTech Boost at Twin Creeks Greenhouse - Food Safety and the High Cost of Doing Nothing

CEAg World • June 2024

Choosing the Right Tech at Better Future Farms

In February 2023, Better Future Farms (BFF) broke ground on its first greenhouse facility. Located on 61 acres in Louisa County, Virginia, the 14.5-acre facility’s opening has become one of the CEA industry‘s most highly anticipated events. Part of the excitement revolves around the project’s technology, from its highly automated 10-acre production area and massive pack line to the other components that make this lettuce production facility tick.

CEAg World • February 2024

Family-Owned Mastronardi Produce Continues Its Legacy of CEA Leadership

Despite the marketing claims of many companies, true pioneers in the controlled-environment produce industry are few and far between. But family-owned Mastronardi Produce has secured its place as an industry innovator and leader, pioneering not only in produce but in people and environmental responsibility.

Cannabis Business Times • January 2024

Lume's Rapid Rise

B2B COVER STORY - Lume Cannabis Co. has flourished—growing from $2 million to nearly $200 million in revenue in four years—amid Michigan’s plunging retail prices and other challenges.

Cannabis Business Times • November 2023

Power in Partnership - The Story of Simply Pure Trenton

B2B Cover Story - With the launch of Simply Pure Trenton, Wanda James and Simply Pure licensee partner Tahir Johnson are bringing the Colorado brand to the East Coast.

Cannabis Business Times • October 2023

2023 State of the Cannabis Lighting Market Report

Cannabis Business Times' 8th annual research dive into lighting practices and trends among commercial cannabis cultivators.

CEA inSight • October 2023

Hybrid CEA pioneer Eden Green celebrates groundbreaking

Plans to scale production at hybrid vertical-greenhouse farming company Eden Green Technology are a step closer to reality. The company is celebrating the Eden Green groundbreaking of its $40 million Phase 2 expansion at its Cleburne, Texas, campus, as it welcomes Will Parkey as Chief Financial Officer.

CEA inSight • September 2023

Q&A with Paul Brentlinger, CEO of CropKing

As CEO of CropKing, Paul Brentlinger heads a company that helped pioneer controlled environment agriculture. He grew up in an environment where CEA and hydroponics were the norm — when much of the world had never heard of them yet. As a result, his perspective on the CEA industry’s past, present and future is deeply and uniquely informed.

CEA inSight • September 2023

Q&A with John McMahon, Better Future Farms Co-Founder and COO

John McMahon is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Better Future Farms (BFF), a Virginia controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) company that burst into the spotlight in early 2023, when Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced BFF was building a high-tech hydroponic production facility on 61 acres of Louisa County land.

Greenhouse Management • September 2023

Leveraging tradition, innovation & intention

B2B Cover Story - Westerlay Orchids' Toine Overgaag augments the business's heritage with technology, sustainability and deliberate goals.

CEA inSight • August 2023

Q&A with Don Taylor, AmplifiedAg founder and CEO

As founder and CEO of South Carolina-based AgTech company AmplifiedAg, Don Taylor leads a team devoted to developing and delivering innovative, successful farm technologies for the CEA industry’s present and future. In this Q&A, he shares insights, inspiration and hopes for his company and CEA's future.

Moleaer • August 2023

Unlocking the Power and Wonder of Nanobubbles

Just twenty years ago, nanobubble science was virtually nonexistent. Technologies to generate these nano-sized wonders — 2,500 times smaller than a grain of salt — were still far away, as were practical, impactful applications. Now a 10-person Research and Development (R&D) team at Moleaer is focused on advancing nanobubble science along with sales.

Produce Grower • April 2023

Sustainable Aspirations

B2B cover story. For growers and packers who strive for sustainability, the decisions surrounding sustainable packaging are complex — from trends in materials and marketing to food safety, shelf life and plain old economics.

Greenhouse Management • November 2022

Navigating a new era

This B2B cover story for Greenhouse Management magazine shares the story of a business acquisition that's flourished in all the best ways.

Garden Center • October 2022

Food for thought

B2B COVER STORY The past two decades have seen a steady increase in garden centers with cafés and restaurants, inspired partly by artisan coffeehouses and European IGCs with high-end eateries at their hearts. Three IGCs share lessons learned on their food-venue journeys.

Nursery Management • September 2022

Investing in people, not just production

B2B COVER STORY - This family-owned company’s bicentennial is approaching, and they're prepping for the future by investing in people.

Greenhouse Management • July 2022

Embracing online sales

B2B COVER STORY - When Doug Thorsen launched Thorsen’s Greenhouse in 2000, the houseplant explosion of the 1970s was a distant memory and accessible e-commerce for small businesses was little more than a dream. This B2B cover story shares how Thorsen’s focused production approach positioned the company for e-commerce success.

Garden Center Magazine • July 2022

Digital storefront

When COVID-19 hit the United States in early 2020, independent garden centers across the country scrambled to meet the challenge. Amazon and other online retailers took off as consumers doubled down on buying online, and garden centers took note. B2B story for Garden Center's 2022 Top 100 issue.