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Dr. Matthew Stong Comes Back with a Strong Plan to Survive the Pandemic

Dr. Matthew Stong Comes Back with a Strong Plan to Survive the Pandemic | Agra Tech

When the pandemic began last year, companies either closed or found ways to make it through the next 15 months. Those that discovered other forms of revenue and/or changed their business models are still here today, and that applies to greenhouse farmers all over the planet who have struggled like everyone else since March of 2020. 

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Published on:
07/01/2021

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Anita Pound

Category:
Consultants  Controlled Environment Greenhouse  Greenhouse Accessories  Greenhouse Structure  Greenhouses  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Guillaume Grapevine Nursery

Guillaume Grapevine Nursery | Agra Tech

Guillaume Grapevine Nursery Adds ATI Greenhouse to Meet Growing Demand

By working with California’s best commercial greenhouse manufacturer, Guillaume Grapevine Nursery is set up for ongoing success. Nursery Manager Simon Delbos reported that his ATI greenhouse is ready to perform at a high-level starting next year, he said. “The plan is to grow 150,000 wine grapevines in each turn, with potentially three turns every year depending on our orders.”
Growing grapevines is a precise science and quality control is paramount. A typical day working in the greenhouse at the nursery involves either planting grapevines in small pots within the greenhouse, or sorting pots in order to select the best grapevines available after they have been growing for two weeks, Delbos explained.

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Published on:
10/02/2020

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Anita Pound

Category:
Builders  Controlled Environment Greenhouse  Greenhouse Accessories  Greenhouse Equipment  Greenhouse Structure  Greenhouses  Hydroponics 

TAC Industries - Hydroponic Greenhouses Grow Voc Rehab Opportunities

TAC Industries - Hydroponic Greenhouses Grow Voc Rehab Opportunities | Agra Tech

Hydroponic Greenhouses Grow Voc Rehab Opportunities

Hydroponics greenhouses are excellent locations to provide vocational rehabilitation for adults with developmental disabilities. The Abilities Connection has been providing voc rehab services since 1956. Most of their 300 workers-in-training focus on manufacturing and repairing air cargo nets for the US Air Force (TAC has been the prime contractor for this service since 2008). They are active in a variety of other roles – in 2010 they first established a 1,200 square foot indoor hydroponic facility then constructed a 3,000 square foot Agra Tech Solar Light 36 x 84' hydroponic greenhouse.

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Published on:
10/17/2019

Post by:
Anita Pound

Category:
Controlled Environment Greenhouse  Education  Greenhouse Structure  Greenhouses  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Fresh Farm Aquaponics

Fresh Farm Aquaponics | Agra Tech

Inside the World’s First Caviar Farm That Uses Fish Waste to Grow Vegetables

WILTON, CALIF. – ON A FARM JUST OUTSIDE OF SACRAMENTO, hundreds of prehistoric-looking fish swim around in 50-foot diameter tanks. These are white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America. They’ve been around since dinosaurs, can grow more than 7 feet long and lay hundreds of thousands of eggs at a time. The roe of these sturgeon are harvested for a boutique food producer regally named Tsar Nicoulai Caviar.

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Published on:
05/30/2018

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Anita Pound

Category:
Deep Water Culture  Greenhouses  Hydroponics 

Mad River Community Hospital Farm Celebrates First Hydroponic Greenhouse Harvest

Mad River Community Hospital Farm Celebrates First Hydroponic Greenhouse Harvest | Agra Tech

In January of 2017 Mad River Community Hospital (MRCH) celebrated its first harvest from its recently built, 450 square-foot hydroponics greenhouse manufactured by Agra Tech in Pittsburg, CA.

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Published on:
03/16/2018

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Admin

Category:
Greenhouse Structure  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Feaster Charter School Loves its Greenhouse Entering Year #2

Feaster Charter School Loves its Greenhouse Entering Year #2 | Agra Tech

Growing produce to feed hungry folks while educating our students about innovative growing systems has been a great experience and our second year is going to be exciting.

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Published on:
01/22/2018

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Admin

Category:
Education  Greenhouses  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Suncrest USA Shows the Way to a Better Day for Greenhouse Farmers

Suncrest USA Shows the Way to a Better Day for Greenhouse Farmers | Agra Tech

By licensing its cutting-edge Deep Water Culture (DWC) hydroponic technology to greenhouse growers throughout the Western U.S., Suncrest® USA is changing the way lettuce is being grown on the planet. By making Agra Tech, Inc. of Pittsburg, CA its go-to source for greenhouses and accessories, Suncrest is at the cutting-edge of greenhouse technology and hydroponics, one of the fastest growing industries in the world today.

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Published on:
10/02/2017

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Admin

Category:
Controlled Environment Greenhouse  Deep Water Culture  Greenhouse Structure  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Oceanside Unified School District Gets Into Greenhouse Growing

Oceanside Unified School District Gets Into Greenhouse Growing | Agra Tech

Director of Community Engagement and Innovation Vicki Gravlin works for the Oceanside Unified School District that oversees 23 schools. She is in her 27th year as a teacher and administrator and a former principal of Palmquist Elementary.

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Published on:
09/11/2017

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Admin

Category:
Controlled Environment Greenhouse  Greenhouse Accessories  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Go Green Agriculture Goes with Agra Tech Greenhouse

Go Green Agriculture Goes with Agra Tech Greenhouse | Agra Tech
Go Green Agriculture | Agra Tech

Go Green Agriculture is a family-owned farm in Encinitas, CA that grows leafy greens without soil in climate-controlled greenhouses made by Agra Tech, Inc. in Pittsburg, CA,commercial greenhouse manufacturer. The company grows lettuce, kale, spinach and basil year-round by carefully manipulating the light, humidity, temperature and nutrients, among other things, to produce ½ million plants for sale every month, through a wide range of retailers, including Barons Market, Safeway and Whole Foods, to name a few.

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Published on:
02/18/2015

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Category:
Controlled Environment Greenhouse  Greenhouse Structure  Greenhouses  Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

Interview with Hydroponics Pioneer Dr. Howard Resh

Interview with Hydroponics Pioneer Dr. Howard Resh | Agra Tech

DR. Howard M. Resh, PhD is a universally known hydroponics researcher, author and practitioner and one of the world’s true pioneers in the field of hydroponics. He has incorporated commercial greenhouses from Agra Tech, Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of greenhouses and considered a leader in the field, into several of his projects over the years and was kind enough to be interviewed for this article.

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Published on:
04/04/2013

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Admin

Category:
Hydroponics  Vegetable Growing 

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