The Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance has named Dean Taylor, vice-president of business development, Mastronardi Produce, to its board of directors.
- Researcher Dr. Li Ma at Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been granted $540,000 to study how LED lighting can boost greenhouse strawberry production.
- Bombs Squad snacking tomatoes have flavours that range from sweet to savoury.
- A 30-acre greenhouse in Leamington is growing baby spinach for the U.S. mid- Atlantic market.
- Third-generation greenhouse grower, Cole Mucci, is starting an independent project growing whole-head lettuce in a 6.5-acre facility in Kingsville, Ontario.