The next time you bite into a table grape or a cherry and admire the flavor, size, and texture, think about FruitWorks/IFG, a research and development company located just outside of Bakersfield, CA. They have invested years in natural breeding practices to develop cultivars that are well-known for their resilience and adaptability, and feature a one-of-a-kind worldwide licensing program that prevents overproduction.
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06/02/2022
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Island Grower Supplies LLC (IGS) Waimanalo, Hawaii is a locally-grown company that sells agricultural, nursery, landscape supplies and equipment, and are a licensed contractor that specializes in greenhouse construction, design, repair, and maintenance.
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10/29/2021
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To develop some of the world’s leading agriculture products, Nutrien Ag Solutions recently added a new greenhouse in Biola, CA, close to its R&D department in Kerman, just outside of Fresno. Nutrien Ltd. Is the world’s largest fertilizer company providing full-acre solutions through a network of trusted crop consultants at more than 1,700 global locations.
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09/16/2021
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Indoor plants serve a practical and aesthetic purpose, and are good for our health because they release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide while eliminating harmful toxins. Extensive research by NASA has revealed that indoor plants can remove up to 87 per cent of all airborne toxins in 24 hours. Studies have also proven that indoor plants improve concentration and productivity (by up to 15 percent!), reduce stress levels and help people to feel more relaxed and improve their everyday mood.
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04/05/2021
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For more than 40 years, Desert Tree Farm in Phoenix, AZ has been able to excel as one of the largest and oldest producers of quality climate adapted plants in the country. In 1975, the company began building a reputation and today they have become a major name in the wholesale tree industry. The farm’s motto is Growing Plants for Arizona’s Future™ and its mission is to provide robust trees, shrubs, cactus and groundcovers that are both drought tolerant and desert-adapted. The farm performs all of its growing and propagation in commercial greenhouses manufactured by Agra Tech, one of the largest greenhouse companies in North America.
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02/08/2021
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Next time you eat a grape, think about the flavor, texture and appearance and then think about Sun World International (SWI) because your grape’s origins likely began there.
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11/04/2020
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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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10/02/2020
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The Calaveras Unified School District (CUSD) recently added a Solar Light greenhouse manufactured by Agra Tech (ATI) in Pittsburg, CA and it is already an integral part of its ag program at Calaveras High School in San Andreas, CA. With multiple uses and more to be developed over time, the CUSD should be used as a national model for how a school can use a commercial greenhouse to teach and motivate students and create the greenhouse farmers of the future.
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07/15/2020
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The story behind the Rising Sun Farm & Garden in Vernalis, CA, is one of rejuvenation and growth, with a lot of compassion sprinkled in along the way. It’s a life skills development program that’s part of the Patterson Joint Unified School District that attracts students from Patterson, Newman Crows Landing School District and surrounding communities for young adults with special needs, ages 18-22.
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04/20/2020
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Takao Nursery is a third-generation family-owned and operated business that initially began as a small landscape company in Torrance, CA in 1960 when Founders Howard and Fumiko Takao turned the company into a wholesale groundcover nursery after purchasing land in Fresno, CA 19 years later.
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02/13/2020
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To create the world-class strawberries of the future, California Berry Cultivars, LLC (CBC) purchased a 2,100 sq. ft. Thermolater greenhouse from Agra Tech, a leading manufacturer of commercial greenhouses, to utilize cutting-edge technology and pursue it lofty goals. This is the second greenhouse that CBC has acquired from Agra Tech after buying their first one back in 2016 for their Oxnard, CA location.
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01/14/2020
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12/10/2019
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To be a leader in the commercial greenhouse industry, Agra Tech (ATI) needs to associate itself with major companies as they pursue innovative ways to grow plants or in this case, to breed quality seeds.
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11/07/2019
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Located on 35 acres at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, WN Citrus Nursery is a full-service wholesale citrus nursery that serves commercial growers throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. To create more than 40 varieties of robust and healthy orange, lemon, grapefruit, mandarin and other specialized citrus trees, WN Citrus is using the world's newest technology to provide superior trees that average 27 inches in size.
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09/20/2019
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Research Facility Manager Rob Landreth at PanAmerican Seed Co.’s research facility in Guadalupe, CA oversees a total of 14 Agra Tech (ATI) Solar Light greenhouses that are currently doing their job as this company creates approximately 1,000 different species of the newest and finest ornamental seed products in the industry today.
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08/30/2019
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On a parcel of land near the Sunol Water Temple in the East Bay, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is nurturing native plant seedlings. It's a huge project, but by hiring some of the finest people in the industry and using best plant management practices, the Sunol Native Plant Nursery is growing more than 120 different types of native plants from seeds.
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07/17/2019
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Woodland High School in Woodland, CA has one of the finest Agriculture and Environmental Sciences programs in California with top teachers, a comprehensive curriculum, as well as cutting-edge equipment and tools. Known as a "school within a school", the high school's Ag Academy includes sophomores, juniors and seniors who attend three academic classes and one agriculture specialty class every semester.
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05/29/2019
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A second-generation family business is thriving by making all the right moves and working with top companies, including Agra Tech in Pittsburg CA, a world class manufacturer of commercial greenhouses. It's called Matsuda’s Nursery, a company that has refined its artful tradition of cultivating the finest plant material available since 1957. With 160 acres of growing grounds that include 78,000 square feet of greenhouses, 32,000 square feet of propagation space, and 35 acres of shade, Matsuda's is a leader in growing plants, shrubs and flowers.
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03/12/2019
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As a leader in the development and marketing of watering, propagation, misting and fogging systems, as well as sensors and custom built contactor cabinets for the last four decades, Micro Grow Greenhouse Controls in Temecula, CA features products that are used worldwide. Many of their systems are currently being used in greenhouses designed and built by Agra Tech in Pittsburg, CA.
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02/07/2019
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The Caribe Greenhouse Project in Puerto Rico posed some unique challenges for Agra Tech (ATI) of Pittsburg, CA and not only because it is off the continental US. But by working closely with the Caribe Greenhouse Project team and sending ATI's Technical Support Coordinator, James Roberts, to Puerto Rico three separate times to assist, this expansive assemblage of greenhouses is now completed, even though it was delayed for six months because of two hurricanes.
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11/08/2018
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Agra Tech often works with a wide range of business partners on commercial greenhouse projects to accessorize their structures and some of them are amongst the world's finest. This blog is a company profile about Argus Controls and how this symbiotic relationship with ATI benefits its customers and ultimately, consumers.
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08/20/2018
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