Planning production to meet sales demand isn’t an easy thing to do in any business. Doing it in the nursery takes it to a whole different level.

Like a lot of people, Ben Verhoeven, owner of Peoria Gardens in Albany, Oregon, took two years of Spanish in high school — but it didn’t really stick. “I’m pretty sure I goofed off most of the time,” he said. Years later, as he first worked on his family’s nursery and eventually took the reins, […]

Canopii Inc. has created a fully automated hydroponic greenhouse that requires little to no manual labor.

Growers tap automation to handle repetitive tasks and move employees to more meaningful work.