Strawberries and Caneberries

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Oishii Strawberry. Photo OISHII
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Would You Pay Six Dollars for a Strawberry?

April 6, 2022
By Mark P Bolda
Nice article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the Oishii strawberry, grown indoors in New Jersey and making some waves in the retail markets out East.
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Very nice looking pack of the newly released vertically grown berries. I'm looking at not just the fun, colored presentation, but also the size, which is half of our typical clear plastic clamshell.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Vertical Farming of Strawberries Taking Off

March 16, 2022
By Mark P Bolda
Interesting article unearthed during this morning's Twitter scroll on how a company in Newark will be starting commercial production of strawberries vertically farmed in a warehouse.
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Nation Goes All In On Organic, Economy Goes Into Crisis Six Months Later

March 9, 2022
By Mark P Bolda
I found this very informative piece the other day while doomscrolling on Twitter. This is out of the periodical Foreign Policy, and addresses a very rapid conversion of an entire country to organic agriculture, and the subsequent upset to its economy: https://foreignpolicy.
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