‘Lower energy costs reinforce our trust in Crop Controller’
Grower Frank Neufeld is enthusiastic about Crop Controller, highlighting its continuous development and innovation. “It creates the right climate for the plant based on past, current and future conditions, something I couldn’t achieve on my own.”
Tom d’Aqui goes from greenhouse to smarthouse
When every decision counts, automation becomes a game-changer. Tom d’Aqui, a leading French growers’ cooperative, turned to Blue Radix’s Crop Controller to optimize and control climate and irrigation with AI. “It’s like having an expert on duty 24/7, something no crop manager could realistically achieve,” says Toby Wright.
Five Years of Blue Radix: Looking back with people who are shaping it
Five years ago, Blue Radix began with a bold vision: to revolutionize greenhouse horticulture through artificial intelligence. Today, that vision has become a reality on global scale. In this article, we celebrate our journey by looking back, together with some of the people who have shaped Blue Radix over the past five years.
Five years of Blue Radix: from pioneer to global player in Autonomous Growing
What started as an idea after the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge in 2018 has grown into the independent market leader in autonomous growing for greenhouse horticulture. CEO Ronald Hoek, CPO Rudolf de Vetten and COO Laurens van der Spek look back, share their lessons and look ahead. “Autonomous growing is not a distant dream. It is happening now, worldwide.”
Blue Radix strengthens position in French greenhouse horticulture
Blue Radix is further expanding its activities in France. With significant growth in French customers and increasing demand for automation, labor efficiency and energy conservation, the company is focusing more explicitly on the French market. The French-speaking Sales Manager Europe, Daria Noda, plays a central role in this.
Podcast | Hortibiz: How Autonomous Growing is Transforming Greenhouse Work
In a recent radio interview with Hortibiz, Laurens van der Spek, COO and Co-founder of Blue Radix, shared how Autonomous Growing is reshaping the daily life of growers and helping them meet the increasing demands of modern horticulture. Blue Radix’s Crop Controller offers growers a new sense of control in the greenhouse, using AI to continuously manage and optimize the greenhouse conditions.
Passion for plants & algorithms
Blue Radix is not only a specialist in AI technology, but also deeply understands the unique circumstances and challenges that growers around the world face. We smartly implement this in dept green knowledge in everything that we do from Product Development to Service, to achieve the best result for growers worldwide. Employees Geert van der Wel, Jan Hanemaaijer and Pantelis Kleanthidis each tell from their own position how their horticulture background contributes to optimizing and realizing growers’ unique crop strategies with AI.
The valley discovers the added value of autonomous growing
For a long time, cultivation manager Martijn van der Giessen of The Valley thought that Autonomous Growing was only something for growers outside the Netherlands. But since his introduction to Crop Controller from Blue Radix, he knows better. Although he is still discovering the system, his confidence has grown rapidly. “With Crop Controller, I have more time for other important things in the greenhouse.”
“I can now delve more into the analysis of the data”
Tom de Jong, manager at the Dinteloord location of Van Duijn de Jong shares about his experience with Crop Controller.
Autonomous Growing: a new and better way of being in control
Letting go of control is never easy—especially when it comes to something as critical as growing crops. For growers, every decision, might feel personal, a result of years of experience and intuition. The idea of handing over these decisions to AI technology might feel like taking a leap into the unknown. Yet, as the CEA industry evolves, more and more growers are discovering the benefits of autonomous growing. By taking over the execution of repetitive daily greenhouse tasks like steering the climate computer, growers optimize operations, increase yields, and free up valuable time. Allowing them to focus on other strategic decisions and enjoy a better work-life balance.