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Online demos 27 May & 2 June | Autonomous growing in 6 steps!
During the online demos on May 27 or 2 June you will get a unique glimpse into the world of autonomous growing. And we’ll also inform you about the 6 steps of our phased approach for a successful transformation to autonomous growing in your greenhouse. Would you like to know if autonomous growing is applicable for your greenhouse? Read more and subscribe!

BLOG | Still setting your own climate setpoints? A waste of time!
A blog by Rudolf de Vetten, Chief Product Officer at Blue Radix. Does it still make sense for experienced growers to spend their valuable time determining climate setpoints? Time for a completely different approach! How? More in this blog.

OGVG and Blue Radix introduce autonomous greenhouse management in Ontario
The Ontario government is supporting greenhouse growers by investing over $3.6 million in 12 innovative projects to help develop new technologies and enhance competitiveness and innovation. One of these approved projects is ‘Autonomous Greenhouse Management’- a collaboration between the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) and Blue Radix.

Answers to five frequently-asked questions about autonomous growing
We are regularly asked questions about autonomous growing during conversations with growers and in our online demos. Jan Hanemaaijer, Crop Advisor at Blue Radix, answers five frequently-asked questions. Did you already know some of the answers?

How do we ensure the security and privacy of sensitive customer and company data?
Nowadays digital security risks, also in the greenhouse horticulture sector, develop fast. Perhaps even faster than new opportunities that digitalization offers. We work with a significant amount of business-sensitive data, so our security and privacy policy are well-designed and thoroughly implemented. In this article you can read about the security measures we take.

Meet the world’s first Autonomous Greenhouse Manager
Early February, Geert van der Wel started in the role of Autonomous Greenhouse Manager. He represents the human support side of our service Crop Controller in addition to the smart algorithms that control the greenhouse. Read more about how Geert helps customers and about his background.

FORBES | Blue Radix included in 2021 Indoor AGtech landscape
We are proud to be part of the 2021 Indoor AgTech Landscape and to be mentioned on the website of Forbes. “Emerging commercialized autonomous growing innovations, such as the Blue Radix Crop Controller, promise to extend and enhance the reach of available grower expertise, particularly in large and multi-site operations.”

‘Students could have better image of high-tech companies in greenhouse horticulture’
Liselotte de Vries is Business Developer at the Agtech Institute. In this interview, we ask her how TU Delft is involved in AI applications and what initiatives they are taking to make students enthusiastic about the greenhouse industry.

IT is the foundation and critical success factor for autonomous growing
Laurens van der Spek and Jeroen van der Linde discuss the importance of a secure, robust and scalable IT landscape. They also reveal the new cloud technologies being applied, and how Blue Radix ensures the privacy and security of customer data.

Answers to 5 frequently asked questions about autonomous growing
During conversations with growers and during our online demos, we are regularly asked questions about autonomous growing. Jan Hanemaaijer, Crop Advisor at Blue Radix answers 5 frequently asked questions. Did you know the answer to these questions already?

Blog | How data quality becomes undisputed
We work a lot with data in the greenhouse. More and more. There are often problems around working with data where quality is almost always the reason. In this blog Ronald discusses the solutions.

The power of algorithms according to Mike Poodt, Rijk Zwaan
We asked Mike Poodt, Coordinator Digital Crop Technology at Rijk Zwaan, about the power of algorithms. Together with Blue Radix, he works on data-driven growing for their own production sites and those of customers.