Growlab
The GrowLab is a laboratory for plant propagation that uses advanced Tissue Culture plant reproduction technology in a closed, climate-controlled and sterile environment. The technology includes a specifically designed growing room to produce large volumes of high yield disease-free plantlets, adapted to local conditions.
Our approach to plantlet production is based on the use of modular movable GrowLabs (mini-greenhouses) combined with semi-closed biodegradable packaging. The mini-greenhouse provides the perfect growing in which crops are grown in multi-layers under LED lights. This system uses a minimum of water and fertilisers and no pest control is needed.
We employ Tissue Culture plant propagation techniques which use just a few cells from the best mother plants to replicate identical new plants. This is the most successful micro-propagation method. Also, to be 100% clear, plants propagated with Tissue Culture technique are NOT Genetically Modified Organisms (GMSs).
A GrowLab can produce nearly 5 million plantlets per year, based on very conservative assumptions—thereby offering 30-50% lower costs compared to other methods of plant propagation—and much smarter energy consumption.
We utilise the proprietary Independent Greenhouse Growth System (IGGS), which draws on Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), whereby crops receive all of their vital nutrients through oxygenated and nutrient-rich water. This hydroponic technology fertilizes plants in a very precise way, which carries water, oxygen and nutrients through each plants’ unique biodegradable capillary substrate. Use of this technology has a minimal water, chemical and energy footprint.
FoodHub
The Food Hub Project is a volume and quality triggered, highly automated and 100% sustainable producer of vegetables with produce focused on the top segment of Fresh and Convenience Food for existing and upcoming markets. The focus of its marketing is on the positive health effects of vegetables as health
The FoodHub can produce most of its crops all year round due to a Controlled Atmosphere Greenhouse System, adapted to specific local circumstances, which is unique in the world.
Our FoodHubs are high-tech industrial greenhouses which deliver year-round safe and nutritious food. They are food propagation powerhouses which guarantee optimal high-yield production in all climate zones.
The FoodHub systems control and optimize all of the factors which influence plant growth—temperature, humidity, CO2, sunlight, water, etc., and protect crops from adverse elements such as wind, cold, drought, rain, diseases and pests. Other activities such as food processing, logistics and management also take place within the FoodHub.