Chris Higgins
Founder and Owner at Urban Ag News
President and co-FounderPresident at Hort Americas
Just because I cannot solve every problem, does not mean I won’t accept the challenge to solve some problems. Founder of Hort Americas and Urban Ag News.
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3 weeks ago |
urbanagnews.com | Chris Higgins
Tariffs have taken over business conversations the last few weeks. It’s obvious many do not actually understand how they work. As a co-owner of a company that imports and exports many items, I thought it would be helpful to many if I explained them clearly and simply so farmers, greenhouse operators and growers of all types could understand and prepare for how they might impact their businesses.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
hortamericas.com | Chris Higgins
When it comes to seed germination, several environmental factors come into play, with light, water, oxygen, and temperature being the most crucial. While light can have varying effects stimulating, inhibiting, or remaining neutral certain plants specifically rely on it for successful germination. Some notable species requiring light include ageratum, begonia, browallia, coleus, geranium, impatiens, lettuce, nicotiana, petunia, and snapdragon.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
urbanagnews.com | Chris Higgins
In my personal life, I seldom buy big-ticket items and rarely think about the warranty associated with them, unless it’s something like an automobile or major appliance. Because when I try, the manufacturer often makes the process so difficult or costly that it’s not worth my effort. But, in my professional life, I see product warranties much differently, especially when I make larger purchases or when my company, Hort Americas, represents a vendor.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
urbanagnews.com | Chris Higgins
Last year challenged the commercial horticulture and controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry in almost every way possible. Whether greenhouse, vertical or indoor production of fresh produce, or other specialty crops, 2024 erased the excitement around new technologies that were supposed to change the way we consume and cultivate fresh produce.
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Oct 1, 2024 |
urbanagnews.com | Chris Higgins
As consumers, do we care if specialty crops are grown in a controlled environment? Do we care if the process is sustainable? Do we care if crops are locally grown? Last year we published The 2023 Controlled Environment Agriculture Market – How are we evolving? (We recommend reviewing this article, as it provides background for the 2024 review.) This year we are revisiting some discussion points, plus attempting to tackle the changes we saw in just one short year. And boy did we see changes.
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Do we seriously need to explain how taxes work to everyone. This is getting tiring.
You need to understand the game plan. Steve Bannon’s quote is like a compass that orients this crazy era of American politics. “The Democrats don’t matter,” Bannon said. “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.”
They really think it’s property taxes that are making Texas unaffordable? You have to hope they are not that unintelligent. https://t.co/153NG0OHkl