Category Archives: Food

Hendriks Greenhouses improved Curcuma crops with Heliospectra’s MITRA X R40 LEDs. Higher bud counts, better quality, and healthier plants.

Agrotopia, a high-tech rooftop greenhouse, showcases the MITRA X Flex’s flexible lighting, enhancing plant growth and research with customizable spectra and advanced control systems.

Sakata Ornamentals, a leading breeder of premium plants, has revolutionized its greenhouse operations by integrating Heliospectra’s MITRA X LED lighting system. This upgrade enhances growth efficiency, reduces energy consumption, and allows for precise, customizable lighting solutions tailored to various crops.

To maintain the demand for quality crops and as a drive for sustainability and energy savings, Double H Nurseries explore more efficient cultivation technologies like LED lighting. Over the past decade, Heliospectra has collaborated with Double H to research LED lights and ornamentals. This time with and ongoing trial on Phalaenopsis.

Oasis Springs Farm: How the Right LED Grow Lights Can Improve Crop Quality and Increase Production up to 33% in Shipping Containers
In an effort to provide a more sustainable food supply, companies like New Hampshire’s Oasis Spring Farm are using shipping containers equipped with LED Grow Lights to produce fresh vegetables year-round within their community.

Bridge Farm Group has been growing world-class plants, flowers and produce for 30 years. Building out a new 1.5 million square foot facility, Bridge Farm turned to Heliospectra for high-efficacy, high-intensity LED lighting solutions.

David Hartshorn, John Farr and Ted Farr founded Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic in 2013 with the vision to supply fresh lettuce, herbs, and leafy greens to local, specialty retailers.

With initial installation in Antarctica, the DLR Eden ISS collaboration and self-sufficient greenhouse concept will supply fresh vegetables onboard future manned space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Vitacress is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of fresh produce, specializing in salads and fresh herbs. The company is growing potted plants and herbs in a 14 hectare (34 acres) grow operation.

Greenbelt Microgreens turned to Heliospectra LED lighting to deliver fresh, flavorful and highest quality arugula and microgreens to more than 400 retail stores across Toronto, Canada.