If you’re a licensed cannabis company, chances are, you’re very familiar with the challenges that come with the territory. You’re managing multiple data sources, systems, and processes that must remain in-sync and compliant — 24/7. Otherwise, your business becomes vulnerable to the kinds of risks that can get you shut down, fined, even convicted. Because…
We’ve all heard the adage: “The only constant in life is change.” The Greek philosopher who originally said it, some guy name Heraclitus, wasn’t talking about greenhouse growers, but it definitely applies. The grower you are today, is not the grower you will be in five years, just as the industry today is not the…
Do you know who your customers are? If you’re like most growers, you struggle capturing contact information for your prospects and customers. You don’t feel as if you have a complete picture of your customer relationships and how they are affecting your overall success. Rather than using a CRM, many greenhouse growers manage customer touch…
For greenhouse growers and horticulturists, order picking and packing can be a costly process. It is also an area that can have the greatest impact on customer satisfaction. After all, getting the pick and pack processes, as well as the shipping right means the difference between being sure that the orders your customers receive are…
For growers and horticulturalists, accounting is critical when understanding the value of your plants, no matter what lifecycle stage they are in. You need to track accounting for proper tax and reporting purposes, for the bank, or for auditing purposes. Not only will good organization and impeccable bookkeeping be useful to your staff and management,…
The Fresh Produce sector is facing challenging times, with reducing prices, increasing costs, scarcer resources and increased legislation. In some countries, crops remain unpicked driving the larger growers to think of ‘upping sticks’ and relocating… not just to the next state but sometimes the next continent. Pepper growers in Texas are moving production to Mexico.…
There is a major shift happening today in the automation of growing, packing and shipping of fruits and vegetables. More and more farms are looking for automated traceability and business analytics that show a detailed description of where produce has been shipped and where it came from—critically important for compliance and recall management. To growers,…