" Produce more , but better ! " That is the shibboleth of the Provence start - up Vegetal Grow Development ( VGD ) . The young company , created in 2018 after three years of research and development , has launch the first lighting management platform that analyzes sun exposure and conditions to optimise the product of fruits , veggie , flowers , herbs and other plant .
On the Sival , VGD showed their platform that help growers delineate & reach their goals by implementing sensors in the nursery that calculate how to adjust the lighting .
plant in 2018After a long period of time of examination and development , the VGD solution was founded in 2018 by three untested enterpriser : Sebastien Deprade , Guillaume Marie and Nicolas Chauvin . thing evolved speedily after that : the ego - fund , profitable start - up nowadays apply 10 people and has already bless several partnerships with inquiry , laboratory and industrial leader ; small and large agriculturalist ; farming cooperatives ; local governments ; and the vertical husbandry sector . " In the next few months , we will lionize our first one million Euros in cut-rate sale . Although our international deployment is still in the integration form , the society opened a fund - raising stave for over € 2 million so that growers around the world can take advantage of our innovations " , they say .
" As consumers become aware of the catastrophic carbon footprint of the veg we eat on and the red ink of flavor in import intersection , the market place is reorganizing to originate foods closer to the consumer in environments that no longer require scarce any pesticides or plant food in accordance of rights with the principles of more sustainable evolution " , they explain .
That ’s why they created the Vegetal Grow Development smart lighting political platform . " It naturally improve plant growth ( up to 300 % ) and harvest reproducibility , preserves and enhances the organoleptic property of vegetables ( e.g. taste , coming into court ) and enables vigor price savings of 30 % to 60 % by using light-emitting diode engineering and ‒ more importantly ‒ stilted tidings . "
In concrete terms , this made - in - Provence solution ( although Provence is not the part of France where the production is in greatest demand , some local growers jubilantly use VGD technology ) is a political platform that combines software , hefty sensing element and LED inflammation equipment that can be deployed in a few days to a farm , commercial-grade nursery or grow elbow room . The first versions of the service were delivered in later 2018 and the results are already evident on several Acre of crop .
" This innovation is not just for agriculturist " , the team continues . " Seed producers , research and growing centre , pharmaceutical laboratories , local political science and prestigious technical institutes quickly joined the membership of the first customer . "
" To deal the issues related to consumer expectations and to well nourish succeeding generations who are ever more aware of what they put on their plate , we want to concentrate our efforts on two key stage in intellectual nourishment production : consuming less energy and , above all , ameliorate the gustatory perception property of local output . VGD ’s major innovation is to part down the light spectrum to deliver the right range of light , which means plant life get the right light at the right time thanks to our ameliorate sensors and the artificial intelligence of our political platform , " explains Sébastien Deprade , Chairman of VGD .
" Through long - term , close collaboration with pass plant life R&D organizations and major seed producers , we were able-bodied to integrate into our weapons platform specific matrices free-base on harvest profile ( coinage and motley ) and ‒ most importantly ‒ the plant life ’s growth leg ( unfolding , sprouting , etc . ) . The genius of our solution dwell in providing only the Christ Within needed at just the right stage in maturation , " mark Nicolas Chauvin , Director of R&D , Plant Physiology .
About Vegetal Grow DevelopmentIt won an award at SIVAL 2018 as presently as it was resign . As a member of the Terralia and Vegepolys fight clustering , it chop-chop draw esteemed experts and partner to promote the concept even further . The first garter and customers made it possible to affirm the relevance of the concept and to validate the physiologic benefits and productiveness gains .
For more information : VGD LedEmail:[email protected]Tel : +33(0)4.86 .. 65.83.38Website : www.vgd - led.com
