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Rough Brothers, Inc. (pronounced RAUH) is a privately held greenhouse manufacturing and restoration company based in Cincinnati, Ohio.Founded in 1932, [1] Rough Brothers designs, manufactures, and installs greenhouse structures and systems for commercial purposes, research and teaching, retail garden centers, and conservatories.
As of 2019, BrightFarms had four greenhouses located in Wilmington, Ohio; Rochelle, Illinois; Culpeper County, Virginia; and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [1] [5] [6] In January 2020, the company opened its largest greenhouse - a 280,000 sq. ft. farm in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. [7] [8]
The terms greenhouse, glasshouse, and hothouse are often used interchangeably to refer to buildings used for cultivating plants. The specific term used depends on the material and heating system used in the building. Nowadays, greenhouses are more commonly constructed with a variety of materials, such as wood and polyethylene plastic. [2]
The greenhouse has an area of 864 m 2 and has a daily water production of 1 m 3, which nearly meets the crop's irrigation demand. [1] The third pilot seawater greenhouse, which is 864 m 2, is near Muscat in Oman which produces 0.3 to 0.6 m 3 of freshwater per day. This project was created as a collaboration between Sultan Qaboos University.
The term "vertical farming" was coined by Gilbert Ellis Bailey in 1915 in his book Vertical Farming.His use of the term differs from the current meaning—he wrote about farming with a special interest in soil origin, its nutrient content and the view of plant life as "vertical" life forms, specifically relating to their underground root structures. [16]
The greenhouse of a vehicle refers to the part of its body above the fender- or beltline, so called because it comprises mostly areas with glass: the windshield, side, and rear windows (or backlight), and sometimes also roof glass. These glassed areas are also known collectively as the car's daylight opening (DLO).