. ▁Import ant ▁develop ments ▁were ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁Mic om ▁ 8 5 ▁h ort icult ure ▁computer ▁( ▁advanced ▁computer ▁which ▁controlled ▁the ▁climate ▁in ▁the ▁green house ) ▁and ▁the ▁switch ▁from ▁soil ▁to ▁ ▁cultiv ation . ▁Br ink man ▁initi ated ▁the ▁cultiv ation ▁of ▁tom atoes , ▁car n ations ▁and ▁ge ber as ▁in ▁pe at ▁substr ate . ▁After ▁that ▁G rod an ▁introduced ▁cultiv ation ▁on ▁stone ▁w ool . ▁G row ers ▁experienced ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁benefits ▁growing ▁above ▁ground , ▁including ▁the ▁prevent ion ▁of ▁soil ▁dise ases , ▁higher ▁reven ues , ▁energy ▁sav ings ▁and ▁surface ▁optimization . ▁Br ink man ▁developed ▁the ▁Vo com , ▁a ▁computer ▁that ▁is ▁able ▁to ▁do se ▁water ▁and ▁fert il izers ▁properly ▁for ▁the ▁cultiv ation ▁on ▁substr ate . ▁These ▁computers ▁were ▁a ▁big ▁hit ▁in ▁the ▁' 7 0 s ▁and ▁' 8 0 s . ▁▁ ▁Br ink man ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁from ▁‘ ’ K ous en ho ek ’ ’ ▁to ▁the ▁former ▁Au ction ▁Hall ▁at ▁the ▁W ou ters weg ▁in ▁’ s - G ra ven z ande . ▁The ▁grand ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁ 4 5 , 0 0 0 ▁m ² ▁property ▁was ▁a ▁huge ▁mil estone ▁for ▁Br ink man ▁and ▁for ▁West land . ▁Within ▁five ▁days ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 1 , 0 0 0 ▁guests ▁visited ▁the ▁new ▁property . ▁The ▁headquarters