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Here's how this futuristic, 95,000-square-foot vertical farm would bring fresh leafy greens and jobs to Compton
The vertical farm will contain rows upon rows of crops with the capacity to produce 365 harvests of high quality leafy greens per year. "From day one it's perfectly controlled...We don't use pesticides...there's nothing to wash off, it's usually not touched by human hands ever, and so we have a safe clean product that is ready to eat right out of the package."
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Rapid global heating is hurting farm productivity, study finds
Research shows rising temperatures since 1960s have acted as handbrake to agricultural yield of crops and livestock
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AI controlled vertical farm could solve land crisis
AI-controlled vertical farm produces 400 times more food per acre than a flat farm, National Geographic recently predicted that by 2050, there would be more than two billion additional mouths to feed By 2050.
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Lettuce grows just fine in solar-panel greenhouses
The findings demonstrate the feasibility of using see-through solar panels in greenhouses to generate electricity. “We were a little surprised—there was no real reduction in plant growth or health,” says Heike Sederoff, a professor of plant biology at North Carolina State University and co-corresponding author of the study in Cell Reports Physical Science. “It means the idea of integrating transparent solar cells into greenhouses can be done.”
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What to Know About an Acre of Land
Are you considering buying a piece of land to build your dream home? There is a lot to know when you're buying land. One of the common questions people ask is how much is an acre of land and how much is an acre of land worth.
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Our grasslands have been poisoned by intensive farming – Randall D Jackson
With each step, Zeke’s boot disappears from sight, swallowed by a lush canopy of grasses and clovers. He jabs his walking stick through the foliage to gauge its height. ‘’Bout ready for turn in,’ he thinks, taking a minute to soak up the scene – buzzing bees, chirping birds, a babbling brook full of trout. At the end of the valley, he sees his neighbour in chest-high waders flicking his fishing rod in a slow back-and-forth rhythm, and wonders how the new cattle-crossing is holding up in the creek.
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Inside the Gently Competitive World of Giant Vegetable Growing
Great Britain's greatest green thumbs break records every year.
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The way we eat could lead to habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050
Each year, billions of animals are slaughtered to put food on our plates. The animal welfare and climate change implications of this are well-documented — most animals are factory-farmed, and global meat production accounts for 14.5 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
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Doctors Urge White House To Stop 'Detrimental' Impact Of Animal Agriculture
Agroup of doctors is urging the White House to stop the ‘detrimental’ impact of animal agriculture. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit organization featuring 12,000 physicians including Dr. Neal D. Barnard.
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Don’t Stop at Big Tech—We Need to Bust Big Agriculture, Too
Amid Congressional investigation and federal, state and private antitrust cases, all eyes are on Big Tech. The step up in antitrust enforcement against the digital technology behemoths and their alleged abuses of market power is, by all accounts, good news. Successful cases could restore competition, which would benefit smaller businesses and American consumers alike.
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Scientists have taught spinach to send emails
It sounds too weird to be true, but engineers at MIT have developed nanotechnology which can be embedded in plants.
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Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores
Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest. That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field urban farming pods take root in real soil.
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At This Banana Farm, the Bunches Grow in 430 Shapes and Sizes
India's "plantain man" has traveled widely to build a collection of unusual varieties.
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2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
Plenty's vertical farm in San Fransisco uses 99% less land, 95% less water, recycled plastic packaging, and is powered by renewable energy.
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Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds
The cost of the climate damage caused by organic meat production is just as high as that of conventionally farmed meat, according to research. The analysis estimated the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from different foods and calculated how much their prices would need to rise to cover the harm they cause by fuelling the climate emergency.
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German firm says indoor vertical farm in Singapore will produce 1.5 tons of 'leafy greens' every day
Henner Schwarz, CEO of German firm &ever, said that his company's new indoor vertical farm in Singapore will produce 1.5 tons of "leafy green" produce per day.
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FDA approves new genetically modified pig for allergy-free medical and food products
The FDA has approved genetic modifications to a pig whose body doesn't make a component that can trigger allergies in people.
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The Meat Industry’s Bestiality Problem
Big Agriculture’s artificial insemination is abusive. Most states have rewritten old laws to absolve it—but some haven’t.
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The Next Pandemic Could Come From an American Factory Farm
"If you have several thousand hogs packed in together and they're all genetically largely the same, that selects for the most virulent pathogens."
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An unusual snack for cows, a powerful fix for climate
Scientists have discovered that feeding seaweed to cows significantly reduces the amount of methane they produce and burp into the atmosphere, while also helping them produce more milk and grow bigger on less feed. When grown in the ocean, seaweed helps to filter the water, making the idea of farming seaweed to feed to cows a win-win for the environment and farmers.
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