Want Healthier Tomatoes? Grow ‘Em With LEDs

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Find out how LEDs can up the nutritional content of a homegrown tomato while saving energy. Read more →

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USDA Wants Rural Businesses To Conserve Energy

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$20.8 million in funding is available for farmers and rural small businesses that want to implement energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy projects. Read more →

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Solar Greenhouses Rise From Fukushima’s Ashes

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The circular hydroponic greenhouses stand alongside solar panels in the same fields that were destroyed by tsunami waves and nuclear fallout in 2011. Read more →

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‘President For A Day’ Game Lets Players Tackle Global Hunger

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If you were President, how would you take action on climate change, biofuel mandates, foreign aid, and agricultural development? A new game let's you test your mettle. Read more →

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Open-Source Farm Technology Feeds The Developing World

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The ECHO Global Farm & Nursery in Fort Meyers trains aid workers how to operate a farm built around sustainable principles and open-source technology. Read more →

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New Think Tank Takes Aim At Broken Food System

Food Think Tank, Danielle Nierenberg, Ellen Gustafson

A food think tank is formed to address issues around more sustainable agriculture practices. Read more →

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Solar Powered Pot Farms Sweep The Nation!

solar powered pot farms

It was probably the liberal/hippie plan from the start, using solar power to go off-grid to grow pot, and now the Associated Press is all over the story. Read more →

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Can Weed-Seeking Robots Replace Planet-Killing Herbicides?

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Herbicides are great in theory, but they end up killing lots of things besides their intended target. According one technology startup, the best alternative might come in the form of weed-pulling robots. Read more →

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Agri-Cube Turns A Parking Spot Into A Vegetable Factory

Daiwa Vegetable Factory

Japan’s Daiwa House Industry developed a parking-space-sized vegetable factory that's perfect for urban farmers. Read more →

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Greenhouse Combines Crops With Solar Power

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A research consortium in the Basque region of Spain has developed a PV system for greenhouses that maximizes power production and manages the shading of crops. Read more →

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