Hoosier Daniel Lee recently noted the policy choice to limit natural gas and coal, combined with mandates for low-energy wind and solar, is making the Midwest energy grid significantly more expensive and unreliable. Federal regulators are also attempting to quash local opposition to eyesore wind farms as they force utilitiesContinue Reading
Researchers from the University of Arizona are working on groundwater and agricultural research that could help sustainable farming practices in central Arizona. The project, funded with a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and led by the University of California, Davis,Continue Reading
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nature’s Miracle Holdings Inc. (“Nature’s Miracle”), announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with “UFO” (Urban Farm Organization) to open indoor farms with stores in urban areas of America that serve farm-to-fork fresh vegetables to local populations. UnderContinue Reading
Inside a humid warehouse in suburban Indianapolis, a company called Atarraya is using large metal containers and the latest technology to grow shrimp hundreds of miles from the ocean. At one end of the hangar-like building sit blue metal boxes that look similar to shipping containers. But instead of holding cargo forContinue Reading
EarthX Founder Announces New CEO, Executive Director Nathan Loftice has been named the new CEO and executive director of EarthX, the Dallas-based international nonprofit environmental organization. Nathan Loftice Loftice’s appointment was announced by Trammell Crow, real estate developer-turned-environmentalist and founder of EarthX. Loftice is a longtime director at Fort Worth-basedContinue Reading
Firebird Research Farm in Prince George’s County, Maryland by Chesapeake Bay Program licensed under Creative Commons. Like mushrooms after a spring rain, or squash ready for fall harvest, urban farms have been popping up all over Prince George’s County for the past five years or so. As the US DepartmentContinue Reading
Behind an airtight door, inside a warehouse 10 minutes walk from Bristol city centre, shelves of vibrant chives sprout enthusiastically towards a sky of multicoloured LEDs. The air they are transpiring smells earthy, despite the absence of soil, while a mechanical hum provides a soothing substitute for birdsong. Welcome toContinue Reading
The single greatest threat to the environment isn’t hunting or suburban sprawl or invasive species. It’s farming. Farms cover roughly 40 percent of the country, and they’ve replaced countless ecosystems with vast fields of soybeans, corn, and cattle. Agriculture also accounts for about 11 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions.Continue Reading
DUBLIN, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Smart Irrigation Controllers Market – A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Product and Application, Supply Chain Analysis, and Country Analysis – Analysis and Forecast, 2022-2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Research_and_Markets_Logo The global smart irrigation controllers market was valued atContinue Reading
The enclosures stretch the length of an Olympic-size swimming pool, but from above they appear as floating dots scattered across the ocean. Inside, fish mill about as the submerged pens sway to the currents of the open sea. Known as offshore fish farms, these structures have appeared around the worldContinue Reading
