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Greenwashing Biotech

August 30, 2010 Environment

If you are a regular reader of The Growing Edge, you know how I feel about genetically modified crops and that I don’t buy the public relations spin of “feeding the world.” Now the GM companies are introducing a new pr spin, “fueling the world” as Lucy Sharratt reports in CommonGround.ca,
Ten years ago, Monsanto tried [...]

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BrightFarm Systems Designs Sustainable Rooftop Greenhouse Integrated On An Affordable Housing Development in South Bronx

February 1, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

BrightFarm Systems recently announced that Blue Sea Development Company’s new state-of-the-art affordable housing complex planned for the South Bronx, NY, will be the first ever affordable housing development to feature a fully integrated hydroponic rooftop farm, designed by BrightFarm Systems. The six-story affordable housing building will feature a 10,000 sq ft rooftop greenhouse that will [...]

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The Feds Go Vertical In Portland

February 1, 2010 Sustainable Energy

I live less than a hundred miles from this federal building in Portland, Oregon, so as it progresses look for pictorial updates here as I go up to PDX once a week. William Yardley writes in The New York Times,
Urban gardening used to seem subversive. People planted tomatoes in public parks, strung their hops to [...]

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Potatoes And Algae May Replace Oil In Plastics

December 27, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

Virginie Montet writes in the telegraph.co.uk,
Frederic Scheer is biding his time, convinced that by 2013 the price of oil will be so high that his bio-plastics, made from vegetables and plants, will be highly marketable.
Scheer, 55, is the owner of Cereplast, a company that designs and makes sustainable plastics from starches found in tapioca, corn, [...]

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Wood Furnace Heats Connecticut Farm’s Greenhouse

December 11, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

Chris Brunson writes in CEO & Entrepreneur Magazine,
The 5,000 square feet of growing and display space inside a glass greenhouse and 5,000 square feet of retail showroom at Running Brook Farms (RBF) in Killingworth, Connecticut, is warmed by an efficient system that uses ground wood products and a fully-automatic boiler system.
“We wanted to heat it [...]

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Valcent Products Inc.

December 5, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

I posted a few months ago about Valcent Products supplying a British zoo with vegetables for the animals.
Now Valcent has been named by Time magazine as one of the 50 best inventions of 2009.
Additionally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has agreed to join the advisory board of Valcent Products Inc. Kennedy says he is excited about [...]

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Thunder Bay Ontario Solar Greenhouse

November 15, 2009 Greenhouses

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, receives a lot of sunlight in the winter months. A Thunder Bay man hopes to utilize those solar rays to grow vegetables throughout the winter with two, four by eight-foot solar panels, thermal blinds and a heat-retention wall built into the greenhouse. Click HERE to read about Leo Hunnakko and his [...]

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Farming On The Frontlines Of Change

November 15, 2009 Farm/Garden Politics

Nickengelfried writes on the blog It’s Getting Hot in Here,
When Anne Berblinger delved into the world of small-scale organic farming in 1991, the concept of global warming had not yet entered mainstream consciousness in the US. “It wasn’t at the top of everyone’s mind,” says Berblinger while slicing freshly harvested peppers in the kitchen [...]

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The Sahara Forest Project

November 3, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

Leonora Oppenheim writes in Treehugger.com,
Can you imagine being able to produce enough water in the Sahara to grow crops there? Can you imagine harnessing sufficient quantities of solar power to supply electricity to cities in Africa and cities in Europe? Can you imagine producing a sustainable bio-fuel that doesn’t impact on world food supplies? Charlie [...]

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Houweling Nurseries—An Example Of Sustainable Industrial Farming And The Way It Can Change

May 15, 2009 Farming & Agriculture

A new state of the art, sustainable greenhouse complex opened Thursday northwest of Los Angeles. The facility uses renewable energy to cut utility costs. Using the latest technology, the facility will produce 20 times more fruit per acre than in conventional field production.

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