Source: digitaltrends.com Published: April 28, 2016 By Kelly Hodgkins Offshore wind farms are growing in popularity as energy providers look for different ways of harvesting power from the sun without using valuable land resources. One unique idea being developed by...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 26, 2016 A rendering of Aerofarms’ new headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, which it says will be the largest indoor vertical farm in the world. This could be part of the future of farming. By Alexander C. Kaufman NEWARK, New...
Source: good.is Published: April 21, 2016 A look at the monstrous amount of whey that can come from cheese production. It turns out cheese whey is a great power source Rachel Nuwer The French are stylishly tackling food waste with a picturesque new power plant, high...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 21, 2016 by kincoffee Meet Mike and Tabi. For years they’ve had a dream of owning a local coffee shop. Mike began working as a barista and Tabi as a stylist in the film world. After drinking too many mediocre (at best) cups of...
Source: cnn.com Published: April 22, 2016 It’s mealtime for these mealworms, which researchers have found are able to eat Styrofoam. The waste they produce from these dubious snacks is biodegradable. By Jareen Imam Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and...
Source: wrvo.org Published: April 5, 2016 Luke Runyon / KUNC, Harvest Public Media At the Heartland Biogas Project, millions of tons of food waste are collected and converted into usable methane gas By Luke Runyon Americans throw away about a third of our available...
Source: news.cornell.edu Published: April 6, 2016 Andrew Martin Simons Johannes Lehmann, center, discusses soil research with farmers in Awassa, Ethiopia. By Blaine Friedlander Here’s the scientific dirt: Soil can help reduce global warming. While farm soil grows the...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 15, 2016 One of Twin Cedar Farm’s coops. CBS Flock to Twin Cedar Farm. By Elyse Wanshel Like the idea of raising backyard chickens but you’re not sure if the responsibility will ruffle your feathers? Twin Cedar Farm in...
Source: climatekids.nasa.gov Published: April 13, 2016 Sunshine S’mores Yummmmm! A solar oven is a box that traps some of the Sun’s energy to make the air inside the box hotter than the air outside the box. In other words, the solar oven is like a super greenhouse....
