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Meet one vertical farm venture helping the industry grow past greens

GreenBiz

Meet one vertical farm venture helping the industry grow past greens. Vertical farming needs to get beyond the leafy green business — the ability to grow crops such as kale, microgreens and lettuce in urban or indoor settings won't transform the entire agriculture system. We were looking for large-scale industrial stuff.

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Acoustic landscape monitoring suggested as a game-changer for biodiversity improvement

Envirotec Magazine

AgriSound team member Calum Pheby with “Polly” What’s described as the world’s first fully automated acoustic ‘panoramic’ landscape monitoring system, which can report in real-time on the landscape of natural sounds in a given area, is being developed by bioacoustics firm AgriSound.

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Advanced Techniques for Vegetation Monitoring With Planetary Variables

Planet Pulse

Vegetation monitoring involves inspecting and measuring the growth of trees and other plants to understand ecosystem health. Governments and industries need accurate, up-to-date data to assess vegetation health and manage resources effectively. However, traditional data-gathering methods often fall short.

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Inside Singapore’s $735M Hydrogen Project Backed by Billionaire Anthoni Salim

Hydrogen Fuel News

$735M Hydrogen-Ready Power Plant on Jurong Island Marks a Clean Energy Breakthrough PacificLight Power, a key player in Singapore’s energy sector, has taken major strides toward clean energy with its $735 million hydrogen-ready power plant project.

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Work concludes on AI-powered flood risk digital twin prototype

Envirotec Magazine

The prototype, which can detect, monitor, assess and predict the financial and socio-economic risks related to flood events, harnesses continental water data from earth observation data, in-situ ground sensors and drone data. Almost every day, terrible floods prove that the planets water cycle is increasingly susceptible to disruption.

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How Ocean Spray cranberries became America’s '100 percent sustainable' crop

GreenBiz

It's a symbiotic relationship," said Chris Ferzli, director of global corporate affairs and communications for Ocean Spray, the well-known agricultural co-operative, which generates annual revenue of about $2 billion. The verification applies to Ocean Spray's agriculture program and operations for three years.

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Next generation flow measurement drives sustainable water management

Envirotec Magazine

2 This move to the cities goes hand in hand with increasing industrialization, which demands more water for manufacturing and generates more effluent. Water is consumed extensively in agriculture for both food production and increasingly for biofuels. MtCO2e which increases to 35 MtCO2e when household water use is factored in.