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Researchers are finding that when pulverized rock is applied to agricultural fields, the soil pulls far more carbon from the air and crop yields increase. More studies are underway, but some scientists say this method shows significant benefits for farmers and the climate.
by Susan Cosier
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It's not something you can swat away: Insect-based foods are winging their way to your local market.
by Maggie Noe
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Plus, we chew on an idea to use on-demand delivery apps to help consumers understand the carbon impact of their meal choices.
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There's an emerging market to pay farmers to store more carbon in the soil by using improved agricultural practices. But some scientists are questioning whether these efforts will actually help slow global warming.
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Skeptics are sowing doubts about the carbon sequestration potential. The questions underscore the complexities of soil science.
by Jim Giles
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From high-tech indoor farms in France and Singapore to mobile apps connecting urban growers and eaters in India and the United States, here are more than a dozen initiatives using tech, entrepreneurship, and social innovation to change urban agriculture.
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New approaches, from CO2-sucking materials to regenerative agriculture, were in the spotlight at VERGE 19.
by RP Siegel
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Featured this week: Alexa Dembek, the chief technology and sustainability officer for DuPont, and Ned Harvey, managing director at Rocky Mountain Institute.
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Danfoss, Twiga Foods and InspiraFarms are among those pioneering innovative cooling technologies, including off-grid solar.
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The legislation sows the seeds for monetizing a new agricultural product, carbon capture and storage.
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Also in this episode, digging into sustainable agriculture and what's in store at the upcoming Sustainable Innovation Forum, being held alongside COP24 in Poland.
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A monthly wrap-up of recent research on sustainable business and clean technology.
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Mission possible: Impossible Foods' sustainability manager discusses how the startup built a plant-based burger that may revolutionize fast food.
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On this week's podcast: The uncertain future of the DOE's advanced energy research and a growing regenerative-ag movement in Costa Rica.
by Joel Makower
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DuPont's Pioneer and Bayer AG's Crop Science join Finistere Ventures and Cloud Break Advisors in creating a new accelerator fund.