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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

There are also increasing concerns about the effects of agriculture on soil health, with detrimental effects including erosion, pollution (nutrients and pesticides), compaction, desertification and salinisation. With no soil or pesticide contamination, water efficiency is further enhanced by the absence of a requirement for washing.

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Buyer’s Guide for Sustainable Home Products

Green Business Bureau

High Sierra showerheads , recognized by the EPA with the WaterSense Excellence Award in 2016, provide a strong spray, a swivel to adjust direction and a trickle option that conserves water during lathering. WaterSense offers two types of water-efficient irrigation controllers: weather-based and soil moisture-based.

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What we’re looking to fund in Cohort 10

Elemental Excelerator

But just as food production and consumption are key drivers of climate change, creating a regenerative food system can help us sequester carbon in soil and create healthier waterways and ecosystems. We are particularly interested in innovations around: Soil health and carbon sequestration technologies. Improving energy resiliency.