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

GreenBiz

The crop is one of only three native cultivated fruits in North America. The berry grows best in boggy, water-soaked soil that can’t be used for many other crops. The water in natural land supports the cranberry bog and in return, the cranberry bog enriches the soil that supports outside land.". Pull Quote.

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New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion

GreenBiz

This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. The inclusion of biodiversity is part of Textile Exchange's Climate+ strategy, which focuses on urgent climate action and recognizes that soil health, water and biodiversity will play a key role in this transition. New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion. Liesl Truscott.

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Kula Bio Promotes Environmental Stewardship with its Game-changing Biofertilizer

Greentown Labs

Or, you can go the organic fertilizer route—which is better for the environment, but is expensive and has unpredictable yields. Its microbial fertilizer fixes nitrogen (moves nitrogen from the air to the soil) so that plants can use it as food. Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq.

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New Report Highlights Pesticides’ Overlooked Climate Connection

DeSmogBlog

Their harmful impacts on human and ecosystem health are generally well understood. This “vicious cycle” of pesticide use fueling climate change, and vice versa, is examined in a report published Tuesday by the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA).

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Project sets out to create compostable crop sensors

Envirotec Magazine

The team aim to make the patch completely biodegradable, and capable of nourishing the soil once it reaches the end of its period of usefulness. As potentially dangerous materials in components like batteries and printed circuit boards degrade, they create hazards to the environment and to human and animal health which can last for decades.

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General Mills, Danone dig deeper into regenerative agriculture with incentives, funding

Business Green

Two of the most vocal champions of this movement, General Mills and Danone North America - both of which have set specific targets - in recent weeks extended their support to farmers in their supply chains that are picking up these practices. That's the time it takes to have that realisation. This is where they need the support.".

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Bayer Joins Greentown Labs’ Corporate Partner Network

Greentown Labs

May 26, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, today announced Bayer as the newest member of its growing corporate partner network. Bayer , headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, is a multinational life science company with core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture.