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- Plantagon's crowdfunded plantscraper aims to produce 500 metric tons of food a year Fri, 3 Nov 17, 8:30pmSwedish company Plantagon believes that ‘plantscrapers' are the way of the future—and part of solution to the global food crisis. Part urban farm, part skyscraper, these vertical greenhouses could provide large-scale...
- Inhabitat’s Top 7 Most Inspiring Stories of 2014 Sat, 27 Dec 14, 5:30amEvery year you come across those stories that warm your heart and lift your spirits. Whether it involves a tough old lady who refused to back down to developers or a teenager with a brilliant idea that could save the oceans,...
- 16-Year-Old Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair 2014 With World-Changing Crop Yield Breakthrough Thu, 25 Sep 14, 2:07amIrish teenagers Ciara Judge, Émer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow, all 16, have won the Google Science Fair 2014. Their project, Combating the Global Food Crisis, aims to provide a solution to low crop yields by pairing a...
- Bill Gates Calls on Global Community to Stabilize the World’s Food Supply Fri, 24 Feb 12, 3:57amThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports work in education and global development to a degree that few other foundations can claim – and now it’s even taking on the problem of global agriculture production...