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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. The 800-square-foot basement and garage provide ample space for germination, cultivation and packaging, he says, with the vertical shelf configuration leaving plenty of room to grow. “I I love farming…so I hope to [continue] this for a long time.”

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A Blueprint for Cooling our Blue Planet

Farming Secrets

What is the main contributor to the greenhouse gas effect? What would you think if I said water vapor contributes to up to 80 % of the Greenhouse gas effect and Carbon Dioxide only 11 %?How How would you approach reducing global warming if you took the perspective that Greenhouse gases are too much of a good thing in the wrong place?

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Challenges and Innovations Driving the CEA Sector in GCC and MENA

Agritecture Blog

Credit: World Resources Institute According to Strategy and PWC , GCC countries import about 85% of their food and approximately 56% of vegetables, largely due to the highly limited arable land in the region, averaging 4.25%. Everything required for cultivation needs to be imported. As stated by Ryan M. Greener Crop Inc.