by gmoke
Tue May 13th, 2025 at 08:51:12 AM EST
Urine as fertilizer
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250227-the-vermont-farmers-using-urine-to-grow-their-crops
An industrial designed bee hive based on the form factor of a hollow tree
http://www.core77.com/posts/135723/HIIVE-From-An-Industrial-Design-Thesis-to-Market
Black Farmers Index - connecting consumers to local food grown by Black farmers
http://blackfarmersindex.com/
ART given notice to quit 31-year-old Food Forest - not all news is good news
http://substack.com/home/post/p-159120584
The world's biggest soil conservation project
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/how-china-led-way-water-soil-conservation
Enhancing agrivoltaic synergies through optimized tracking strategies - "This paper presents a methodology for dynamically optimizing solar panel positioning to meet the varying light requirements of crops. Simulations are conducted for a case study of an agrivoltaic system in an apple orchard in southwestern Germany."
http://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-photonics-for-energy/volume-15/issue-03/032703
Enhancing-agrivoltaic-synergies-through-optimized-tracking-strategies/10.1117/1.JPE.15.032703.full
hat tip to http://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/15/new-agrivoltaic-tool-optimizes-solar-generation-and-crop-product
ion
Community farm reviving prairie land in Chicago
http://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/17/how-a-little-village-farm-is-reviving-prairie-land-in-chicago
hat tip to @chasesolidago.bsky.social
Paris votes for 500 more green streets
http://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2
025-03-23
Creole gardens as a response to climate change in Guadeloupe
http://globalvoices.org/2025/04/15/in-guadeloupe-creole-gardens-give-climate-lessons-in-a-spirit-of-
solidarity/
Editorial Comment: I'm reading Toxic Tropics: A Horror Story of Environmental Injustice by Jessica Oublié, Nicola Gobbi, Kathrine Avraam, Vinciane Lebrun about the persistent contamination of Guadeloupe and Martinique by chlordecane which was used to control pests in banana plantations. We have big problems on multiple fronts.
2 GW agrivoltaic project in China
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/massive-2-gw-agrivoltaic-project-aims-to-restore-desert-in-china
/
Editorial Comment: I learned a new word: ecovoltaic - rebuilding soil health while restoring natural habitats and native plant species
Agrivoltaics and ecovotaics are examples of geotherapy, helping ecological systems restore the damage homo sap sap (that sap!) has done.
Growing strawberries under different levels of shading from thin-film solar panels
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/strawberries-under-solar-panels-agrivoltaics-canada
How Trmp's first 100 days changed the USDA food system
http://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/trump-usda-food-system-agriculture-first-100-days/
