This is my first time learning about this. The panels provide shade for the crops, which is useful in hot weather or during droughts. It seems the trade-off is the ease of harvest. “Agrivoltaics - the practice of using land for both solar energy and agriculture - is on the rise across France.” ~ learn more
“Consequently while we have many examples of the emergence of farming and from there the development of complex agrarian economies, we really only have one ‘pristine’ example of an industrial revolution.” ~ learn more
Interesting short post by Hunter Walk from VC firm Homebrew. | learn more
Writing for Bloomberg, Amanda Little offers an inside look at Blue River Technologies, the company acquired by Deer & Co not long ago. | learn more
While others have failed, the march toward indoor farming continues. The benefits include extreme improvements in land yields (530x), better water efficiency, and implicitly organic foods. | learn more