Monthly Archives: July 2017

Container farmers

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Danielle Park

Ian Brown and David Pendergast founded Agora Greens in the beginning of 2016 and quickly began building a successful business growing fresh produce year-round in Walpole, Massachusetts. Using the Leafy Green Machine, the two grow a variety of lettuces, herbs … Continue reading →

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Vertical, container farming: the time has come

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Danielle Park

Converted shipping containers about the size of a standard one-car garage, can produce the same amount of crops as two acres of outdoor farmland with a fraction of the water usage (ie.,10 gallons of recycled water a day). Powered by LED lights … Continue reading →

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Oil racing against end of the ICE-age

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Danielle Park

The U$ has slumped on increasing Trump lumps the past month–no health care rewrite, no imminent tax code overhaul, and that debt ceiling is back.  This has spurred some strength in the price of crude and its handmaiden the Canadian … Continue reading →

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