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Bloomberg - California Blackout Risk Prompts Produce Plant to Build Its Own Grid
California’s repeated brushes with blackouts proved too much for Taylor Farms. The produce supplier, based in the farm country John Steinbeck made famous, can’t afford to lose refrigeration at its facilities where lettuce and vegetables are trimmed, mixed into salads and packaged for sale. So working with Bloom Energy Corp., Taylor Farms is installing a microgrid at its 450,000 ...
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Potager Farm and IGS to build Germany’s first retail park-based vertical farm
Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has secured a partnership with Potager Farm, a subsidiary of grocery-anchored real estate firm Greenman Group, to build the first retail park-based vertical farm in Germany. Potager Farm will operate and run the farm in Berlin, supplying fresh produce to Greenman’s retail centres. IGS will install two nine-metre-high growth towers in the retail park, ...
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Veolia`s Nottinghamshire composting plant plans rejected
Veolia Environmental Services’ planning application to build a composting plant next to a fresh food supplier in Nottingham has been refused by the local authority. Despite planning officers recommending the construction of the plant, Nottinghamshire County Council unanimously refused the application because of its possible impact on neighbouring businesses, which have campaigned against the ...
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OneFarm unveils plans for its first UK vertical farm installation
Sustainable food producer OneFarm has announced its plans to deliver a 6,400m2 vertical farm in Newmarket, Suffolk, capable of growing up to 415 tonnes of food per annum to feed local people. The farm will be delivered in partnership with indoor agritech specialist, IGS Limited, and is funded by both public and private investors. OneFarm will work alongside Suffolk County Council (SCC) and New ...
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What`s for lunch on earth day? low carbon eats
Bon Appétit Management is helping diners protect the planet this Earth Day one forkful at a time by hosting its third annual Low Carbon Diet Day (www.eatlowcarbon.org) on Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day). As the first and only food service provider to connect food and climate change, Bon Appétit, with cafés on college and corporate campuses around the country, has made purchasing and operational ...
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