NASA Harvest (NASA’s Food Security and Agriculture program area) and the Israeli company CropX, a global leader in soil analytics for agriculture, today announced a strategic partnership that will give NASA Harvest unprecedented soil insights for its global agricultural monitoring efforts. Supporting a more sustainable food ecosystem, together NASA Harvest and CropX will provide farmers and industry experts with the data and information they need to improve farming sustainability by conserving resources and improving crop yields.https://israeltrade.org.au/2021/05/21/nasa-harvest-and-cropx-partner-to-support-sustainable-agriculture/
Health and educational outcomes in low-income areas across America are staggeringly low. Stephen Ritz is a game changer. This very creative American teacher developed an incredibly successful indoor gardening curriculum that allows children to grow vegetables in the classroom, helping them eat better, be more engaged with school and give them pathways for jobs.Read more at: https://greenbronxmachine.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjwqIiFBhAHEiwANg9szssIIAuiWy59ReljuhNqY5PYAyaoRP4ZtcJIKWBaQCvUZuMUI6MCmxoCkesQAvD_BwEPhoto Credit: greenbronxmachine.com
Australia's Ready Fund Go has raised in pledges $140,000 to continue to prevent plastic waste by supporting through donations the edible and delicious coffee cup made of vanilla wafers.Australians love their coffee. The problem is that every day an estimated 2.7 million coffee cups are disposed of in Australia. This means about a billion coffee cups are disposed of each year. The solution is a new edible coffee cup that biodegrades faster than a banana peel. No landfills are needed and no risk of plastic waste could end up in the ocean.For more information:https://readyfundgo.com/project/good-edi-edible-cups/