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/

Plantix is a mobile application with the mission to make agriculture more sustainable.  Plantix is designed to diagnose disease in crops. By sending a picture of your crop, the Crop Doctor will help solve the problem. The android phone is turned into a mobile crop doctor. With just a photo, the Plantix application diagnosis infected crops and offers treatments for any pest, disease or nutrient deficiency problem.  The application is designed to benefit best farming practices, preventative measures and  has a fertilizer calculator. It also contains a weekly action plan aligned with various crops and conditions.For more read:  https://plantix.net/en/