The world’s first organic state: Sikkim
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234911-000-take-a-photographic-tour-around-the-worlds-first-fully-organic-state/hat tip Monica Raymond
Kansas Ioway tribe shifts to regenerative agriculture
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-soil-kansas-tribe-shifts-regenerative.amp
hat tip Soil4Climate.org
Pioneer ecological designer John Todd has a Substack
https://oceanarks.substack.com/
Aquaponics in city farming
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/circular-economy-aquaponics-in-city-farming
Editorial Comment: John Todd was a pioneer in the integration of aquaculture with gardening and water purification
Chinese agri and aqua voltaic projects
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/03/dual-harvest-agrivoltaics-boost-food-energy-production-in-asia/
Keystone plants by ecoregion - "we have included critical plant genera and local species that host significant numbers of butterflies, moths, and pollen specialist bees. Without these ‘key' plants, the ecosystem and the wildlife would suffer."
https://nwf.org/keystoneplants
Growing food on Mars can help on Earth, using an indigenous agricultural method
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/why-a-new-method-of-growing-food-on-mars-matters-more-on-earth/
Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-04/future-proof-food-systems-in-europe-a-call-for-action/
Marburg Action Plan for Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe
https://www.arc2020.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marburg-Action-Plan_final.pdf
Fork Farms provides hydroponic farming systems to schools
https://www.forkfarms.com/
Editorial Comment: Learned about this on 6/13/24 CBS Evening News “Eye on America” segment where they featured their installation at an Appleton, WI school (and a food pantry)
Fighting for the right not to mow - rewilding lawns and the law
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/the-gardener-who-took-a-canadian-city-to-court-for-the-right-to-not-mow-his-lawn
The Man Who Planted Trees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY_zuNtf3_g
Editorial Comment: A classic. It is fiction but there are working examples of others doing the same all around the world. We need more.
Urban agrivoltaics for Detroit
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/25/solar-neighborhoods-in-detroit-choose-lightstar-to-illuminate-the-future-with-innovative-neighborhood-agrivoltaic-solar/
https://detroitmi.gov/government/mayors-office/office-sustainability/solar-neighborhoods
