While the image of agriculture typically conjures scenes of sprawling fields bathed in sunlight, a new wave of innovation is taking root in the unlikeliest of places: abandoned coal mines. Vertical farming, a practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers...
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Vertical Farming Takes Root in Unexpected Places: Abandoned Coal Mines
Sunny Solutions: Harnessing Solar Power in Aruba
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