Tag: Agriculture

Solar panels sit outside the Floating Farm on Nov. 7 2023

Agriculture December 10, 2023 12:43 am

Floating farms: The agricultural wave of the future?

Visitors walking along the river that flows through downtown Rotterdam might be surprised to see a three-tiered structure moored in the water, with a top level occupied by brown and white cows grazing on hay dropped from a conveyor belt.

FLORIDA CITY, FLORIDA – APRIL 01: Farm workers harvest zucchini on the Sam Accursio & Son’s Farm on April 01, 2020 in Florida City, Florida. Sergio Martinez, a harvest crew supervisor, said that the coronavirus pandemic has caused them “to have to throw crops away due to less demand for produce in stores and restaurants. The farm workers who are essential to providing food for homebound families are worried that if the restaurants stay closed and peoples changed grocery store habits continue they would be out of work with no work for the near future.” (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Immigration September 12, 2023 8:58 am

Biden administration proposes more protections for migrant farm workers under H-2A via program

The proposal would reform the H-2A visa program, under which hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take on seasonal jobs in the U.S. agriculture industry.

Food computers developed at the OpenAg project at MIT’s Media Lab were staged for Fall Member Week 2017.

MIT August 7, 2023 5:46 am

MIT raised millions for startup accused of research misconduct

Agriculture

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