Beginning Dec. 1, new retail packs of organic microgreens will be available from Shenandoah Growers, Harrisonburg, Va.
Amazon Announces the Next Alexa Fund Recipients: Musaic and Rachio
Amazon today announced two new recipients of the Alexa Fund, Musaic and Rachio. The Alexa Fund will provide up to $100 million in investments dedicated to supporting developers, manufacturers, and start-ups of all sizes who are passionate about creating new experiences designed around the human voice. Musaic and Rachio are the latest additions to the growing portfolio of Alexa Fund recipients, and join the seven previously funded companies announced in June.
Decoding the Carton: How To Buy Clean & Humane Eggs
While it’s well-documented that industrial egg farming is a controversial business (cue Food Inc), and there are a slew of egg purveyors who are rushing to do better with USDA organic options, there’s still a lot of murkiness around how laying hens are actually treated, and the conditions in which they are raised.
This wifi sprinkler can cut water use 30%
Rachio, a Denver-based start-up, has been selling a "smart sprinkler" for the last year. The device takes the place of a traditional control box on an automated home sprinkler system. It hooks the system up to the Internet -- meaning that you can control it from a smartphone.
How one company is trying to make ‘pasture-raised’ the new egg standard
In 2006, Michael Cox, a chicken farmer in northwest Arkansas, faced a choice that many farmers do: Grow or die. His family had been raising chickens for three generations, first for agriculture behemoth Cargill and then for themselves. Even with 800,000 laying hens, Cox was not big enough to compete: “If you’re growing or dying,” he said, “we were planning our funeral."
Shenandoah Invests in Best-in-Class Agriculture Technology
Arborview Capital Announces Investment in Vital Farms
Advance 5 Star Honors LRI
LRI Named Phillips Lighting “Connections Partner”
LRI Energy Solutions Opens West Coast Office
Gambrills, Maryland – June 2, 2014 – LRI Energy Solutions (LRI), a leading provider of lighting and water efficiency services, is pleased to announce the opening of a West Coast office in San Jose, CA, on July 1, 2014. The office will be led by Paul Bassett, Senior Vice President of Water Savers, and will have a full team including business development, engineering, and project management professionals incorporating lighting, lighting controls, water, water management and other efficiency measures.
Drexel Metals joins Metal Roofing Alliance
Drexel Metals Aquires Metal-Fab Manufacturing - Acquisition Expands Product Capabilities and Expands Geographic Reach
Ivyland, PA – October 31, 2011 – Drexel Metals Inc. (“Drexel Metals”), a leading provider of equipment, materials, engineering and warranties for the production of standing seam metal roofing systems,announced today the acquisition of Metal-Fab Manufacturing, LLC (“MetFab”), a provider of custom metal roofing and architectural sheet metal solutions in the greater D.C./Maryland/Virginia region.
Arborview Capital Announces the Acquisition of Drexel Metals in Partnership with Management
Arborview Capital Invests in Building Efficiency Provider ─ LRI
Chevy Chase, Maryland – November 16, 2009 — Arborview Capital, a private investment firm that provides growth equity capital to emerging clean energy companies, announced today that it has completed an investment in LRI, a leading provider of lighting and water building efficiency services to government, institutional, and commercial customers.