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Green hotels and on-site farming
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/green-hotels-on-site-farming
Green Sphere Gardens does fruit tree propagation, school-based tree planting, and establishment of vegetable beds to promote food security, nutrition, and environmental awareness in Kenya
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1804447037098944/
MA blueberry agrivoltaic farm
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/in-massachusetts-solar-farm-was-raised/30599/
World’s deepest farm in a working mine
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/22/subterranean-salad-underground-farmers-seek-solution-to-food-crisis-in-disused-uk-mines
Tegelwippen: Netherlands rip out paving stones to be replaced by plantings, a competition between towns for who can become greener
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1036511562611495
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/we-need-to-accept-the-weeds-dutch-towns-compete-to-remove-the-most-garden-paving
Farm-to-Table Design: A Guide for Developers & Architects
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/understanding-the-farm-to-table-movementfor-developers-architects-designers-and-hospitality-professionals
Early vertical forest building
https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2026/06/04/25-verde-torino-bosco-verticale-luciano-pia.html
hat tip @bruces
Vatican is building agrivoltaics to become a 100% renewably powered nation
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/vatican-build-100-million-renewable-energy-plant-sources-say-2026-08-22/
hat tip @volts.wtf
Seedballs for reforestation in Kenya
https://afr100.org/content/seedballs-kenya-thriving-restoration-enterprise-changing-charcoal-industry
hat tip Mike Hudema
“Planting crops in fields of solar panels is more efficient, protects the plants and helps keep workers cool, study finds”
https://www.livescience.com/technology/electronics/planting-crops-in-fields-of-solar-panels-is-more-efficient-protects-the-plants-and-helps-keep-workers-cool-study-finds
More birds in Midwest solar farms
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/grassland-bird-species-midwest-solar-farms-acoustic/34843/
hat tip to Jamie Henn
Australian solar sheep farm produces better wool and doesn’t need mowing
https://scienceblog.com/b-an-australian-solar-farm-has-shared-its-rows-with-1700-merino-sheep-for-three-years-and-the-farmer-says-the-fleece-tests-on-wool-growth-weight-and-micron-came-back-better-than-his-open-paddocks-whil/
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