Impacts Photo by Maegan Luckiesh on Unsplash Florida’s manatees are dying in Indian River Lagoon. Why? Heads of romaine lettuce might seem like empty calories for starving “sea cows” that weigh 1,000 pounds. But for Florida’s manatees, they’re just what the vet ordered.
Resilience Vertical farming takes off in aging Japan The nondescript building on an industrial site near Kyoto gives little hint to the productivity inside: 30,000 heads of lettuce grow here daily.
