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All reports from Factory & Fields, across every series.
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The Shrimp Farm That Waters Its Own Greenhouse: Inside Agriloops’ First Saltwater Aquaponics Plant
Agriloops opened Mangrove #1 near Rennes in 2025: a shrimp pool feeding a greenhouse next door, its water…
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Four Liters of Water, One Kilogram of Tomatoes: Inside a Dutch Greenhouse Pollinated by 800 Bees
Looye Kwekers’s greenhouse in Burgerveen turns four liters of water into a kilogram of tomatoes, with 800 bumblebees…
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VD Holland: Why a Dutch Pepper Grower Drilled for Geothermal Heat Instead of Burning Gas
When gas prices spiked after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Dutch pepper grower VD Holland and neighbouring growers drilled…
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Port of Blyth: How a Dying Coal Port Became a Cable Factory for the North Sea
At Blyth, on England’s Northumberland coast, a 69,000-square-meter factory now builds high-voltage subsea cable for offshore wind, on…
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Lancaster, California: How a Solar Permit Became a 45-Minute Errand
In Lancaster, California, a residential solar permit takes about 45 minutes instead of six months. The city invented…
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MagREEsource: Recycled Rare-Earth Magnets, Made Near Grenoble Without a Mine
In Noyarey, near Grenoble, MagREEsource recycles permanent magnets into new ones without mining new ore, and ships the…
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Wunsiedel’s Wood Energy Loop: Forest Waste In, Power and Heat Out
In a small Bavarian town, WUN-Bioenergie turns local forest residue into electricity, then uses the leftover heat to…
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Inside Powerhouse Brattørkaia: the Trondheim Office Building Built to Produce Twice the Energy It Uses
On a Trondheim harbourfront roof, at 63 degrees north, nearly 3,000 square meters of solar panels help Powerhouse…