In the wake of the Santa Rosa fires, many Burners wanted to do whatever they could to help. Of Napa stepped up with SHELTERPODs.

Are algae microfarms the future of urban farming? February 27, 2014. Growing local food in community gardens and urban farms is a popular and growing trend. Because urban space is limited and valuable, some entrepreneurs are transforming old warehouses and even underground spaces into indoor farms using artificial lighting. Others propose vertical farms, even growing food in skyscrapers. Over the past 30 years, the algae spirulina has gained global recognition as a supe.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009. How Ventures can Harvest from the Third Great Algae Bloom. Algae has a natural bloom and bust cycle. In a natural environment, algae blooms in lakes when spring rains deposit nutrients and summer sunshine heats the waters. When rapid algal growth exhausts its nutrients, sudden collapse leaves a big mess. In a commercial growing environment, scientists control nutrients and growth conditions to prolong algal growth and achieve high productivity. Today algae is grown commercially f.