The global population is rising – it’s expected to top eight billion by 2030. As a result, demand for everyday essentials is soaring, too. No doubt you’ve heard the debate about how the world is striving to find adequate energy resources and beefing up aging infrastructures in order to handle the strain. But what [...]
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‘Stock’ up for the world’s biggest food fight
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, clean seed capital, Marvelle media, soil erosion, vesco agricultural technologies on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Clean Seed Capital Group poised to facilitate progress in sustainable agriculture.
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged Marvelle media, agriculture, carbon sequestration, soil erosion, carbon credits, capital markets on June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Vancouver based Clean Seed Capital Group is positioned to play a meaningful role in the growth of sustainable agriculture. Clean Seed Capital’s focus is to identify solution-driven, sustainable, environmentally responsible, agricultural based companies that need a strategic partner to facilitate progress. Agriculture has changed dramatically, post World War II food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, [...]
Carbon credits offer opportunities for farmers
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, carbon sequestration, clean seed capital, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, no till farming, soil erosion, vesco agricultural technologies on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
No-till fields store carbon in the form of soil organic matter, which can be sold by farmers, providing them with an additional source of income. As the United States looks to become more green, a program to trade carbon credits from farmland could play a role. When carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, by vehicles [...]
“Sustainable agriculture is a space that looks as big or bigger than clean tech,”
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, capital markets, carbon credits, carbon sequestration, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, soil erosion, vesco agricultural technologies on April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Sustainable agriculture is a space that looks as big or bigger than clean tech,” said Paul Matteucci, a venture capitalist with U.S. Venture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif. “Historically, we have not seen a ton of entrepreneurial activity in agriculture, but we are beginning to see it now, and the opportunities are huge.” A [...]
“Clean Seed Capital Ltd” is identifying and developing solution-driven, sustainable, environmentally responsible, agricultural based companies.
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, carbon sequestration, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, no till farming on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Initiative Our primary initiative is predicated on identifying solution-driven, sustainable, environmentally responsible, agricultural based companies that need a strategic partner to facilitate progress. As a value added group, CleanSeed Capital Group provides strategic capital, business advisory services, and marketing strategies that yield both positive impact and significant investor returns from this rapidly growing [...]
Eye on Agriculture – No Till Farming
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, carbon sequestration, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, no till farming, soil erosion, vesco agricultural technologies on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Technology driven world of Agriculture, Zero-till or No-till farming has been the direction many producers in the state have been heading. (Alan Ness, Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Association) “Zero Till used to be a practice that you’d do on an annual basis now zero till has really turned into a system.” A system that started [...]
EPA Paves Way For Cap And Trade
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, carbon credits, carbon sequestration, carbon trading, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, vesco, vesco agricultural technologies on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon trading executive sees doors opening in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency’s findings earlier this week could be a green light for cap and trade as the government agency has declared carbon dioxide emissions can pose a threat to human health. The statement by Lisa Jackson, head of the EPA could start a [...]
What is Carbon Trading all about and how can Vesco play a role?
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, carbon credits, carbon sequestration, carbon trading, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, no till farming, vesco, vesco agricultural technologies on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon Offsets: The UN-administered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows companies and governments to meet part of their emission reduction targets by financing carbon-cutting projects in the developing world, accounted for a further 947 million tons of carbon trading in 2007, valued at approximately US$18.7 billion (Point Carbon, 2008). This Kyoto sanctioned carbon offset protocol [...]
Vesco Agricultural Technologies…Setting a new standard in No-Till farming equipment. (Part 3) Soil erosion
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, Marvelle media, no till farming, soil erosion, vesco, vesco agricultural technologies on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marvelle Media continues to feature this company. Today we are focusing on Soil erosion and how Vesco can play its part. Soil erosion: The world is facing an agricultural crisis of pandemic proportions: the catastrophic loss of topsoil. After covering the earth for thousands of years, the world’s topsoil is being lost at an alarming rate. In [...]
Low-carbon farms can raise food output
Posted in Agriculture, Business, tagged agriculture, carbon sequestration, food, green house gas emissions, Marvelle media, soil erosion, vesco, vesco agricultural technologies on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Low-carbon farms can raise food output – FAO Low-carbon farming can both curb climate change and boost food output in developing nations and must be rewarded under a global climate deal due in December, the U.N.’s food agency said on Thursday. Steps to cut carbon emissions on farms in developing countries could also boost yields [...]
