Deforestation is partially a result of traditional agriculture practices so we’re looking into alternative agriculture to find out how it can actually benefit the environment. We're focusing on two farming innovations, one of which doesn’t involve soil to grow plants and another that uses a machine to clean up cow manure.

Stanley Janicki is the vice president of Sedron Technologies and Donald De Jong is the co-owner and CEO of Natural Prairie Dairy. They partnered to roll out the Varcor system, which upcycles cow manure into a better fertilizer while helping to sequester more carbon in the soil. Plus, it produces clean drinking water!

Gotham Greens Co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri developed an urban greenhouse farm that's completely devoid of soil. With the goal to localize supply chains, Puri is opening up more hydroponic farms located in urban settings to cut back on distribution distances.

Resources on regenerative farming and permaculture:

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/regenerative-agriculture-101#whatis

https://www.thespruce.com/permaculture-garden-principles-steps-5199140