"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth."
William Faulkner
November 14, 2024 / Land Betterment, a Certified B Corp. focused on innovative environmental solutions is pleased to announce that ekō Solutions' commercial partner, anu™ (Heliponix LLC), an ag-tech innovator, has been awarded a $175,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). READ MORE
September 24, 2024 / Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™ were recently featured in iGrow News. The story explores the high impact results and potential these two innovative companies are achieving by combining their industry expertise to create efficient farming solutions. READ MORE
September 16, 2024 / Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, is excited to announce that the first harvest from the Pure Produce® Container Farms is ready. These farms are a collaborative creation between anu™ and ekō Solutions, bringing sustainable, year-round fresh produce to communities. READ MORE
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August 27, 2024 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to announce that Amanda Kruse, Land Betterment's Controller and Board Member, Jennifer Crandall CEO and Founder of Safe Food en Route are attending Rally 2024 at the Indiana Convention Center on August 27th and 28th. READ MORE
August 6, 2024 / Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™ were recently featured on Middle Tech's weekly podcast with Co-Host, Logan Jones. During this fascinating conversation about innovative agricultural technology, Kirk Taylor, Land Betterment Co-Founder and Scott Massey, anu™ Co-Founder discussed how their jointly developed commercial-scale Pure Produce® Container Farms are revolutionizing how and where fresh produce is grown. READ MORE
July 15, 2024 / ABC 25 WEHT recently featured Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™ which together, are building anu™ autonomous fresh produce growing systems inside the ekō Solutions refurbished 20-foot shipping containers.The 20-foot containers will feature a modified version of the anu™ smart garden appliance that utilizes rotary aeroponics technology to grow crops year-round without traditional farming challenges. Together, ekō Solutions and anu™ are revolutionizing sustainable agriculture through their commercial-scale Pure Produce® Containers. READ MORE
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July 11, 2024 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to announce that its indoor farming commercialization partner, anu™, is one of four start-ups being featured at the upcoming AgriNovus Indiana QUADRANT event being held on July 17th at VisionLoft Stutz in downtown Indianapolis. READ MORE
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July 10, 2024 / Inside INdiana Business featured the recent announcement about Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™, formalizing a commercial agreement to build the anu™ autonomous fresh produce growing systems inside the ekō Solutions refurbished 20-foot shipping containers. READ MORE
July 2, 2024 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to share that its portfolio company, ekō Solutions, continues to expand its glamping rental offerings at the Poplar Point Lakeside Park, in Athens, Alabama. These 1 bedroom/1 bathroom ekō Outpost units offer a unique glamping experience, repurposing shipping containers homes from the 2021 Kentucky tornado relief efforts. READ MORE
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June 24, 2024 / Land Betterment, a Certified B Corp focused on innovative environmental solutions and anu™, an ag-tech innovator, are thrilled to jointly announce they have entered into a commercialization partnership to build and sell autonomous fresh produce growing systems in ekō Solutions' customized up-cycled 20-foot shipping containers. ekō Solutions is a Land Betterment portfolio company. READ MORE
June 18, 2024 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to announce that its Co-Founder and President, Kirk Taylor, is attending the 2024 Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago Illinois on June 24, 2024. READ MORE
May 29, 2024 / Land Betterment renews its gold membership with the Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center located at Texas Tech University. READ MORE
May 23, 2024 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation is celebrating its Board of Director, Jennifer Crandall, who was recently named a Purdue University 2024 Distinguished Ag Alumni for Food Science and College of Agriculture and was honored with the Purdue University 2024 Food Science Outstanding Alumni Award. READ MORE
May 14, 2024 / Peter Rodriguez's editorial article was recently featured in Think Realty's May/June magazine. In this editorial piece Pete, President of ekō Solutions, a Land Betterment company, talks about adaptive reuse and design strategies of shipping containers. READ MORE
We foster positive social and environmental impact by up-cycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation. In the communities we serve, we are committed to hiring local residents and sourcing materials from at least 50% local and/or independent suppliers. With a real solution, it is possible for restoration of impacted areas to live side-by-side long term employment while building a sustainable and safe surroundings for the community and planet.
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