Scraps In, Sauce Out: Ecotone is Transforming Food Waste into Valuable Soil

by Gretchen Weaver | Mar 5, 2026

With food waste accounting for nearly a tenth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Ecotone Renewables was launched in 2019 with a clear mission to make sustainability both practical and profitable. The company’s roots trace back to a collaborative aquaponics...

Leaficient Sprouts Insights: Plant Vital Drive Smarter Greenhouse Decisions

by Gretchen Weaver | Mar 31, 2026

Leaficient is an AI-powered agritech company bringing laboratory-grade insights to commercial greenhouses. Leaficient uses low-cost cameras, hyper-spectral imaging, and environmental sensors to track plant biometrics in real time—down to the leaf level. The result is...

A Sound Investment: How Reclamation Factory’s Acoustic AI Is Cracking the Code on Plastic Recycling

by Gretchen Weaver | Jul 31, 2026

Engineer and entrepreneur Georgia Crowther has built a career solving complex problems across aerospace, advanced manufacturing, and robotics — from developing urban bikeshare technology and designing wheels for NASA’s VIPER lunar rover, to pioneering...