Rs 1.35 crore loan, Rs 15 crore annual revenue: How Uttarakhand’s engineering couple built a mushroom empireEngineering couple Naveen Patwal and Poonam Sharma from Uttarakhand founded Planet Mushroom, specializing in the cultivation of exotic mush...
Since 2010, Maryland has reclaimed 308,500 bushels of discarded oyster shells for Chesapeake Bay restoration; its wider effort has planted billions of oystersMaryland has repurposed over 300,000 bushels of used oyster shells since 2010, creating essential habitats for the growth of young oysters ...
In 2004, Florida researchers attached 36 recycled oyster shells to each reef mat; restored Mosquito Lagoon reefs later reached about 1,000 live oysters per m²Researchers along Florida’s Atlantic coast are using recycled oyster shells to restore damaged oyster habitats. Restoration mats that inclu...
Rs 250 investment, Rs 90 lakh annual revenue. How Kerala woman turned mushroom farming on her balcony into a thriving businessWith Rs 250 as an investment, a Kerala couple, Shije and Thankachan started mushroom farming in their home balcony. Initially, they faced h...
This Bengaluru man rejected Paris job offers to grow mushrooms in an old poultry shed, he now earns Rs 4 lakh a monthA Bengaluru entrepreneur, Prithviraj, turned his family's unused poultry shed into a mushroom farm after rejecting job offers in Paris. Sta...
How is Kimberly Guilfoyle related to California governor Gavin Newsom? The surprising link between two political figuresKimberly Guilfoyle and Gavin Newsom share a personal history that links two prominent personalities from opposing sides of American politic...
Who is Graham Platner? The Marine veteran who traded overseas deployments for oyster farming before a Maine Senate run in the US midterm electionsGraham Platner, an ex-U.S. Marine and oyster farmer from Sullivan, Maine, is running as a Democrat in the 2026 U.S. Senate race against Rep...
The oysters nobody can harvest are still making money for coastal communities. Here’s howNorth Carolina's oyster restoration initiatives are proving to be a boon for local economies and the environment alike. These safeguarded r...
Ukrainian aerospace engineer Anastasia Sevriukova preserved her eggs to have children after her life changed following stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis at 25When Sevriukova was 25 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer while she was building her career as an aerospace engineer and had her f...
North Carolina removed 4 to 7 tons of abandoned crab pots from coastal waters; fishermen recycled the metal into 700 feet of new oyster-reef structureAbandoned fishing traps contribute significantly to the deaths of marine life, notably in Chesapeake Bay. A North Carolina initiative creat...
In 2004, Virginia turned dredged fossil shells into 85 acres of oyster reef in one river; later monitoring counted 76.2 million live oysters on the restored reefsIn 2004, an 85-acre reef network was built in the Great Wicomico River using dredged fossil oyster shells. Monitoring revealed that this re...
In 2003, Florida reused 6,000 tons of concrete rubble in Pensacola Bay: The material helped build a 7-acre oyster reef, and seagrass later spread to 2.5 acresDowntown Pensacola has witnessed an inspiring transformation through Project GreenShores, which repurposed recycled concrete rubble into a ...
Oysters disappeared from Ireland's Dublin Bay for 200 years; now 18,000 of them are restoring water purity and reducing coastal erosionOysters are more than fine dining choices; they can also restore ecosystems and purify water. After disappearing from Dublin Bay for over 2...
Alabama dumped 16,000,000 used oyster shells from restaurants into the sea. What happened next surprised researchers in development of new coastal lines, marine life, and cleaner waterOyster shells are being repurposed along the Gulf Coast to restore essential marine ecosystems. By forming a strong foundation for new oyst...
Louisiana collected 200 tons of discarded oyster shells from 19 restaurants and built a 400-foot reef; it now shields Pointe-au-Chien tribal land from erosionLouisiana's coastline is rapidly disappearing, prompting a unique restoration effort. The Pointe-au-Chien tribe is using recycled oyster sh...
In 2019, New York restaurants turned discarded oyster shells into a unusual plan to rebuild the city’s historic reefsIn 2019, New York restaurants were taking part in an unusual environmental effort: recycling discarded oyster shells for use in rebuilding ...
New York has already restored 200 million oysters. Now it wants 1 billion back in its harborNew York Harbor is the focal point of an extraordinary ecological restoration project known as the Billion Oyster Project. The aim is to tr...