Remember such a time last year? What did you foresee in the year ahead? What were your resolutions for the year? Chances are, your expectations for 2020 weren’t wholesomely met. Now that we’re all yet to adapt to our ‘new normal,’ this year is the ideal time to just reflect on yourself and be the… Read More Growing in 2021: How to Make This Year Count – Tower Garden, a Molecule Store partner
Fall is finally here, and the school year is in full swing! Teachers — we know you’re well aware that with a new school year comes new opportunities and inevitable challenges. Whether it’s finding a new, refreshing way to engage the class, or making a daunting subject matter approachable, you may be looking for a… Read More Lesson Plans For Bringing Tower Garden to the Classroom
A full 90 percent of the U.S. labor force worked on a farm in 1790.1 By 1860, that figure shrank to 58 percent. In 1940, it dropped to 18 percent. And in 1990, less than three percent of workers helped produce our nation’s food. As our number of farmers decreased, we witnessed an increase in the consumption… Read More How Urban Farms Support the Healthy Living Movement – Tower Garden, a Molecule Store partner
Single-use plastic cutlery has changed the way consumers eat outside their homes. Convenient, yes. But for the better of the environment? No. Plastic Pollution Coalition reports that America alone uses 100 million pieces of these plastic utensils per year—a large percentage that contributes to about 270,000 tons of plastic waste produced globally. Six million tons… Read More Fit to eat: the case of edible foodware
Here’s why you might eat greenhouse gases in the future. The new food. By ROBBY BERMAN 19 July, 2019. Re-posted from Big Think The company’s protein powder, “Solein,” is similar in form and taste to wheat flour. Based on a concept developed by NASA, the product has wide potential as a carbon-neutral source of protein.… Read More NASA’s idea for making food from thin air just became a reality — it could feed billions
Join us for a special urban farming educational event at Molecule Design in Santa Fe. A free fun opportunity for families and individuals to learn about growing your own food, sustainable planting and ideas for small space and vertical gardening. With local experts present to talk and answer your home garden questions. This opportunity is… Read More Urban Farming at Molecule
Our Green Molecule / Woolly School Program is a partnership between us and Woolly Pocket, the manufacturer of the famous Woolly Pocket and the Living Planter2. We will be donating a planter system on an annual basis, if we find receptivity to the program. Our 2016 recipient is Mother Nature Center, in Santa Fe, NM.… Read More 2016 Molecule Green / Woolly School Garden