Flannel at the Checkout: The Rise of the Pajama Economy
When people start showing up to the grocery store in their pajamas, itβs not just a fashion statement β itβs an economic signal.
COVID didnβt invent online shopping, but it definitely finished the job.
We rejected malls, brands, and retail conformityβ¦
only to move the entire economy onto a handful of digital platforms.
So are we freer β or did the costume just change?
#Retail #Ecommerce #DigitalEconomy #ConsumerCulture
13.03.2026 11:49
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@deadder.bsky.social
12.03.2026 19:52
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Inside every leaf is a network of pathways.
Water.
Nutrients.
Energy moving through living architecture.
These tiny biological highways are where plant health beginsβand ultimately where our own health starts too.
#photography #planthealth #plantbiology #agtech #plantpathways #futureoffood
12.03.2026 19:26
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Op-ed: Feeding the World Is an Economic Opportunity - Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Declining market share means that we are leaving agri-food potential untapped, translating to billions of dollars in lost economic opportunity.
Feeding the world isnβt just a moral challenge, itβs becoming economic infrastructure.
But the constraint isnβt only land anymore.
Itβs water, climate volatility, and supply chain risk.
The real opportunity may be technologies that decouple food production from those limits.
#FoodSecurity #AgTech
11.03.2026 03:43
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It looks like a spaceship interior.
But this is agriculture.
A lot of the technology shaping controlled environments started in space research before quietly migrating back to Earth.
#photography #AgTech
10.03.2026 21:23
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Every forest begins the same way.
A fragile shoot reaching toward light.
The difference here: the sunrise is programmable.
#photography #plantlife
10.03.2026 21:20
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Sunlight built by engineers.
When photons become infrastructure, agriculture stops depending on weather.
That changes everything about where food can be grown.
#photography #agtech
10.03.2026 21:19
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Agriculture inside controlled environments starts to feel⦠almost extraterrestrial.
#photography #controlledenvironment
10.03.2026 21:18
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Light isnβt just illumination in a controlled environment.
Itβs instruction.
Plants respond to photons the way machines respond to code.
Agriculture is slowly becoming programmable.
#photography #CEA
10.03.2026 21:16
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Agriculture spent centuries adapting to nature.
Now we can design the environment plants grow in.
That changes the possibilities for food, medicine, and biology.
#AgTech #FutureFood #Intravision
10.03.2026 19:50
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Weather volatility is becoming the largest risk in agriculture.
Controlled environments remove weather from the equation.
Predictability becomes the real innovation.
#ClimateRisk #CEA
10.03.2026 17:33
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The world is heading toward 10 billion people.
The real question isnβt whether we can grow enough food.
Itβs whether we can do it with less water, land, and emissions.
#FoodFuture #AgTech
10.03.2026 17:14
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The global water crisis is really an agriculture story.
About 70% of freshwater withdrawals go to farming.
Any technology that changes that equation matters.
#Water #FoodSystems
10.03.2026 17:10
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Agriculture is quietly becoming a technology industry.
Sensors.
Light engineering.
Biology.
The farm is turning into a production system.
#AgTech #FoodInnovation
10.03.2026 16:45
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Most produce travels thousands of miles.
Which means freshness depends on logistics.
Local controlled production flips that equation.
Grow closer β waste less.
#SupplyChains #FoodSecurity
10.03.2026 15:51
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Food production is slowly becoming infrastructure.
Like energy.
Like water systems.
Reliable, controlled, scalable.
That shift changes everything.
#FoodSystems #Infrastructure
10.03.2026 15:36
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Traditional agriculture asks:
βHow do we grow more per acre?β
Controlled environment systems ask:
βHow do we grow more per photon, liter of water, and square meter?β
Different math entirely.
#AgTech #FoodProduction
10.03.2026 15:01
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Agriculture was built around stable weather.
The climate isnβt stable anymore.
Production systems that control environment instead of reacting to it will define the next era.
#ClimateAdaptation #FoodSecurity #CEA
10.03.2026 14:53
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The future constraint in agriculture isnβt land.
Itβs usable water.
Thatβs why production systems that recycle nearly every drop are becoming infrastructure.
#WaterSecurity #FoodSystems #AgTech
10.03.2026 14:36
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"The Parnas Perspective"
10.03.2026 12:32
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Imagine. He left 1278 hits behind him when he left Japan.
10.03.2026 12:25
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Layered Exposures and Low Light Create "Meditative Ghost #Trees by Ellen Jantzen" #photography
Link for more information on her technique and many more #photographs: mossandfog.com/ghost-trees/
08.03.2026 19:22
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08.03.2026 12:18
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15.11.2024 02:26
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The Ordinary Plant and the Fragile Chain
Mint is one of the most familiar plants in the world.
Mint is one of the most ordinary plants in the world. Its supply chain is not.
New research from @CESRF at the University of Guelph explores whether controlled environment agriculture can make plant production as predictable as engineered infrastructure.
#Agriculture #SupplyChain #CEA #Agtech
07.03.2026 02:47
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It's important to smile in order to get to the other side in check.
06.03.2026 12:35
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The Hidden Insurance Rules Keeping MLB Stars Out Of The 2026 World Baseball Classic
The 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) is now underway, yet many of baseballβs biggest stars wonβt be playing in this yearβs tournament for a very specific reason.
Something most fans donβt want to think about: insurance companies deciding who plays in international tournaments.
When contracts reach π°π°π°+, risk management swoops in and ruins the fun.
Makes you wonderβcan global tournaments keep growing if the financial stakes keep rising?
#WBC26 #MLB
06.03.2026 10:45
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NBC's top climate reporter quits
In an exclusive interview, veteran NBC meteorologist Chase Cain opens up about burnout, suppression, and why he's going independent.
Big systemic issues rarely fit media cycles.
Climate, water, food security β decades-long problems in a daily news world.
How do we keep the human connection to the commons from getting lost?
@chasecain.bsky.social good luck going independent.
#Systems #Media #Climate
06.03.2026 10:25
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The power of trust.
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05.03.2026 05:35
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The Government of Canada provides support to strengthen community food security across Canada
/CNW/ - Communities across Canada continue to face increasing challenges to food security. By investing in local food production, communities are empowered to...
Community food infrastructure often starts small, but with the underlying goal of delivering reliable access to nutritious food.
Programs like this matter because resilient food systems are built from both local initiatives and scalable production infrastructure.
#FoodSecurity #CEA #AgTech
04.03.2026 17:25
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