SOURCE: Land Betterment Corporation
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FISHERS, Ind. September 16, 2021 /3BL Media/ - Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to share Middle Tech Pod.com’s recent article titled “The Agriculture Climate in Kentucky is Changing.”
Agriculture is nothing new for Kentucky. The state has always had a resilient and efficient agricultural community. In fact, in June of last year, Governor Beshear doubled down on that challenge and announced a plan to build ‘America’s Ag-tech capital’ in Kentucky. From soil-less greenhouses to animal-less meat, the race to feed a billion more people by 2030 is on, and the leaders are high-tech, highly valued companies. Read the full article on Middle Tech Pod.com.
Land Betterment is committed to support entrepreneurship and collaboration with forward thinkers within the Appalachia region, and to encourage stakeholder engagement to help bring sustainable solutions to the markets in which it serves. Through its Entrepreneur Zone, a repurposed office building in Hazard, Kentucky, Land Betterment is focusing on the incubation, fostering, and promotion of regional and local businesses as well as economic diversification and new business growth. Additionally, it’s Betterment Harvest division is building on the regional momentum in the Ag-tech industry by repurposing former impacted sites to bring technological advancements and innovation such as vertical and greenhouse farming developments to its region and communities in which it operates. Land Betterment is currently renovating and repurposing a closed elementary school into a vertical farm and plant propagation facility in Perry County, Kentucky. The Company is also in the planning phase of a commercial scale greenhouse farm, also in Perry County. These initial facilities will broaden the region’s breadth in the Ag-tech industry while also supporting local communities’ economic development and educational system and technical training initiatives.
As part of its commitment and mission, Land Betterment is the Season 4 Sponsor of the Middle Tech Podcast series. Middle Tech was created to advance the business ecosystem in and around Kentucky by providing news, entertainment, and educational content. Their efforts are based on the believe that media is essential to building a thriving community.
About Land Betterment Corporation
Land Betterment Corporation, an Indiana Benefit Corporation and Pending B-Corp, is an environmental solutions company focused on fostering a positive impact through upcycling former coal mining sites to create sustainable community development and job creation. The Company utilizes a complete solution-based lifecycle program to restore and rehabilitate the environment and revitalize communities in need of change and opportunity. Land Betterment accomplishes this by identifying un-reclaimed, run-down and neglected coal mining sites, fixing the environment through reclamation and remediation, and then repurposing the land to support a sustainable business that serves the community. Land Betterment firmly believes that with real solutions it is possible for restoration of impacted areas to live side-by-side long term employment, while building sustainable and safe surroundings for communities and our planet. For more information visit landbetterment.com or connect with the Company on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, performance, or achievements or industry results to differ materially from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Land Betterment Corporation’s control. The words “believes”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “continue”, “seeks”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “expects”, “intends”, “estimates”, or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Any forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. The Company cannot assure you that the projected results or events will be achieved.
Company Contacts:
Mark LaVerghetta
317.537.0492 ext. 0
Chief Governance Officer, Corporate Finance
info@landbetterment.com
Stephanie Conzelman
207.205.0790
Stakeholder Engagement Director
info@landbetterment.com
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