ekō has been featured for its work in disaster recovery and for its overall social impact.
August 18, 2025 / Land Betterment Corporation, an Indiana Benefit Corporation and Certified B Corporation, announces that Kim Bryden, a founding Independent Director of its board, will be stepping down from her position. Her departure comes as she expands her leadership across multiple initiatives focused on food entrepreneurship and local economic development. Read More
April 23, 2025 / Land Betterment's wholly owned portfolio company, ekō Solutions, a leading provider of modular housing solutions, continues to expand its up-cycled shipping container product lines which are used for agriculture, residential, disaster relief and commercial uses as well as for the Defense Industrial Base Consortium ("DIBC"). Read More
March 25, 2025 / Land Betterment, a Certified B Corp focused on innovative environmental solutions is pleased to share that it's Co-Founder and President, Kirk Taylor, recently participated in the Vertical Farming Podcast with Harry Duran. Read More
March 19, 2025 / Land Betterment Corporation, a certified B-Corp committed to fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites into sustainable community developments, recently facilitated an immersive learning experience for students from Ball State University's Environmental Storytelling course. Through its portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and its partnership with anu™, students visited the Pure Produce® Container Farm in Evansville, Indiana, where they engaged with ekō Solutions' up-cycled shipping container structures and the anu™ innovative indoor growing technology. Read More
March 10, 2025 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to announce that Scott Massey CEO and Co-Founder of anu™ is attending Indoor Ag-Con Las Vegas 2025. Read More
February 24, 2025 / Land Betterment's wholly owned portfolio company, ekō Solutions, a leading provider of modular based commercial, agriculture and housing solutions, announces that it has been accepted as a member of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium ("DIBC"), DIBC is a members-only industry collective of companies with innovative and dynamic technologies that can serve as a conduit to the United States Federal Government for the enhancement of commercialization of technologies. Read More
January 27, 2025/ Land Betterment Corporation, a certified B-Corp focused on fostering a positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is partnering with Ball State University to provide students with an immersive, real-world case study. Read More
November 14, 2024 / Land Betterment, a Certified B Corp. focused on innovative environmental solutions is pleased to announce that ekō Solutions' commercial partner, anu™ (Heliponix LLC), an ag-tech innovator, has been awarded a $175,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The company is potentially eligible for a $600,000 Phase II SBIR from USDA NIFA. ekō Solutions is a Land Betterment portfolio company. Read More
September 24, 2024 / Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™ were recently featured in iGrow News. The story explores the high impact results and potential these two innovative companies are achieving by combining their industry expertise to create efficient farming solutions. Read More
September 16, 2024 / Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, is excited to announce that the first harvest from the Pure Produce® Container Farms is ready. These farms are a collaborative creation between anu™ and ekō Solutions, bringing sustainable, year-round fresh produce to communities. Read More
August 6, 2024 / Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™ were recently featured on Middle Tech's weekly podcast with Co-Host, Logan Jones. During this fascinating conversation about innovative agricultural technology, Kirk Taylor, Land Betterment Co-Founder and Scott Massey, anu™ Co-Founder discussed how their jointly developed commercial-scale Pure Produce® Container Farms are revolutionizing how and where fresh produce is grown. Read More
July 15, 2024 / ABC 25 WEHT recently featured Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™ which together, are building anu™ autonomous fresh produce growing systems inside the ekō Solutions refurbished 20-foot shipping containers.The 20-foot containers will feature a modified version of the anu™ smart garden appliance that utilizes rotary aeroponics technology to grow crops year-round without traditional farming challenges. Together, ekō Solutions and anu™ are revolutionizing sustainable agriculture through their commercial-scale Pure Produce® Containers. Read More
July 10, 2024 / Inside INdiana Business featured the recent announcement about Land Betterment's portfolio company, ekō Solutions, and anu™, formalizing a commercial agreement to build the anu™ autonomous fresh produce growing systems inside the ekō Solutions refurbished 20-foot shipping containers. Read More
July 2, 2024 / Land Betterment Corporation, a Certified B Corporation and environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through up-cycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, is pleased to share that its portfolio company, ekō Solutions, continues to expand its glamping rental offerings at the Poplar Point Lakeside Park, in Athens, Alabama. These 1 bedroom/1 bathroom ekō Outpost units offer a unique glamping experience, repurposing shipping containers homes from the 2021 Kentucky tornado relief efforts. Read More
June 24, 2024 / Land Betterment, a Certified B Corp focused on innovative environmental solutions and anu™, an ag-tech innovator, are thrilled to jointly announce they have entered into a commercialization partnership to build and sell autonomous fresh produce growing systems in ekō Solutions' customized up-cycled 20-foot shipping containers. ekō Solutions is a Land Betterment portfolio company. Read More
May 14, 2024 / Peter Rodriguez's editorial article was recently featured in Think Realty's May/June magazine. In this editorial piece Pete, President of ekō Solutions, a Land Betterment company, talks about adaptive reuse and design strategies of shipping containers. Read More
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ekō Solutions LLC, a Land Betterment Company, uses innovative ecological structures to replace legacy inefficient and ineffective methods of living, growing and working.
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