An alliance of data fanatics, geek farmers and high-priests of advanced computing are attempting to crack the code on the business of bad weather.

Originally established by a group of Google veterans as WeatherBill, the effort is now known the Climate Corporation and is growing by leaps and bounds. The San Francisco, CA-based company peddles a portfolio of what it calls “automated weather insurance products” for players in the $3 trillion global agriculture industry trying to reign in the risk of bad weather, which is responsible for more than 90% of crop losses annually.

Support for Conservation Programs in the Western U.S. and Canada
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Environmental Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation works to resolve social and environmental problems in the U.S. and around the world. One of the focus areas of the Foundation’s Environmental Program is to build broad-based support for the conservation of lands and rivers among key constituencies in the North American West, including twelve states in the U.S. and three provinces in western Canada. In addition, the program provides support to organizations working to lower global emissions of greenhouse gases and traditional pollutants worldwide. Online letters of inquiry targeting one of these two Environment Program focus areas are accepted throughout the year. Visit the Foundation’s website for detailed information on the Environment Program funding guidelines.

I eat a lot of organic food. In fact, about 80% of the food that goes into my body is organic. I cannot tell you how many times I get teased about eating “dirt” from many of my friends, and even my family.