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heirloom

[air-loom] / ˈɛərˌlum /


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On Wednesday, Heirloom and Climeworks received a notice the funding would continue, with an initial award of $50 million shared between both companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"Heirloom varieties... are able to adapt to climate change, to more severe water shortages, to extremes of cold and heat," said Mario Marino, from the climate change division of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

“We need to do this all around the world,” said Vikrum Aiyer, head of public policy for Heirloom, the California-based company that owns and operates the facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

This latter method is offered by US company Heirloom Carbon Technologies, among others.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

The two newspapers which had undertaken to boom the "Valley House Heirloom Theft" had almost limitless circulations.

From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)




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