Editing Toledo, Ohio (section)

===Green industry===
Belying its [[Rust Belt]] history, the city saw growth in "green jobs" related to solar energy in the 2000s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://prospect.org/article/cities-front-lines |title=Cities on the Front Lines |newspaper=The American Prospect |access-date=February 13, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817134105/http://prospect.org/article/cities-front-lines |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[University of Toledo]] and [[Bowling Green State University]] received Ohio grants for solar energy research.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.toledofreepress.com/2009/07/30/state-awards-solar-research-grant-to-ut-bgsu/ |title=State awards solar research grant to UT, BGSU |first=Duane |last=Ramsey |work=[[Toledo Free Press]] |location=Toledo |date=July 30, 2009 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042754/http://www.toledofreepress.com/2009/07/30/state-awards-solar-research-grant-to-ut-bgsu/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Xunlight Corporation|Xunlight]] and [[First Solar Inc|First Solar]] opened plants in Toledo and the surrounding area.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-28-voa65.cfm |title=Old US Industrial Town Looking Forward to a Green Future |first=Jeff |last=Swicord |work=[[Voice of America]] |location=Washington, D.C. |date=July 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825203929/http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-28-voa65.cfm |archive-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>
In May 2019 Balance Farms began operation of an 8,168 square foot indoor [[aquaponics]] farm in downtown Toledo.<ref>{{cite news |title=A look inside Balance Farms, downtown Toledo's aquaponics operation |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2019/06/21/inside-balance-pan-asian-grille-farms-downtown-toledo-aquaponics/stories/20190610151 |newspaper=The Blade |access-date=November 25, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622173316/https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2019/06/21/inside-balance-pan-asian-grille-farms-downtown-toledo-aquaponics/stories/20190610151 |url-status=live }}</ref>