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Facilitates ripening of fruits and flowers, boosts essential oils & fragrance production. Ripe Blend provides ripening elements such as Kelp, Humic and Fulvic Acids and is rich in phosphorus & potassium.

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Which States have the Most Electric Cars?

Positive Future #332 (Feature photo – U.S. Army Neighborhood Electric Vehicles – Public Domain) It is not hard to guess that it is California. However, there are roughly 2.21 plug-in cars per 1,000 people in the U.S. That equates to roughly 720,000 plug-in cars nationwide. That number is set to grow quickly as plug-in sales in the U.S. in 2018 are estimated to exceed 350,000. InsideEVs provides the full story on all of the highest states. You can read the full story here: https://insideevs.com/state-plug-in-electric-cars-per-1000-residents/ Elsewhere in the world, China is moving ahead of every other nation in terms of its plug-in car sales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgvWh_VbTW8 Want More? – Sign up below…

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Industrial Hemp to Be Delisted as a Controlled Substance

Touch the Soil News #1199 (Feature photo – Industrial Hemp – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Ag-tech news portal – AgFunder – reports that the growing, harvesting and processing of industrial hemp will be delisted as a controlled substance with the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill. It is expected that the Farm Bill will be passed on Thursday (12/13/2018). With that passage, the processing and selling of CBD oil will also become legal in all states. Under non-federal State programs, 42 states had already implemented pilot programs for industrial hemp. Hemp acreage grew from 5,000 in 2015 to 30,000 in 2018. It will be interesting to see how much acreage…

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Is the Growing Population on a Collision Course with the Availability of Farmland and Water?

Touch the Soil News #1198 (Feature photo – Farmland – Public Domain) Should civilization strive to balance the size of the population via education and good stewardship with Earth’s finite resources? While the ethical, moral and religious debates can go on forever, there is one sector in our modern civilization that is certain that a collision of some sort is coming – the investment community. With more money out there then there are sustainable investments, money is looking for a new frontier. That frontier is farmland and water. The game is over how crops grown on limited resources (farmland and water) will become ever more valuable – making people ever…

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Re-inventing Eating Out – Food Halls

Touch the Soil News #1197 (Feature photo – Food Hall – CCA 2.0 Generic) Phil Lempert ( https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) explores how a media company – Time Out – is looking to change how we eat out. Time Out is a media (magazine) company that has dining and entertainment guides in 108 cities in 39 countries. Estimates are the Time Out has a monthly audience of 217 million. Time Out is focusing on building food halls. You can see the story here: Want More? – Sign up below Special Deals Ahead…Sign up!

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How Can Cities Be Smart Without Food?

Touch the Soil News #1196 (Feature photo – New York City – CCA 4.0 International) Someone once said that asking the right question is one of the most powerful game-changers. The power lies in how people work to try and answer the question. How can cities be smart if they are at the end of thousands of miles of rail track and roads from the food that sustains them? The short answer is that it is not smart. Most cities do not even have enough food in stores and warehouses to last two days. A recent story on Food+City delves into the question of how cities are forgetting food. How…

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The Coming “Tesla” of the Canals and Rivers – Even Agricultural Goods Will Get a New Ride

Positive Future #331 (Feature photo – Cargo Barge  – By Sarah McD from Portland, OR, USA – Tidewater Barge – Columbia River, CC BY 2.0) Barges have a long history of transporting agricultural and other goods to major ports on the East and West coasts. With large diesel engines, these barges have served as a cornerstone for foreign exports and building up America’s agricultural might. Like other modes of transportation, how barges are powered is in the process of being challenged and changed. Electric Vehicles Research brings news about the company Port liner’s latest invention – fully electric and crewless container barges. You can read the full story here: https://www.electricvehiclesresearch.com/articles/16009/electric-container-barges-to-set-sail

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Is PepsiCo on the Hunt for Nutritious Products?

Touch the Soil News #1195 (Feature photo – Pepsi – CCA 3.0 Unported) It is doubtful that PepsiCo will give up its sugary drinks anytime soon. However, perhaps what we are against is not as important as what we are for. A year ago, PepsiCo launched what it calls Nutrition Greenhouse. The plan is to find emerging brands that offer premium yet functional products that have health and nutrition benefits. What is surprising is the 10 companies that made the finalist list. Reading through the list makes one wonder if the world is – in some basic way – making progress. You can see the full list at Agfunder: https://agfundernews.com/pepsico-selects-10-startups-for-first-north-american-food-tech-accelerator.html/…

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Is Harvard University’s Land Grabbing Socially Responsible?

Touch the Soil News #1194 (Feature photo – Cuyama Valley, California – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) In a rather shocking revelation, the Wall Street Journal reports that Harvard University is quietly buying California farmland and water rights. The implication is that Harvard is speculating on the scarcity that climate change will have on farmland and water. Owning the land and water allows an investor to hold a hungry humanity hostage to their prices. Harvard is paying prices for land that farmers cannot compete with in the Cuyama Valley in southern California. You can read the full story here: https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/28626-harvard-quietly-amasses-california-vineyardsand-the-water-underneath As of 2017, the Harvard University endowment fund was valued at…

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Is It Time for Environmental Labels on Food Packaging?

Positive Future #330 (Feature photo – Clouds Created by the Exhaust of Ship Smokestacks  – NASA) In an unprecedented move, the United Nations came forth to warn the world that we have 12 years left to stem the tide of human-induced changes that are leading to climate change. Now, the nation of Denmark is considering “environmental” labels on food packaging to engage the everyday consumer in the effort to change our global course. In the first video below, Phil Lempert ( https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) explores how Denmark is approaching environmental impact labeling: Want More? – Sign up below Special Deals Ahead…Sign up!

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