Touch the Soil News #1719 (Feature Photo – Food – Public Domain) While it is true that Agriculture has been exempted from most economic lockdowns, in theory there are problems. Community gardens have been shut down and shipping ports have been constricted in the trade of food. However, it is not just the production of…
Touch the Soil News #1718 (Feature Photo – Tea Plantations in Kenya – CCA SA 4.0 International, Wktoo) Farmlandgrab.org brings us a disturbing story of how land and labor have been exploited since the 1980s as Europeans brought mono-culture farming to Africa. The story is not a pretty one, but for the sake of understanding…
Positive Future #841 (Feature photo – Combined Flags of the World – CCA SA 4.0 International, Baka888) Agritecture brings us the story of a group of designers, farmers, strategists, and agriculturalists that are building and envisioning food for all – especially those externalized by conflict. You can read the story here: https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2020/11/11/farms-not-arms-tackles-the-refugee-and-food-security-crises
Community farmers in Richmond, California (in the middle of the Bay Area) have seen a six fold increase in demand for their food. Eliminating rights to keep businesses open – as a health protocol – can lead to hunger and loss of health care. When it comes to hunger, at least people can go local.…
Positive Future #840 (Feature photo – Pie – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, grabadonut) Brightvibes news portal brings us the story of an 89 year old woman who was inspired to bake pies to help feed the large wave of food insecure people that rolled out of the public reaction to Covid. In the UK, covid-related…
Positive Future #839 (Feature photo – Rolling trees in portable wood containers to city locations – courtesy of Wanderbaumallee) Stuttgart, a German city of 640,000 people is at the heart of a much larger urban area of 2.8 million people. Like many cities, the absence of trees is one of the first signs of an…
Positive Future #838 (Feature photo – HiPhi X Car – CCA SA 4.0 International, Jengtingchen) CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan brings news of a new kind of car – the HiPhi X. Made in China by a company barely 1 year old. A privately held company, not too much is known. However, to be ready to…
Positive Future #837 (Feature photo – Boabab Alley – courtesy of Facebook/Soulsoothing ) BrightVibes brings us the story of unusual trees, that stir the imagination and wonder of the universe we live in. You can see the pictures here: https://brightvibes.com/2042/en/20-of-the-most-spectacular-trees-from-around-the-world
Touch the Soil News #1716 (Feature Photo – National Guard Distributing Food at the Monterey Food Bank in California – Public Domain) The Counter News Portal brings us the story of how 29 million American adults do not have enough to eat. Of concern is that this is a threefold increase from two years ago.…
