Touch the Soil News #1487 (Feature photo – Christian Hampson – Courtesy of Yerrabingin) Creating the world’s first native rooftop farm, Christian Hampson and Clarence Slockee created the Yerrabingin native rooftop farm. You can read the full story here: https://www.uts.edu.au/news/innovation/yerrabingin-grow-worlds-first-indigenous-rooftop-farm?utm_source=UTS%3A+University+of+Technology+Sydney&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Advocacy%2CInternal+Comms+team%2CU+mag&utm_term=Engage+Workspace
Touch the Soil News #1486 (Feature photo – Eating Choice – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Larry and Teddy Page) FoodMarket News brings us insights from the NPD Group on the eating patterns in America. To say the least, it is revealing. You can read the story here: https://www.foodmarket.com/News/A/1156987/0/NPD-Group-Releases-Report-on-Eating-Patterns-in-America
Touch the Soil News #1485 (Feature photo – Soil Profile – Public Domain, USDA) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of how consumers want to know more about the health of their food. Essentially, if you follow the trail, it leads back to the soils. You can see Phil’s video here:
Positive Future #618 (Feature photo – Smart Forest City – courtesy of Stefano Boeri Architetti) Inhabitat journalist Lucy Wang brings us the story of how a food and energy self-sufficient city is being contemplated in Mexico. Money has been spent to create plans and engineering for the city to be built in Cancun. You can…
Positive Future #617 (Feature photo – Wildfire – Public Domain, USDA) The IEEE Spectrum brings news of an invention from Australia that can prevent wildfires from power lines. Seems there is an answer to the forced power-outages that millions of people experienced this year. You can read the full story here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/breaking-pges-cycle-of-blackouts-and-wildfires
Touch the Soil News #1484 (Feature photo – FAO Headquarters in Rome – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Scopritore) If you answered the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) you are right. The FAO is the only international organization that tracks global hunger and strives for sustainable goals to food and agriculture. However, reaching everyone…
Touch the Soil News #1483 (Feature photo – Michigan Urban Farming Initiative – courtesy of MUFI https://www.miufi.org/) YES news portal brings us the story of MUFI – Michigan Urban Farming Initiative. It is a 3 acres urban farm focusing on the food insecurity of one of Detroit’s poor neighborhoods. The closest fresh produce store to…
Touch the Soil News #1482 (Feature photo – Indoor Farming – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Goldlocki) AgFunder News brings us more insights into the costs and direction of vertical farming. Vertical farming with the latest technologies can now cost tens of millions of dollars. You can read more of the story here:…
Touch the Soil News #1481 (Feature photo – Robot – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of the infiltration into the job market by robots. On thing is for sure is that manufacturers and big companies that use robots will loose business from people whose jobs have been…
