Touch the Soil News #1849 (Feature Photo – Sold Farmland – CCA SA 2.0 Christine Johnstone) The World Food Program is a division of the United Nations that provides emergency food aid to peoples and nations experiencing a food crisis. The World Food Program has trucks, ships and airplanes to deliver in bulk and in…
Touch the Soil News #1848 (Feature Photo – Sold Farmland – CCA SA 2.0 Christine Johnstone) Successful Farming Magazine brings us an insightful story about how farmland values continue strong into 2023. The video below highlights just how high prices can go. One wonders, Can farmer can really farm his/her way out of $30,000…
Touch the Soil News #1847 (Feature Photo – Farmers Market – CCA 2.0 Generic) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a division of the United Nation’s and it tracks global food prices through its Food Price Index. The food price index follows commodity prices on meat, dairy, grains, vegetable oils and sugar. For industrial nations…
Touch the Soil News #1846 (Feature Photo – Farmers Market – CC SA 4.0 International) Monetizing our skills and work ethic in the market garden space has always been attractive. In the short video that follows, one of the best known names in market gardening – Curtis Stone – takes on a journey of the…
Touch the Soil News #1845 (Feature Photo – School Garden – CC SA 4.0) Commercial Appeal news brings us the story of another successful school that incorporates food gardening into its curriculum. In addition, the produce helps support local food security. You can read the full story here. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2022/12/24/new-hopes-urban-farm-helps-provide-produce-for-the-community/69689832007/
Touch the Soil News #1844 (Feature Photo – Benedict Bosel – Courtesy of Benedict Bosel) Agfunder News, recently interviewed Benedict Bosel, who left investment banking to take over the management of his family’s 7.400 acre farm in 2016. And the farm was in a drought prone region of Germany. Bosel made it for the last…
Touch the Soil News #1843 (Feature Photo – Earth From Space – NASA public domain) While many small enterprises are trying to find their way and profits at their level, sometimes a larger perspective – from the top down – might be helpful. The world FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), a division of the United…
Touch the Soil News #1842 (Feature Photo – Vertical Farming – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) East Fruit news portal takes a look at some lessons learned in Europe about vertical farms. Vertical farm expert Jacopo Monzini, explains that a lack of knowledge of the systems, technology and all that is involved is the cause of…
Touch the Soil News #1841 (Feature Photo – Potato Harvest – CCA SA 4.0) While the USDA does annual surveys on the value of farmland, specifics about large sales often carry more insights. One place to gain more insights is from a publicly traded stock company called Farmland Partners. They are in the business of…
Touch the Soil News #1840 (Feature Photo – Pig Gestation Crates – Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported) In Ezhou, China – a city of 1 million people – a 26 story skyscraper has been built to be a massive pig farm. Plans are to product 1.2 million pigs for market each year. While there is skepticism…
