Touch the Soil News #1988 – Regenerating Soils – (Courtesy of USDA – Public Domain) Brightvibes news portal brings the story of a Southern California farm that transformed materially depleted land into a Regenerative Farm. The process took the owners 8 years, and they are pleased with the results and where they are headed now. …
Touch the Soil News #1987 (Photo – Forests – (Donar Reiskoffer (CCA Sa 4.0 Unported) Forests, like other natural features on the Earth’s surface play a role in Atmospheric health including water flow regulation and soil health. These 10 companies manage 22 million acres of forests. That would be the equivalent of a farm 1,000…
Touch the Soil News #1986 (Photo – No-Till Farming – (Maggilautaro, CCA 3.0 Unported) While we don’t often cover conventional farming practices, we did find an interesting story about No-Till farming and the surprising financial benefits in lowering costs. From using far less fuel, arresting top soil loss, and being able to use smaller equipment…
Touch the Soil News #1985 (Photo – Farm Stand Produce – (Sarah Stierch (CC By 4.0) Over the years we all have seen honor-system farm stands along the road. It sent a pleasing message from the farmer that he trusted us folks that were driving by and occasionally stopping. While finding the right place for…
Touch the Soil News #1984 (Photo – Jeff and Sandy Bragg – (photo courtesy of Jeff and Sandy Bragg) The National Heirloom Exposition is an event of a lifetime, if you can get there. Filling up the fairgrounds in Ventura County, California, the pavilions are packed with things for professional growers and the family and…
Touch the Soil News #1983 (Photo – Edible Fungi – George Chernilevsky, Public Domain) Euro News brings a story of an enterprising venture in Portugal that grows mushrooms directly out of coffee waste plus some additions. While this is a niche form of urban agriculture, it may have some application, from a business model perspective,…
Touch the Soil News #1982 (Photo – California Farmland – Carol Highsmith, Public Domian) Farmland Grab news portal brings a story about Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland. Come to find out, China owns very little U.S. farmland. The largest foreign owner of farmland in the U.S. turns out to be Canada at 12.8 million acres…
Touch the Soil News #1981 (Photo – Loading Grain for Export at Seattle – ( Daniel Ramirez CCA 2.0 Generic Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) Successful Farming news portal brings the story that U.S. food imports for 2024 are forecast at $199.5 billion while U.S. food exports are forecast to be $172 billion. The reason for…
Touch the Soil News #1979 (Photo – Spring Mix Lettuce – ( CCA SA 4.0 International by Daniel Penfield Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International) Amazon announces investment in Hippo Harvest which uses robotics and greenhouses to grow lettuce. Located in Half Moon Bay in California, Hippo Harvest now supplies Amazon Fresh online customers in the…
Touch the Soil News #1978 (Photo – Community Cannery 1943 in Jeffersontown, Kentucky – Courtesy of the U.S. Farm Security Administration – Public Domain Community Canneries are still operating in many parts of the nation. The origin of the county or community cannery came about during World War I, along with the vintage “Victory Garden”…
