In response, the nation is looking at legislation that would, without hindering anyone’s rights, convert to urban farming, all idle or abandoned government or private lands, buildings, shipping containers, subdivisions or villages, public housing, open spaces in all urban, peri-urban and urbanizable areas in the country; and all available land resources and buildings in schools,…
Positive Future News #944 (Feature Photo – Corn – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Illustratedjc) With concerns by the World Health Organization over the links between glyphosate and cancer in humans, it is not comforting to hear that glyphosate is in many of our bodies. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Round-up. The CDC reports that…
Touch the Soil News #1829 (Feature Photo – Dairy Farming Painting – Public Domain) As a side venture, the farm can earn revenue not only from selling food, but making YouTubes about farm life. Seems that people want to delve into the dream of owning a farmstead. So what are the highest earning channels in…
Positive Future News #942 (Feature Photo – Vertical Farm – CCA SA 4.0 International) Despite geometrically higher costs, vertical growing structures in buildings are still a vision for many. Ariang News, of South Korea, brings us the story of how some buildings are already retrofitted for growing food. The claim by these vertical farmers is…
Positive Future News #941 (Feature Photo – Backyard Garden – CCA SA 4.0) Lifehacker News in Australia brings the story of what three things you need to grow your own veggies. 1. Repurpose some of your lawn (225 square feet). 2. Increase your growing productivity. 3. Know your soils. Articles like this are gaining in…
Positive Future News #940 (Feature Photo – Food Bank Workers – CCA 2.0 Generic, Sterling Communications) NPR reports on the growing demand on Food Banks to fill the needs brought on by inflation. Few folks realize that food banking represents the largest grocery chain in the U.S – some 60,000 food banks, pantries and soup…
Positive Future News #939 (Feature Photo – Goji Berries – Public Domain) One can never put too much thought into making a business profitable. Small Business Trends news portal brings an updated story on 20 profitable crops for small farms. Interestingly, many of the crops are specialty crops with health benefits. You can read the…
$13,070 Electric Car – Something Has to Give With Inflation Positive Future News #938 (Feature Photo – Qiantu K20 – courtesy of Qiantu) Chinese automaker Qiantu, is coming to the market with its K20 electric car at an affordable price. With food prices and agricultural inputs soaring, something has to give. Unfortunately, electric cars at…
Touch the Soil News #1828 (Feature Photo – Almond Orchard – CCA 2.5 Generic, Nissan Lev-Ran Pikiwiki Israel) One of the companies we like to follow is Gladstone Land. Gladstone is a Wall Street company that buys and owns farmland on behalf of its investors. The company presently owns 164 farms in 15 states valued…
Touch the Soil News #1827 (Feature Photo – Rosario, Argentina – CCA SA 4.0 International) Few citizens are aware the U.S. government has no strategic food reserves. No one has ever demanded that there should be strategic food reserves. Today, the holding and ownership of food reserves is couched with the private sector and households.…
