Touch the Soil News #1774 (Feature Photo– Food Price Index Chart – data courtesy of FAO) The year 2021 made history in that global food prices escalated by 19 percent, sending food price jitters around the world. Fortunately, the food price index for December 2021 when down slightly. The chart above shows how the food…
Positive Future News #891 (Feature Photo– New John Deere Fully Automated Tractor – Photo courtesy of John Deere) CNET news brings us the story of John Deere’s new fully automated tractor. Given the challenges in finding enough farm labor, early testers of the tractor feel it is a real breakthrough. You can read the full…
Positive Future News #890 (Feature Photo–Lettuce Field – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) German company Stenon, has developed a small piece of equipment, that can perform real time soil analysis. This allows you to test your soils as often as you want and receive immediate results, avoiding having to send soil samples to a lab. You…
Positive Future News #889 (Feature Photo– Cultured Meat – CCA 3.0 Unported, World Economic Forum) News platform Food Ingredients 1st, brings the story of the largest investment ever into the development and commercialization of cultured meat. Interesting is that two of the world’s largest food companies – ADM and Tyson Foods – participated in putting…
Touch the Soil News #1773 (Feature Photo– Arka Vertical Garden Structure – courtesy Indian Institute of Horticultural Research) The state of Kerala in India, has a population of 35 million people. Now the Kerala government is subsidizing farming at home using vertical gardening structures. While they are starting small, the concept is big, considering the…
Touch the Soil News #1772 (Feature Photo– Alma Backyard Farms – courtesy of Alma Backyard Farms) Listening to juvenile offenders and prisoners wanting to transform their lives and give back to the communities they took from, was the starting point for Alma Backyard Farms. Giving back to the community could also apply to other groups…
Touch the Soil News #1771 (Feature Photo– Deforestation for Farming – courtesy of NASA, Public Domain) The concept of farmland overshoot, is about carving more farmland out of the world’s last natural vegetation and tree cover. The risk is that the natural lands left in the world, are needed to sustain all life, not just…
Positive Future #888 (Feature photo – Growing Food in Malaysia – GNU Free Doc License) Malaysia is divided into an area of land south of Thailand, and an area of land North of Indonesia. Despite being dissected by the South China Seas, this nation of 33 million people is facing a challenge, that faces all…
Positive Future #887 (Feature photo – Desalination Plant – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, James Grellier)) Modern civilization, more than at any time in the past, is kept alive through artificial means. This includes crop irrigation pumps, electricity, shelter, transportation and the list could go on. These artificial measures, have also pushed the limits of water…
Touch the Soil News #1770 (Feature Photo– Lake Mead – CCA 2.0 Generic, BLM Nevada) For the first time in history, the United States Bureau of Reclamation, has declared a Tier 1 shortage, as relates to water levels, in Lake Mead. Lake Mead, located on the outskirts of Las Vegas, is the nation’s largest…
