Touch the Soil News #2018 (photo – Allotment Garden Plots in the UK- (CCA SA 2.0 Generic – Attribution: Romsey Allotment Gardens by Roy Hughes) Cities in modern times often came to be by paving over good farmland. Now, farmland, or even just gardening plots can be hard to come by in you live in…
Touch the Soil News #2017 (photo Subsistence Agriculture Southeast Spain- (CCA 4.0 International, Santalba ) In a world busy chasing after dollars, which certainly is important, we can overlook other things which are also important. The resources and productivity of what is in our region. A couple of reasons this is important, is because government…
Touch the Soil News #2016 (photo – Water Spigot- (CCA 3.0 Unported, Schyler ) The Vancouver Sun (from British Columbia, Canada) presented a fairly in-depth assessment of the city of Vancouver’s municipal water situation. When reading through the article, the question that arises is how familiar are we to the water security of our own…
Touch the Soil News #2015 (photo – WestWinn Urban Ag Aquaponics – (Courtesy of Westwinn Urban Ag Aquaponics https://www.westwinnag.com/) Newcastle News of Sharon, Pennsylvania bring the story of a brave new company – WestWinn Urban Ag. The company invested $4 million into an aquaculture growing enterprise in a former Westinghouse torpedo factory facility. Starting operations…
Touch the Soil News #2014 (photo – Sheep – (USDA Public Domain ) Australian Food and Agriculture Co. LTD, with the passing of one of its founders, is now available for a new owner. GAI news brings us the story of this 550,000 acre ranch – heavily anchored in sheep – also has crop production…
Touch the Soil News #2013 (photo – We Grow Microgreens- (courtesy of We Grow Microgreens https://www.wegrowmicrogreens.com/ ) The company called We Grow Microgreens has established itself close to the famous Hyde Park outside Boston. With assistance from a USDA grant, it is an interesting business model, leveraging sales from microgreens, tropical plants, leaves and…
Touch the Soil News #2012 (photo – City Sprouts – (courtesy of City Sprouts, Singapore) Singapore, a small island nation in Southeast Asia of only 284 square miles. That equates to a land area that is 10 miles wide and 28 miles long. Singapore, a former British colony uses English as its main language. This…
Touch the Soil News #2011 (photo – Pumpkin Harvest- (USDA Public Domain) Travis Gienger raised a large pumpkin in Anoka, Minnesota, and then drove 2,000 miles to Half Moon Bay in California to weigh in his pumpkin. This is Travis’s third win for the largest pumpkin in the USA. Only this year, he also broke…
Touch the Soil News #2010 (photo – Kernza Wheat Harvest at the Land Institute- (CCA 3.0 Unported, Dehaan ) Agricultural crop inputs giant Wilbur-Ellis just awarded a Kansas State University team with $25,000 on their work with perennial grains. While yields are less, not having to plant every year, and getting big soil benefits the…
Touch the Soil News #2009 (photo – Mennonite Horse Carriage – (CCA SA 2.5 Generic, Alan Walker) The Republic of Suriname, a former Dutch colony achieved full independence in 1975. Being the smallest nation in South America, the nation is primarily covered with rainforests. With a GDP of about .0001 of that of America, the…
