Corn, Beans & Squash – Foundation for Native American Agriculture

Touch the Soil News #2003 (photo – Four Hopi women grinding grain – (Courtesy of Library of Congress) Regenerative Agriculture, a key concept growing in the ranks of agriculture, sustained many Native American societies.  The selection of crops, their planting integration and rotations sustained these native cultures for centuries – setting a standard worthy of…

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Should Your City Have an Office of Urban Agriculture?

Touch the Soil News #2002 (photo – Baltimore Urban Agriculture – (Public Domain – USDA) News Portal Fast Company presents a story on why your city would want to create an Office of Urban Agriculture.  Some of the cities that have already created and hired a director of urban agriculture include Washington D.C., Atlanta, Philadelphia…

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Reclaiming Unused Spaces for Social and Economic Purpose

Touch the Soil News #2001 (photo – Cities Without Hunger Farm in Sao Paulo – Photo Courtesy of Cities Without Hunger)) With a name like Cities Without Hunger, there are hints of a significant need in the background.  Operating in the city of Sao Paulo with a population of 12.5 million, almost 2 million are…

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Is Declining Food Plant Diversity a Problem?

Touch the Soil News #2000 (photo – Wheat Products – (Public Domain – USDA) Mainstream Agriculture Magazine Farm Journal, on its Website news portal call AgWeb, brings an interesting story about plant diversity.  Out of the world’s 300,000 edible plant species, only 200 are regularly consumed and out of that, only three species of rice,…

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Capital Area Food Bank – A Model for Urban Farms to Follow?

Touch the Soil News #1999 (photo – President Visits Capital Area Food Bank – (Public Domain) Food Bank News bring new insights into Food Banking that include accelerating “Food as Medicine” programs. Through this program the Food Bank provides healthy food over long periods of time to people fighting diet-related diseases.  In addition, the Food…

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