Positive Future #805 (Feature photo – Strawberries By Vintagenie – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85819971) Horti Daily brings us information about the company called iFarm. iFarm researches technology for growing food in indoor vertical gardens and is now working on over 50 projects in Europe and the Middle East. iFarm is like a research…
Positive Future #804 (Feature photo – U.S. Botanic Garden – CCA 3.0 Unported, Alma mater) To shore up food gardening in the U.S., The U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C. is reaching out across the nation to help promote urban food gardening. So far, they have made awards to 28 public gardens across the nation.…
Positive Future #803 (Feature photo – The Seal of Bangkok – public domain) Global economic sanctions against non-essential workers does not protect the lives of non-essential workers. In fact, it can lead them to health crisis from insufficient calories due to insufficient purchasing power. Complicating the issues is the retraction of global trade – compromising…
Positive Future #802 (Feature photo – Farm Service Agency Logo – public domain) Most counties around the country have a Farm Service Agency offices to help farmers with all sorts of issues and federal programs. Now, the USDA wants to start setting up committees at the local levels to support urban agriculture. At one time,…
Positive Future #801 (Feature photo – Community Gardener at the Forsyth County Public Library in North Carolina – courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library) Shareable journalist Noah Lenstra brings us the story of how Libraries are picking up on the trend to use vacant spaces as community gardens, teaching gardens or urban farms to donate…
Positive Future #800 (Feature photo – Russet Potatoes – Willis Lam CCA SA 2.0 Generic) BrightVibes brings us the story of how people came together to rescue millions of pounds of food that farmers could not sell. The food was rescued and disseminated into food banks. You can read the story here: https://brightvibes.com/1901/en/washington-man-rescues-more-than-1000-tonnes-of-crops-going-to-waste-and-delivers-them-to-food-banks
Positive Future #799 (Feature photo – BMW I3 – By Vauxford – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73866430) CleanTechnica brings us a press release that the BMW group now already offers the world’s widest selection of cars with electrified drive trains. BMW sold more electrified cars in the first half of 2020 than it did…
Positive Future #798 (Feature photo – Central Park – By Martin St-Amant (S23678) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6383576) While there are many reasons to keep Central Park as it is, the growing concern over access to health food and a fragile food system makes the idea not so out of bounds. There are…
Positive Future #797 (Feature photo – Boys create and allotment garden in 1942 in London – Public Domain) City Farmer News brings us the story of allotment gardening in England. Allotment gardening came into popularity in England in the 1800s as the government began providing lots to poor people so they could raise their own…
Positive Future #795 (Feature photo – Grain Harvest – public domain) As grain harvest gets underway, the topic of global warming on crop yields gets underway as well. GrenBiz journalist Jim Robbins brings us the story of how the world is searching for more heat-resistant crops to stave off yield reductions. You can read the…
