Touch the Soil News #1638 (Feature Photo – The Island Nation of the Philippines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Addicted04) The Manila Bulletin brings us news of the dramatic spread of urban agriculture in the Philippines. In a nation of 100 million people, 12 million people now participate in the government’s urban agriculture program. This…
Touch the Soil News #1637 (Feature Photo – Victoria Empress Hotel – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Miladlaferrai) The Peninsula News Review brings us the story of the City of Victoria. Victoria is an internationally known vacation city that lies along the Pacific Ocean. Located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, the city is giving…
Touch the Soil News #1636 (Feature Photo – Duron Chavis – Courtesy of Happy Natural https://thenaturalfestival.com/about-us/) The Richmond Free Press brings us the story of Duron Chavis and his non-profit effort to construct and deliver hundreds of garden beds in the Richmond area. Called the Resiliency Garden Project, the organization delivers the raised beds at…
Touch the Soil News #1635 (Feature Photo – Hog Barns – USDA Public Domain) Successful Farming news brings us a story of something that simply should not be happening. Iowa, which is one of the nation’s largest hog production states, just authorized $24 million to help farmers cover the costs of hogs they could not…
Touch the Soil News #1634 (Feature Photo – Greenhouse – By W.carter – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62134626) The World Food Programme – a United Nations Agency that fights starvation – is ringing the alarm bells of and unfolding food pandemic. Economic shutdowns and closed seaports are set to double acute hunger by the end of…
Touch the Soil News #1632 (Feature Photo – Water Hose – CCA SA 3.0, TCAtexas) The Chicago Sun Times journalists Manny Ramos and Sam Cholke bring us the story of steep water-price hikes for community gardens in Chicago. The prices are so high due to new restrictions by the Chicago Department of Water Management that…
Touch the Soil News #1632 (Feature Photo – Community Gardening – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) CBC News of Canada brings us the ongoing story of people gardening for food for the first time. You can watch the CBC video here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1738735683858
Touch the Soil News #1631 (Feature Photo – Greenhouse – By W.carter – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62134626) Agritecture news portal brings us the story of their developing and making available a free digital tool that measures the amount of Photosynthetically Active Radiation that falls on a location in a 24-hour period. You can read the…
Touch the Soil News #1630 (Feature Photo – Aquaponics – CCA 4.0 International, Mbrickn) HortDaily brings us news of yet another organic aquaponics farm from India that is carving its way into the world of organics. Called LandCraft Agro, the company’s employees are mostly women – helping bring better food quality and economics to a…
Touch the Soil News #1629 (Feature Photo – Kubota Dream Tractor – Courtesy of Kubota.Com Kubota Tractor Company of Japan recently unveiled its vision of the future of farm tractors – electric, autonomously driven, and adjustable to the job. The new tractor embraces smart farming and labor-saving engineering. You can read the story here: https://www.kubota.com/news/2020/20200115_1.html
