Touch the Soil News #1487 (Feature photo – Christian Hampson – Courtesy of Yerrabingin) Creating the world’s first native rooftop farm, Christian Hampson and Clarence Slockee created the Yerrabingin native rooftop farm. You can read the full story here: https://www.uts.edu.au/news/innovation/yerrabingin-grow-worlds-first-indigenous-rooftop-farm?utm_source=UTS%3A+University+of+Technology+Sydney&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=Advocacy%2CInternal+Comms+team%2CU+mag&utm_term=Engage+Workspace
Touch the Soil News #1486 (Feature photo – Eating Choice – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Larry and Teddy Page) FoodMarket News brings us insights from the NPD Group on the eating patterns in America. To say the least, it is revealing. You can read the story here: https://www.foodmarket.com/News/A/1156987/0/NPD-Group-Releases-Report-on-Eating-Patterns-in-America
Touch the Soil News #1485 (Feature photo – Soil Profile – Public Domain, USDA) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of how consumers want to know more about the health of their food. Essentially, if you follow the trail, it leads back to the soils. You can see Phil’s video here:
Touch the Soil News #1484 (Feature photo – FAO Headquarters in Rome – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Scopritore) If you answered the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) you are right. The FAO is the only international organization that tracks global hunger and strives for sustainable goals to food and agriculture. However, reaching everyone…
Touch the Soil News #1483 (Feature photo – Michigan Urban Farming Initiative – courtesy of MUFI https://www.miufi.org/) YES news portal brings us the story of MUFI – Michigan Urban Farming Initiative. It is a 3 acres urban farm focusing on the food insecurity of one of Detroit’s poor neighborhoods. The closest fresh produce store to…
Touch the Soil News #1482 (Feature photo – Indoor Farming – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Goldlocki) AgFunder News brings us more insights into the costs and direction of vertical farming. Vertical farming with the latest technologies can now cost tens of millions of dollars. You can read more of the story here:…
Touch the Soil News #1481 (Feature photo – Robot – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of the infiltration into the job market by robots. On thing is for sure is that manufacturers and big companies that use robots will loose business from people whose jobs have been…
Touch the Soil News #1480 (Feature photo – Lettuce Greens – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic, Oregon State University) FastCompany brings us the latest in the vertical and indoor farming trend. The story features Bowery Farms. Bowery has attracted millions of dollars of venture capital in its vision to grow big. You can read…
Touch the Soil News #1479 (Feature photo – pigs – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International) China is fighting an almost losing battle with the African Swine Fever and the nations withering pork supplies. Estimates are that China may have to cull over 200 million pigs this year. In attempts to fill the shortages and…
Touch the Soil News #1478 (Feature photo – Seal of the City of Philadelphia – Public Domain) WHYY news portal brings us the story of how the city of Philadelphia is working on an urban agriculture manifesto. Philadelphia is also one of the first cities to have a dedicated director of urban agriculture who will…
