Touch the Soil News #1609 (Feature Photo – Netherlands Greenhouses – CCA 1.0 Generic) AgriTech Tomorrow brings us news of how indoor farming is also spurring research on plants that thrive indoors and in artificial lighting environments. A new consortium called Precision Indoor Plants plans to develop flavorful and nutritious indoor food crops. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1608 (Feature Photo – Fruit and Vegetable Seeds – CCA 4.0 International) Modern Farmer journalist Alex Robinson brings us a very interesting story – how the demand for vegetable seeds has skyrocketed this spring. The good news is that seed producers are finally getting an economic message of their importance, which…
Touch the Soil News #1607 (Feature Photo – Pure Harvest Smart Farm – Courtesy of Pure Harvest Smart Farms and WAFRA International Investment Company) Global uncertainty brings people to the root of civilization – growing food. The recent investment by WAFRA International Investment company of $100 million into Pure Harvest Smart Farms brings the trend…
Touch the Soil News #1606 (Feature Photo – Aerial Photo of Victoria, BC – By Ron Reiring – Victoria, BC Canada, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5830773 The Huffington Post brings us interesting news of how one Canadian city – Victoria, B.C. – is gearing up to raise food for residents. Some parks department employees are being…
Touch the Soil News #1605 (Feature Photo – Director Generals of WHO, FAO & WTO – By M. Jacobson – Gonzalez – ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland – https://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/36433272494, CC BY 2.0, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic,By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump at Davos, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86339937https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65393569 While shutting the…
Touch the Soil News #1604 (Feature Photo – Apple – By Jonathunder – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11808709) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the most impacting story of which foods have the greatest environmental impact. One of the lowest is apples. Can you guess the highest? You can see the video here:
Touch the Soil News #1603 (Feature Photo – A Community Garden – By Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54523644) The Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation brings news of how the shock of empty grocery shelves is getting people to start thinking outside grocery stores. While interest in growing food may be due to a temporary virus…
Touch the Soil News #1602 (Feature Photo – A Micro Grid – By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District – Ribbon cutting for new solar microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52215098) GreenBiz journalist Sarah Golden brings us the story of microgrids and indoor agriculture. Microgrids are just that – smaller electricity generating…
Touch the Soil News #1601 (Feature Photo – Kelp – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Bjorn Christian Terrissen) GreenBiz journalist Lauren Phipps brings news about new uses for algae – which in her definition includes things like seaweeds, kelp and other photosynthetic species. There new value comes in the form of creating materials such as bioplastics…
Touch the Soil News #1599 (Feature Photo – Plant-Based Foods – By Keith Weller, USDA ARS – This image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID K3839-3 (next)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25115238 Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) tells us about the 2020 Culinary Forecast…
