Touch the Soil News #1705 (Feature Photo – Sunflower Seedlings, CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Wayblaze gives us the story of how a British Columbia (Canada) initiative has begun to source local seed from local farmers. At stake is the diversity of food and diversity of seed sources. Today, four (4) seed firms control 56% of…
Positive Future #827 (Feature photo – Benban Solar Park, Africa – courtesy of Copernicus Sentinel Data 2020) EnergyCentral journalist Nevelyen brings us the story of the how the International Energy Agency has declared solar power as the upcoming King of energy. Solar-generated electricity has expanded by 22 percent in the first seven months of 2020.…
Touch the Soil News #1704 (Feature Photo – Lab Grown Meat – CCA 3.0 Unported) AgFunder News journalist Richard Hemphill brings us an update on what is going on with cultured meat. Surprisingly, a lot is going on with a number of companies entering commercial production and competition. You can read the full story here:…
Touch the Soil News #1702 (Feature Photo – Senegal Coat of Arms, CCA SA 3.0, Xavigivax) France24 journalist Ellen Gainsford brings the story of an almost impossible desert landscape turned to farm. Goran N”Diaye of the African nation Senagal, bought the land for almost nothing and then found water less than 20 feet below. He…
Touch the Soil News #1701 (Feature Photo – Mealworms – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Pengo) FastCompany journalist Adele Peters brings an amazing story about the future use of insects as protein feed for fish and animals. A company called Ynsect is building the world’s largest indoor insect farm after attracting hundreds of million of dollars…
Touch the Soil News #1700 (Feature Photo – Satellite Image of the UAE. Notice how much of the nation is desert – courtesy of NASA, Public Domain) FArmlandgrab.org brings the story of what nations who must import most of their food are willing to do. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a desert nation of…
Touch the Soil News #1698 (Feature Photo – Carpark – CCA SA 2.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra) The Straits Times brings news of the latest action of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). The SFA is a governmental agency charged with food security from farm-to-fork. The SFA recently awarded 9 tenders for creating food farms on the rooftops of…
Touch the Soil News #1697 (Feature Photo – Head of Cabbage – CCA Sa 4.0 International) France 24 News portal brings us the story of how people – no matter their jobs or economics – are the innovating force of the universe. Stuck in a meaningless job, Ryad took on the challenge of becoming an…
Touch the Soil News #1696 (Feature Photo – Food Waste – GNU Free Doc. License) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of one of the most respected environmental organizations – The Natural Resources Defense Council. Established in 1970, this 50-year old non-profit has focused its energies on Food Matters. You can watch the story…
Touch the Soil News #1695 (Feature Photo – potato that looks like dog – courtesy of Joanne Gudger who dug up the potato) WDRB News brings us the story a woman from England who had a community garden plot. She raised some potatoes in the plot. When she harvested her potatoes, she dug up a…
