Touch the Soil News #1680 (Feature Photo – A Golf Course in Toronto, Canada, CCA 3.0 Unported, randreu) CBC News brings us a story unfolding in Toronto, Canada. What to do with golf courses that may not be profitable and the growing importance of overcoming food insecurity. The story is about converting golf courses to…
Touch the Soil News #1676 (Feature Photo – Volunteers Dsiree Dieno, Nadine Smith and Carson Dieno tend to new garden boxes – courtesy of Maegen Krajewski) CBC News brings us the story of how urban food gardening continues to expand in Canada – specifically in Regina. Of note is the participation of schools and people…
Touch the Soil News #1679 (Feature Photo – USDA official Seal – Public Domain) Successful Farming journalist Megan Schilling reports on recent grants by the USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture. Formed by an Act of Congress in 2018, the Office of Urban Agriculture is pursuing its mission to promote urban agriculture. The Office recently announced…
Touch the Soil News #1678 (Feature Photo – Sao Paulo, Brazil embraces green spaces – CCA 2.0 Generic, gaborbasch) Agritecture journalist Briana Zagami brings us an urban farming story from Sao Paulo in Brazil. The 12 million people in this city live in a landscape of many empty spaces. The high cost of controlled environment…
Touch the Soil News #1677 (Feature Photo – Square Watermelon – CCA SA 2.0, Cat) Growing square watermelons is labor intensive and costly. However, will the novelty of a square watermelon attract upscale buyers? https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/children/grow-square-watermelons.htm You can watch the full story here about growing square watermelons.
Touch the Soil News #1675 (Feature Photo – Vertical Farming – By Kabirnayeem.99 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70160314) What If YouTube news channel brings us the story of vertical farming. While vertical farming is not new, its contributions to overall global nutrition are small and cover mostly the growing of micro-greens and lettuces.…
Touch the Soil News #1674 (Feature Photo – The Green Era Vision – Courtesy of Green Ear Renewable Energy and Urban Farming Campus) Agritecture directs us to the story how public and community forces work together for financing and development of a miracle in modern times. Taking a toxic site and turning it into a…
Touch the Soil News #1673 (Feature Photo – TIAA Logo – Public Domain) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us new insights on the world today and its struggles for health. Come to find out, obesity may be a contributor to the spread of the covid. You can watch his report here:
Touch the Soil News #1672 (Feature Photo – Manikandan Pattabiraman in his greenhouse – courtesy of Manikandan Pattabiraman) The Better India journalist Angarika Gogoi brings us the story of Manikandan Pattabiraman. He quit his IT job several years ago and now sells gardening kits to thousands of people. He also runs his own hydroponic farm…
Touch the Soil News #1671 (Feature Photo – Vancouver Parks Food Farm – courtesy of Vancouver Parks & Recreation) The city of Vancouver (Canada), after cutting back its floral production for its parks, decided to start raising food for the city’s food insecure. Food is now being grown at the main nursery, at some golf…
