Touch the Soil News #1670 (Feature Photo – TIAA Logo – Public Domain) TIAA – Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America – has about $1.1 trillion of assets under management – much of that represents the retirement savings of teachers, medical professionals, and governmental professions. TIAA has been the target of activists for its…
Touch the Soil News #1669 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International, Kendo 66)) The Healthy Food Project (https://healthyfoodpolicyproject.org/) just published a landmark report on municipal (city) zoning laws that allow for the standardization of laws and expansion of urban farming. Included are actual examples of what cities have done and how…
Touch the Soil News #1668 (Feature Photo – Carrot Fields – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Agritecture brings us the story of Zero Waste Farms. This is no small concept, in light of the fact that the U.S. throws away almost 40 percent of the food supply. You can read the full story here: https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2020/7/27/zero-waste-farms-the-next-step-for-sustainable-agriculture
Touch the Soil News #1667 (Feature Photo – Shipping Container Farm – Courtesy of Freight Farms) The Shelby Report brings us news of Publix Super Markets. The company is beginning a pilot program in one of its GreenWise Markets to grow lettuce heads on-site at the store. Publix has partnered with Brick Street Farms, a…
Touch the Soil News #1666 (Feature Photo – American Poverty in the 1940s – Public Domain) In an unprecedented aligning of voices, the World Food Programme, UNICEF, The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization are calling for action in prioritizing nutrition among the world’s peoples. The socioeconomic side-effects – of coronavirus related…
Touch the Soil News #1665 (Feature Photo – Port Moody City Hall – Public Domain) Port Moody is a small city within the larger metropolitan area of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada – with a population of 2.9 million people. Port Moody, as a city, is looking to formally enter the urban farming landscape by…
Touch the Soil News #1664 (Feature Photo – Stressed Crops – USDA Public Domain) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s latest report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is sobering. For the third year in a row hunger in the world is growing. The report finds that 2 billion…
Touch the Soil News #1663 (Feature Photo – Precision Agriculture – U.S. GAO Public Domain) Global watchdogs over the future of farming express concern over the impacts of climate change on crop yields – floods and droughts in specifics. While many futurists believe we need to double food production in the next 30 years to…
Touch the Soil News #1662 (Feature Photo – The World – By Augiasstallputzer~commonswiki – Own work, based on shoreline data from GSHHS (“crude” level), a public-domain source., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1055628) BrightVibes brings us the story of a new report from the World Economic Forum. The report affirms that pursuing a nature led approach to rebuilding…
Touch the Soil News #1661 (Feature Photo – Food Waste – CCA SA 4.0 International) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of upcycled food – food that would otherwise go to waste but is kept in the food chain. You can watch the story here:
