Touch the Soil News #1660 (Feature Photo – Jake Counne of Backyard Fresh Farms – of Backyard Fresh Farms and Indoor Ag-Con) Chicago Tribune journalist Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz brings us the story of how a former real estate developer looks to transform a closed Target Store into an indoor vertical farm. You can read the story…
Touch the Soil News #1659 (Feature Photo – Soil Cross Section – Courtesy of USDA) Civil Eats journalist Virginian Gewin brings us the story of an Internationally famous soil scientist. Rattan Lal takes us on a journey to helping the world by helping the soils. You can read the full story here: https://civileats.com/2020/07/15/the-world-food-prize-winner-says-soil-should-have-rights/
Touch the Soil News #1658 (Feature Photo – Thammasat University Rooftop Garden– Courtesy of Landprocess) The Bangkok Post brings us the story of Thammasat University in Thailand which opened Asia’s largest rooftop farm. At 75,000 square feet, it could well be the world’s largest rooftop farm. The farm raises rice, vegetables, and herbs. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1670 (Feature Photo – Soybeans – USDA 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…
Positive Future #787 (Feature photo – School Garden for Teaching – CCA SA 4.0 International, Michael Barera) Foodtank brings us the story of FoodCorps. FoodCorps, a non-profit, is a national service program that educates students about healthy food. Now the FoodCorps is helping students learn about growing food at home. You can read the full…
Touch the Soil News #1656 (Feature Photo – Solectrac Electric Tractor – Courtesy of Solectrac https://www.solectrac.com/cet) AFN News brings us the latest on the development of an electric tractor. Solectrac, located in San Francisco aims to help reduce the $12 billion U.S. farmers spend on fossil fuels each year. Solectrac is offering the new tractors…
Touch the Soil News #1655 (Feature Photo – Individual Depicting Anxiety – By Partridge, Rondal, 1917-, Photographer (NARA record: 8464464) – U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16648146 Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) brings us the story of a new report on how the Covid economic shutdown is leading to hunger, anxiety and worry.…
Touch the Soil News #1654 (Feature Photo – Melons – USDA Public Domain) The Star news brings us the story from Malaysia where P. Manickavasagram tends to his garage roof-top melon farm. In business for 10 years, the roof-top farm is host to 3,600 melon plants that have an automated watering system. You can read…
Touch the Soil News #1653 (Feature Photo – Micro Greens – By U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public Domain) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of Fifth Season. Fifth Season is an indoor vertical farming enterprise that has already attracted over $30 million in venture capital money. The company plans to revolutionize the industry with…
Touch the Soil News #1652 (Feature Photo – Food Bank Logo – CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7185231) The Atlantic picks up the story of the Pandemic Hunger Crisis as it has become to be known. The problem is that it is just getting started. If food banks become overwhelmed, the health crisis of hunger…
