Touch the Soil News #1641 (Feature Photo – Singapore Coat of Arms – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Xavi Garcia) It is no secret that the Netherlands has the largest greenhouse infrastructure in the world and is touted as the world’s second largest exporter of food. Now the Netherlands is teaming up with Singapore to boost…
Positive Future #772 (Feature photo – Solar Power Logo – CCO 1.) Universal Public Domain) According to U.S Energy Information Administration, the average cost of energy production (kwh) in the U.S. for 2018 ranged between 11 cents kwh for nuclear to down to 7 cents for Hydro=electric. CleanTechnica journalist Carlo Ombello brings us the story…
Positive Future #771 (Feature photo – Modern Desalination Plant – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, James Grellier) Estimates are that 1,000 children die each day from water-borne diseases – a cause of lack of access to clean and safe water. Access to water for agriculture, personal consumption and industry is a key driver of how the…
Touch the Soil News #1640 (Feature Photo – Greenhouses – CC BY 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130422) CGTN News brought the story first a couple of years ago as a large Chinese company began to build out the world’s largest complex of food greenhouses. Built in the desert in Egypt, the project has now built 600 greenhouses with…
Touch the Soil News #1639 (Feature Photo – Greenhouse – Community Garden – Courtesy of City Farmer News) The Newfoundland Provincial Government in Canada just allocated $100,000 to expand and enhance community gardens in the province. Last year the projected established 23 new community gardens and enhanced 78 others. Government intervention into local and urban…
Touch the Soil News #1638 (Feature Photo – The Island Nation of the Philippines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Addicted04) The Manila Bulletin brings us news of the dramatic spread of urban agriculture in the Philippines. In a nation of 100 million people, 12 million people now participate in the government’s urban agriculture program. This…
Touch the Soil News #1637 (Feature Photo – Victoria Empress Hotel – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Miladlaferrai) The Peninsula News Review brings us the story of the City of Victoria. Victoria is an internationally known vacation city that lies along the Pacific Ocean. Located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada the city is giving…
Touch the Soil News #1636 (Feature Photo – Duron Chavis – Courtesy of Happy Natural https://thenaturalfestival.com/about-us/) The Richmond Free Press brings us the story of Duron Chavis and his non-profit effort to construct and deliver hundreds of garden beds in the Richmond area. Called the Resiliency Garden Project, the organization delivers the raised beds at…
Touch the Soil News #1635 (Feature Photo – Hog Barns – USDA Public Domain) Successful Farming news brings us a story of something that simply should not be happening. Iowa, which is one of the nation’s largest hog production states, just authorized $24 million to help farmers cover the costs of hogs they could not…
Touch the Soil News #1634 (Feature Photo – Greenhouse – By W.carter – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62134626) The World Food Programme – a United Nations Agency that fights starvation – is ringing the alarm bells of and unfolding food pandemic. Economic shutdowns and closed seaports are set to double acute hunger by the end of…
