Touch the Soil News #1632 (Feature Photo – Water Hose – CCA SA 3.0, TCAtexas) The Chicago Sun Times journalists Manny Ramos and Sam Cholke bring us the story of steep water-price hikes for community gardens in Chicago. The prices are so high due to new restrictions by the Chicago Department of Water Management that…
Touch the Soil News #1632 (Feature Photo – Community Gardening – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) CBC News of Canada brings us the ongoing story of people gardening for food for the first time. You can watch the CBC video here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1738735683858
Touch the Soil News #1631 (Feature Photo – Greenhouse – By W.carter – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62134626) Agritecture news portal brings us the story of their developing and making available a free digital tool that measures the amount of Photosynthetically Active Radiation that falls on a location in a 24-hour period. You can read the…
Touch the Soil News #1630 (Feature Photo – Aquaponics – CCA 4.0 International, Mbrickn) HortDaily brings us news of yet another organic aquaponics farm from India that is carving its way into the world of organics. Called LandCraft Agro, the company’s employees are mostly women – helping bring better food quality and economics to a…
Touch the Soil News #1629 (Feature Photo – Kubota Dream Tractor – Courtesy of Kubota.Com Kubota Tractor Company of Japan recently unveiled its vision of the future of farm tractors – electric, autonomously driven, and adjustable to the job. The new tractor embraces smart farming and labor-saving engineering. You can read the story here: https://www.kubota.com/news/2020/20200115_1.html
Touch the Soil News #1628 (Feature Photo – Agricultural Robot – Courtesy of the Small Robot Company https://www.smallrobotcompany.com/) GreenBiz journalist Shane Downing brings us the story of the robotic and hybrid-electric future of agriculture. The story discusses how the electrification and robotification of agriculture represents a $50 billion dollar industry. You can read the full…
Touch the Soil News #1627 (Feature Photo – Apple – Dried Hemp – By D-Kuru – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4999070) Inhabitat brings us the story of sustainable shoes that come from the novel new crop called hemp. While hemp is not actually new (its been around for centuries) the recent re-acceptance of…
Touch the Soil News #1625 (Feature Photo – Sack Farming – courtesy of Tule Vyema) Foodtank executive director Dani Nierenberg brings us the story (and audio clip) of a woman from Kenya that is changing the food space there. While growing food in sacks is not new, promoting the practice and helping people with food…
Touch the Soil News #1624 (Feature Photo – Food Line – Public Domain – U.S. Government) While the purpose of virus-driven economic shutdowns is to save tens of thousands of lives, the longer-term effects may imperil the lives of hundreds of millions of people. When cash flows are dramatically reduced through the food chain, the…
Touch the Soil News #1623 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming – Courtesy of https://grow-here.com/) Agritecture brings us the story of Grow Gothenburg and the global urban farm movement that is on an upwards Trajectory. Grow Gothenburg is now Grow Here – an international platform helping communications between players of urban farming. You can read the…
