Touch the Soil News #1611 (Feature Photo – San Diego County – CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=437015) Village News journalist Joe Naiman brings the story of how the San Diego Board of Supervisors is establishing an urban agriculture incentive zone program. San Diego County is home to around 3.4 million people. The emerging thoughts about thinking…
Touch the Soil News #1610 (Feature Photo – Victory Garden Poster – Public Domain The UC Food Observer brings interesting news of how interest in food gardening has exploded. The new interest in growing food plants goes beyond the present “virus crisis”. Once the mind has been visited with fear and uncertainty, it does not…
Touch the Soil News #1609 (Feature Photo – Netherlands Greenhouses – CCA 1.0 Generic) AgriTech Tomorrow brings us news of how indoor farming is also spurring research on plants that thrive indoors and in artificial lighting environments. A new consortium called Precision Indoor Plants plans to develop flavorful and nutritious indoor food crops. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1608 (Feature Photo – Fruit and Vegetable Seeds – CCA 4.0 International) Modern Farmer journalist Alex Robinson brings us a very interesting story – how the demand for vegetable seeds has skyrocketed this spring. The good news is that seed producers are finally getting an economic message of their importance, which…
Touch the Soil News #1607 (Feature Photo – Pure Harvest Smart Farm – Courtesy of Pure Harvest Smart Farms and WAFRA International Investment Company) Global uncertainty brings people to the root of civilization – growing food. The recent investment by WAFRA International Investment company of $100 million into Pure Harvest Smart Farms brings the trend…
Touch the Soil News #1606 (Feature Photo – Aerial Photo of Victoria, BC – By Ron Reiring – Victoria, BC Canada, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5830773 The Huffington Post brings us interesting news of how one Canadian city – Victoria, B.C. – is gearing up to raise food for residents. Some parks department employees are being…
Touch the Soil News #1605 (Feature Photo – Director Generals of WHO, FAO & WTO – By M. Jacobson – Gonzalez – ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland – https://www.flickr.com/photos/itupictures/36433272494, CC BY 2.0, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic,By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump at Davos, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86339937https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65393569 While shutting the…
Touch the Soil News #1604 (Feature Photo – Apple – By Jonathunder – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11808709) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the most impacting story of which foods have the greatest environmental impact. One of the lowest is apples. Can you guess the highest? You can see the video here:
Touch the Soil News #1603 (Feature Photo – A Community Garden – By Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54523644) The Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation brings news of how the shock of empty grocery shelves is getting people to start thinking outside grocery stores. While interest in growing food may be due to a temporary virus…
Touch the Soil News #1602 (Feature Photo – A Micro Grid – By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District – Ribbon cutting for new solar microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52215098) GreenBiz journalist Sarah Golden brings us the story of microgrids and indoor agriculture. Microgrids are just that – smaller electricity generating…
