Touch the Soil News #1590 (Feature photo – Bacon, CCA 2.0 Generic, Joy) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us interesting news about the Meat Patch. It is designed to control urges for bacon and works on our sense of smell. You can see the story here:
Touch the Soil News #1589 (Feature photo – Vegan Plate, By Lablascovegmenu from London – Creamy roasted sprouts and pasta, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35764291) Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us more on the story on being vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian. You can see the full story here:
Touch the Soil News #1588 (Feature photo – Malta By The Sea – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Frank Vincentz) The Mayor news site in Europe brings us news about a collaborative effort to educate students about raising food in the small island nation of Malta. With a population of 500,000 on an island of only…
Touch the Soil News #1587 (Feature photo – InFarm Appliance – Courtesy of InFarm) Cision News brings us the story of InFarm. It is a large farm appliance that can be in grocery stores that grows greens. You can read the full story here: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/empire-partners-with-infarm-to-bring-innovative-and-sustainable-in-store-farms-to-select-sobeys-safeway-and-thrifty-foods-stores-802291563.html
Touch the Soil News #1586 (Feature photo – Meat – Public Domain, USDA) GreenBiz journalist Holly Secon brings us more information and insights on what is going on in the trends towards different kids of proteins. Interestingly, the move towards meat alternatives embraces many technologies that even include compounds from the air that are processed…
Touch the Soil News #1585 (Feature photo – Indoor Farming – CCA S 3.0 Unported, Kchittock0511) GreenBiz journalist Sarah Golden brings us the story of how indoor plant factories help with unpredictable weather, but need solutions to their intense use of energy. You can read the full story here: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/microgrids-indoor-agriculture-go-together-peas-and-carrots
Touch the Soil News #1584 (Feature photo – Map of Nations Facing Acute Food Insecurity – courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization) While the Coronavirus takes international headlines, the 4,100 flu deaths from coronavirus pale in comparison to some 450,000 other flu deaths that happen every year. More pressing are the acute food insecurity…
Touch the Soil News #1583 (Feature photo – The Ancient City of Babylon, A Biophilic City – Public Domain) News portal “The Hill” brings us the emerging move to more Biophilic cities. This means cities conscious of nature and seeking to integrate more of it into urban spaces beyond just city parks. Some of the…
Touch the Soil News #1582 (Feature photo – Happy Child – CCA SA 4.0 International, Luis Miguel Bugallo Sanchez) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of diets that strengthen mental health. This new field of food research is gaining traction in a world as troubled as ours. You can view the commentary here:
Touch the Soil News #1581 (Feature photo – Bangkok Skyline – By Benh LIEU SONG – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7973575 The Asian Post brings us the story of how architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom invents how we bring nature and stability back to the city. The city she is focusing on is Bangkok, the capital…
