Touch the Soil News #1559 (Feature photo – Bonton Farms – courtesy of aiadallas.org) It is of concern that 25% of all Americans are born into a place of poverty. Bonton Farms in South Dallas represents a grass-roots effort at creating social, food and economic wealth through a collaborative and co-operative effort. While our mainstream…
Touch the Soil News #1558 (Feature photo – Tray of Young Plants – Public Domain) The Asian Scientist news portal brings us the story of Bjorn Low, founder of a social enterprise called Edible Garden City. Come to find out, horticultural therapy – working with plants and soils under the direction of a horticultural expert…
Touch the Soil News #1557 (Feature photo – Pizza – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, clyclonebill) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of how Domino’s pizza is struggling for more cash flow and how its going to re-invent how it does pizza. Domino’s is the world’s largest pizza chain with over 16,000 stores. Domino’s wants…
Touch the Soil News #1556 (Feature photo – Community Raising Food For Anyone to Eat – courtesy of Incredible Edible) Three women from Todmorden, England (a community of 16,000) started organizing the locals to plant food in public places for everyone to eat. They started a global movement which has brought visitors from around the…
Touch the Soil News #1555 (Feature photo – Backyard Farm – courtesy of Carl Freeman) Stuff news brings us the story of how interest is backyard farming and food marketing is of importance and interest. Taranaki, New Zealand is the focal point of a $100,000 grant to further promote fresh produce from backyard gardens. Local…
Touch the Soil News #1554 (Feature photo – Valais Blacknose Lambs – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, 4028mdk09) Daily Mail journalist Tom Payne brings us the news of the Valais blacknose lambs. Native to Switzerland, the lambs are rare and they’ve become a hit in the United Kingdom. If you can get one, they would be…
Touch the Soil News 1553 (Feature photo – Three Years Old Household Compost – Derzsi Elekes Andor: Metapolisz DVD line http://nektar.oszk.hu/en/manifestation/2623913 It is interesting that some things that could make a big difference in the world are actually quite simple. Josh Whiton of Make Soil brings us a calm, but bigger picture way to heal many…
Touch the Soil News #1552 (Feature photo – Pasture Raised Pigs – By Jeff Vanuga / Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24827060) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of how pigs can play an important role not only in meat production, but in vegetable and other crop production. You can see…
Touch the Soil News #1551 (Feature photo – Food Market in India – By Rajesh dangi at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18189010) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports that January 2020 saw another uptick in global food prices. Th index in January 2019 was 163.9 and it rose to 182.5…
Touch the Soil News #1549 (Feature photo – The Agriculture Box – Courtesy of the Agriculture Box) Catering News journalist Dina Maaty brings us the story of an innovative Middle Eastern approach to local and organ food. The company called Agricultural Box (http://agriculturebox.com/our-products/) builds urban farming systems using individual wood boxes and the soils, fertilizers…
