School Garden Initiatives

Touch the Soil News #1432 (Feature photo – Caring for Food Plants – Public Domain) FoodTank news portal brings us an interesting list of school garden initiatives and school cafeterias. With 16 initiatives to choose and learn from around the world, local food advocates and learn how to change their communities and educational experiences. You…

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The Cockroaches Are Coming

Touch the Soil News #1427 (Feature photo – American Cockroach -courtesy of Zongquing Wang and Ed Baker) Cockroaches are more popular in China for food, cosmetics and medicines. In fact, China has cockroach farms with over a billion cockroaches in confined growing environments. Because cockroaches eat waste, they are environmentally supportive in dealing with food…

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