Touch the Soil News #1745 (Feature Photo – Eggplant – CCA SA3.0 Unported, Joydeep) The Sun Daily of Malaysia, brings an interesting story. The Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture is organizing an urban farming program (financed by the government) to help thousands of households cut living costs. The plan is to help thousands of households…
Touch the Soil News #1744 (Feature Photo – The World – Public Domain) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently reported the latest Food Price Index for February 2021. Over the past 9 months, global food prices have risen 27.5 percent. This spike is unprecedented since the FAO started reporting changes back in 2003.…
Touch the Soil News #1743 (Feature Photo – School Lunches – CCA 2.0 Generic, FrontierOfficial) The Daily Telegraph reveals what never should have happened. Close schools and starve children. At the forefront of trying to solve – and bring recognition to this problem – is the World Food Programme. You can read the story here:…
Touch the Soil News #1741 (Feature Photo – Women Smiles Uganda – courtesy of https://womensmilesuganda.org/ When Ugandan women get together to grow food for survival, are they re-inventing the food chain? You can read the story below and then ask the questions: Do social non-profits provide a better economic model that unfettered competition? https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/vertical-farming-ugandan-company-develops-solution-for-urban-agriculture/91900/
Touch the Soil News #1740 (Feature Photo – corn – public domain USDA) China got the world’s attention this week as it purchased 3.72 million tonnes of corn from the U.S. this week. That would take roughly 850,000 acres of farmland to produce – a farm that is 10 miles wide and 135 miles long.…
Touch the Soil News #1739 (Feature Photo – Wolt Home/Business Delivery) Wolt, a delivery company that started in Sweden, has experienced geometric growth in Sweden and 23 other countries. It started as a food delivery service, but now delivers most anything you can buy. You can read the story below. Of interest is how one…
Touch the Soil News #1737 (Feature Photo Satellite photo of the Sahara Desert – NASA, Public Domain) The African Great Green Wall is intended to span across the continent to contain the spreading desertification along the border of the Sahara Desert. The goal of the project is to restore 250 million acres along the southern…
Touch the Soil News #1736 (Feature Photo – Quezon City, Philippines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Patrickroque01) The Philippines is a small island nation with at population of 107 million people – one third that of the United States. However, their nation is very small. The land area of the Philippines is just a little…
Touch the Soil News #1735 (Feature Photo – Gardening – Public Domain) The Charleston City Paper brings us the story of horticultural therapy. The Medical University of South Carolina has an urban farm where it provides therapy services. You can read the story here: https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/story/horticultural-therapy-growing-into-a-key-program-at-musc-urban-farm
Touch the Soil News #1734 (Feature Photo – Nordic Harvest Vertical Farm – Courtesy of Nordic Harvest https://www.nordicharvest.com/saadangoervi/vertikalfarm) Called Nordic Harvest, the company is putting the finishing touches on a 14-story building with a footprint of over 75,000 square feet (1.75 acres). The facility is projected to produce over 1,000 tons of greens every year…
