Soil Should Have Rights Too

Touch the Soil News #1732  (Feature Photo – Soil Profile –  By US Department of Agriculture – https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/edu/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1343062) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is taking sustainable farming to new levels. To a large degree, sustainable farming is about soils. To support sustainable education the FAO provides timely…

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Can Nature Help Farm Economics?

Touch the Soil News #1727  (Feature Photo – Sierra Mixe Corn –  Courtesy of Wisc.edu) The Foundation For Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR  https://foundationfar.org/), with matching funds from Benson Hill, granted $1.9 million to UC Davis for an interesting study. The study looks at a Mexican corn variety called Sierra Mixe that is able to…

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High Finance & Food Security

Touch the Soil News #1723  (Feature Photo – Roger Ferguson, Secretary of Treasury Potential – Public Domain) Farmlandgrab.org brings news of high finance and food security. Known for leadership in connecting investors with 2 million acres of farmland around the world, TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson Jr. is being considered for Secretary of Treasury under Joe…

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Keeping Community Gardens Forever in New York City

Touch the Soil News #1722  (Feature Photo – Teaching Gardening In New York – By SUMMER RAYNE OAKES – How to Make a Plant Love You: Houseplant Masterclass at 00:43, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79089634)  The Queens Daily Eagle news brings an interesting grass-roots story. Community gardeners are pettioning the city to designate community gardens as…

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