Amazing Desert Farm

Touch the Soil News #1702 (Feature Photo – Senegal Coat of Arms, CCA SA 3.0, Xavigivax) France24 journalist Ellen Gainsford brings the story of an almost impossible desert landscape turned to farm. Goran N”Diaye of the African nation Senagal, bought the land for almost nothing and then found water less than 20 feet below. He…

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World’s Largest Insect Farm to Open Soon

Touch the Soil News #1701 (Feature Photo – Mealworms – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Pengo) FastCompany journalist Adele Peters brings an amazing story about the future use of insects as protein feed for fish and animals. A company called Ynsect is building the world’s largest indoor insect farm after attracting hundreds of million of dollars…

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Carpark Rooftops – The New Farms

Touch the Soil News #1698 (Feature Photo – Carpark – CCA SA 2.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gnangarra) The Straits Times brings news of the latest action of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). The SFA is a governmental agency charged with food security from farm-to-fork. The SFA recently awarded 9 tenders for creating food farms on the rooftops of…

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Food Matters

Touch the Soil News #1696 (Feature Photo – Food Waste – GNU Free Doc. License) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of one of the most respected environmental organizations – The Natural Resources Defense Council. Established in 1970, this 50-year old non-profit has focused its energies on Food Matters. You can watch the story…

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Who Is Buying U.S. Farms?

Touch the Soil News #1692 (Feature Photo – A U.S. farm planted into corn – Public Domain) Farmlandgrab.org brings us more insights on who is buying American farms. A large player is Homestead Capital. Homestead Capital invests other people’s money into buying and owning farmland. New on the block is the State Universities Retirement System…

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