Touch the Soil News #1704 (Feature Photo – Lab Grown Meat – CCA 3.0 Unported) AgFunder News journalist Richard Hemphill brings us an update on what is going on with cultured meat. Surprisingly, a lot is going on with a number of companies entering commercial production and competition. You can read the full story here:…
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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…
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…
Understanding Global Food Security
Touch the Soil News #1700 (Feature Photo – Satellite Image of the UAE. Notice how much of the nation is desert – courtesy of NASA, Public Domain) Farmlandgrab.org brings the story of what nations who must import most of their food are willing to do. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a desert nation of…
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…
Gardener Harvests Potato that Looks Like Her Dog
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…
Rooftop Farms are Getting Bigger
Touch the Soil News #1691 (Feature Photo – Agripolis – courtesy of Valode and Pistre Architectes Atlay, AJN) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings the story of one of the largest rooftop farms in the world that is just now gearing up to full production. Ultimately 20 full-time staff will harvest 2,200 lbs. of produce consisting of…