Touch the Soil News #1463 (Feature photo – Mumbai Subway – Public Domain) Mumbai, India is one of those global mega cities – with a metro area of almost 20 million people. Recently, Forbes of India reports how soil-less farming (hydroponics) enterprise Herbivore Farms is making a go in the big city. Like others, the…
Touch the Soil News #1462 (Feature photo – SM Farming Class – courtesy of SM Foundation) SunStar news portal brings us the story of urban and home food gardening in the Philippines. With a per-capita income of only $3,246, many people work hard to make ends meet. One of those tactics is to learn how…
Touch the Soil News #1461 (Feature photo – Tesco Store CCA SA2.0 Generic, Martin Bodman) Grocery Dive journalist Jeff Wells brings us news of Tesco, the third largest retailer in the world, headquartered in England. Tesco has teamed up with technology developer Trigo to create stores that are cashierless. The catch is that even for…
Touch the Soil News #1460 (Feature photo – The Columbia – Public Domain) When it comes to food, we’ve got to eat. When it comes to housing, we need a roof over our heads. Now, the costs of these two basics are colliding as often there is not enough for both – driving discount foods…
Touch the Soil News #1459 (Feature photo – New York Farmers Market – By Dada1960 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65127776) Curbed news journalist Valeria Ricciulli brings us the story of a new rooftop farm. The new farm is a quarter of an acre located six stories up on the roof of a new…
Positive Future #595 (Feature photo – Diagram of Cold Fusion Coil System – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics) CleanTechnica journalist Jennifer Sensiba, brings us the story of a patent filed for a fusion reactor. A small machine from 1 to 6.5 feet in size is purportedly capable of generating a…
Positive Future #594 (Feature photo – Wind Rotor Sails – CCA SA 3.0 Germany, Karstn Disk/Kat) CleanTechnica journalist Tina Casey brings us the story of rotor sails on ships to aid in their forward propulsion. There are other technologies that are being considered to not only lessen the environmental impact, but reduce the enormous costs…
Positive Future #593 (Feature photo – Mobile Food Lab – courtesy of https://www.mobilefoodlab.org/) Inhabitat journalist Nicole Jewell brings us the story of the Mobile Food Lab. It is a retrofitted bus that teaches children about sustainable and healthy eating habits. You can read the full story here: https://inhabitat.com/old-bus-is-converted-into-a-mobile-greenhouse-to-teach-students-about-sustainable-eating-habits/
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Touch the Soil News #1458 (Feature photo – Handling Grain – Public Domain) Gladstone Land is an investor owned company that specializes is owing farmland and leasing it back to proven agricultural producers. The company recently announced that it purchased two farms in Nebraska totaling 3,850 acres for $14.7 million. Plans are to convert the…
