Touch the Soil News #1305 (Feature photo – Healthy Food – Public Domain) Healthy Food, recyclable packaging and zero waste are certainly the buzz words of today. However, Simply Good Jar Jars has converted the buzz words into reality. Simply Good Jars (https://simplygoodjars.com/) made news by being selected by Food X for special assistance in…
Positive Future #438 (Feature photo – Pistachios on the Tree – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) While it is a small trend mostly out of the mainstream news, owning orchards of nuts, fruits and avocados is a serious trend among non-farming investors. Stabilizing world population is not an option, so competition for food – in a…
Touch the Soil News #1304 (Feature photo – The Avocado – Public Domain) While not all food groups are see dramatic rises, it is high-end foods that are perceived as healthier that are seeing significant increases. The ramifications – making the healthiest foods only affordable by the more well-to-do – may spark new issues in…
Positive Future #437 (Feature photo – Small Solar Farm – CCA SA 4.0 International Generic) CleanTechnica journalist Tina Casey covers a story from Michigan where legislators are considering allowing solar panels on farmland. This makes sense for rural electric cooperatives and maybe even the farmers. You can read the full story here: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/15/rural-electric-co-ops-dive-into-gas-killing-solar-panels-farmland-fray/
Touch the Soil News #1303 (Feature photo – Bulk Food Delivered to Emergency Areas – Public Domain) The Food and Agriculture Organization just released its statistics for world food prices in March of 2019. The index came in at 167.0 a slight move from the 166.8 in February. The FAO Food Price Index is the…
Touch the Soil News #1302 (Feature photo – Simple Abundance Farm Greenhouse – Courtesy of Simple Abundance Farm) While everyone is worried about not enough young people taking over the industrial farms, perhaps the focus should be the incoming young people that are building local organic farms. City Farmer News brings us information on Simple Abundance…
Positive Future #436 (Feature photo – Mercedes Benz Citaro Electric Bus – CCA SA 4.0 International) Mercedes is not just a car company, they also make electric buses. Inside EVs journalist Mark Kane brings us the latest story as Mercedes just sold 56 electric buses to just one municipality in Germany. Mercedes sells its electric…
Positive Future #435 (Feature photo – Washington State Capitol – By User:Cacophony – Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1055907) Happening more frequently, cities, counties and states are taking matters into their own hands. Natural Resources Defense Council expert Noah Long reveals how Washington State has 5 bills in the works that are related to clean…
Touch the Soil News #1301 (Feature photo – Indoor Vertical Farming – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Agriculture consultant Peter Tasgal writes for AgFunder on the economics of vertical indoor farming. The economics – given the significant costs – are not as positive as one would suspect. From a price point, conventional outdoor production of growing…
Touch the Soil News #1300 (Feature photo – Confined Pig Operation – Public Domain) The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) announced that it was cancelling the World Pork Expo that was to be held at the Des Moines, Iowa fairgrounds. The three-day event would have brought in some 20,000 attendees from all over the world.…
