Touch the Soil News #1348 (Feature photo – Urban FArm – courtesy of Sprout by Design) A New York City company called Sprout by Design, builds out green spaces for people in the city. They recently posted a job opening for and Urban Farm Manager. It is interesting to see what kind of duties and…
Touch the Soil News #1347 (Feature photo – Relief Map of the Philippines – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – Seventide) The nation of the Philippines, with a population of almost 110 million, is taking action to make food one of the top priorities in politics and civil society. The government is undertaking…
Positive Future #481 (Feature photo – Parabolic Trough Solar Farm – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license – BSMPS) As electric vehicles enter the market in larger numbers, so are large storage batteries entering the power grids around the nation. During peak energy demands, large…
Positive Future #480 (Feature photo – T-Pod Autonomous Truck – courtesy of Einride) CleanTechnica journalist Erika Clugston brings us news about a fully autonomous freight truck now being tested in Sweden. While the U.S. is experiencing a shortage of truckers, at some point further in the future, autonomous trucks will arrive in larger numbers. You…
Touch the Soil News #1346 (Feature photo – Svalbard Global Seed Vault – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – Miksu) WIA Media journalist Gerelyn Terzo brings us the story of seeds that have been adapted to climates unlike the climate change now unfolding. Seed stored at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway…
Positive Future #479 (Feature photo – Tesla Model 3 is the Global Leader in EV sales – By Carlquinn – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65368295) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane reports that global electric vehicle sales reached 662,000 for the first four months of 2018 – 2.1 percent of total vehicle sales. Estimates are that…
Touch the Soil News #1345 (Feature photo – Sugary Sweets – CCA Attribution 2.0 Generic) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) explores new rules for labeling “added sugars” to food packaging in the video below. It’s a disconcerting expose of how the system is fraught with conflicts of interest. Sugary drinks make more money for beverage companies and…
Touch the Soil News #1344 (Feature photo – City Beet Farm – courtesy of City Beet Farm) CBC news of Canada brings us the story of Elana Evans who converted 15 yards into food gardens. The people whose lawns were converted get a share of the product while the rest is sold mostly to subscribers…
Touch the Soil News #1343 (Feature photo – The Living Farming Tree – courtesy of Hexagro) Indoor food-growing appliances are not new, but becoming more innovative. Inhabitat recently interviewed the developers of an indoor farming tree that copies a tree’s architecture. The Living Tree created by Hexagro is yet another design innovation for indoor food…
Positive Future #478 (Feature photo – New York Stock Exchange – Public Domain) In business news, Walmart and Amazon are squaring off as competitors. Walmart is gearing up it’s fulfillment warehouses for internet orders and Amazon is getting concerned. Four of the largest institutional investors in Walmart are also four of the largest institutional investors…
