Touch the Soil News #1931 (Feature Photo – Corn – Public Domain USDA) Farmland Grab News, brings the story of the nation of Kenya, getting into public farming in a big way. A populous nation of 56 million people, Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture will finance key state corporations to put up 500,000 acres of…
Touch the Soil News #1930 (Feature Photo West Coast Catalogue – Courtesy of West Coast Seeds) West Coast Seeds in British Columbia reports sales are strong for their more than 1,000 varieties of organic seeds. https://www.westcoastseeds.com/ A contributing factor to more people now growing food than not in Canada is attributed to the high…
Touch the Soil News #1929 (Feature Photo – North Fork Ranch Vinyard – Santa Barbara County Water Agency Food Bank news has guest editorials about the world of food banking and hunger in America. Recently, Brian Greene, CEO of the Houston Food Bank provided some shocking perspective, that explains why the problem is not…
Touch the Soil News #1928 (Feature Photo – North Fork Ranch Vinyard – Public Domain, USDA) Harvard University with its endowment fund bought a 6,565 acre farm (North Fork Ranch Vineyard) in California in an area already stressed for water. They overplanted with a vineyard and demanded more water. In the ensuring debates and reviews,…
Touch the Soil News #1927 (Feature Photo – Tulips – Public Domain, USDA) Farm Journal brings the story of a North Carolina farming family that turned an old tobacco farm into a thriving agri-tourism business. They grow tulips for folks to pick each spring. They are so busy they have to sell tickets so things…
Touch the Soil News #1926 (Feature Photo – Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill – Courtesy of AgLanta https://www.aglanta.org/2021-uffbm-partnership-applications) The need for natural experiences in the cities is over the top, but it gets even better when you can harvest food at the same time. The Conversation News Portal brings us up to date on…
Touch the Soil News #1925 (Feature Photo – Carbon Robotics Laser Weeder – Courtesy of Carbon Robotics https://carbonrobotics.com/laserweeder) Business Wire News Portal brings the story of laser weeding robots by Carbon Robotics. This machine zaps 100,000 weeds per hour and word is they cost between $25,000 and $50,000. The laser weeder is designed to help…
Touch the Soil News #1923 (Feature Photo – Doha, Qatar – CCA SA 4.0 International, StellarD) Crowdfunder tells us the story of Bath City Farm. This 37 acre animal farm attracts 42,000 visitors a year and it wants to be partially non-profit. On wonders, how much can you charge for a “farm” experience and petting…
Touch the Soil News #1922 (Feature Photo – O’ Fallon Garden Club – Courtesy of O’ Fallon Garden Club) Many community gardens are places where people just show up to tend to their individual plot. However, Carolyn Sitzes of O’Fallon, Illinois (33,000 people) founded a remarkable community garden. O’Fallon Garden Club is a vibrant organization…
Touch the Soil News #1921 (Feature Photo – Monarch Tractor – Courtesy of Monarch Tractor) https://www.monarchtractor.com/mk-v-electric-tractor Successful Farming Magazine brings the story of the new all-electric and non-driver tractor now hitting the markets. Being versatile, the new tractors are ranging in price from $75,000 to $95,000. The machine can serve a tractor, an ATV and…
