Touch the Soil News #1832 (Feature Photo – Buddha in Peaceful Stance – CCA SA 4.0 International) AgFunder News explains how the Russian invasion of Ukraine may precipitate a food price tremor affecting a possible 2 billion people. From another perspective, much of the world’s hunger is as a result of military conflict – an…
Touch the Soil News #1831 (Feature Photo – Victory Garden Consciousness– Public Domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19556421 When an emerging phenomenon takes on the stature of a Mega Trend, there are generally multiple drivers (reasons) for something gaining in stature in our cultures. The grow-your-own food concept has gained stature for a variety of reasons. Let’s list 10…
Touch the Soil News #1830 (Feature Photo – Hydropanels – Courtesy of Source Global https://www.source.co/) Creating drinking water and perhaps water for a modest attempt at food plants is a big thing – getting the attention of the world. FoodBev Media brings us the story of Source Global, that just received $130 million in venture…
Positive Future News #946 (Feature Photo – Vineyards – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Brocken Inaglory) It’s no secret that farmland is becoming a preferred venue for investment. This means investors are competing with farmers for ownership of farmland. In the reverse, investors may buy farmland in order to free up equity for the farmer for…
In response, the nation is looking at legislation that would, without hindering anyone’s rights, convert to urban farming, all idle or abandoned government or private lands, buildings, shipping containers, subdivisions or villages, public housing, open spaces in all urban, peri-urban and urbanizable areas in the country; and all available land resources and buildings in schools,…
Positive Future News #944 (Feature Photo – Corn – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Illustratedjc) With concerns by the World Health Organization over the links between glyphosate and cancer in humans, it is not comforting to hear that glyphosate is in many of our bodies. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Round-up. The CDC reports that…
Touch the Soil News #1829 (Feature Photo – Dairy Farming Painting – Public Domain) As a side venture, the farm can earn revenue not only from selling food, but making YouTubes about farm life. Seems that people want to delve into the dream of owning a farmstead. So what are the highest earning channels in…
Positive Future News #942 (Feature Photo – Vertical Farm – CCA SA 4.0 International) Despite geometrically higher costs, vertical growing structures in buildings are still a vision for many. Ariang News, of South Korea, brings us the story of how some buildings are already retrofitted for growing food. The claim by these vertical farmers is…
Positive Future News #941 (Feature Photo – Backyard Garden – CCA SA 4.0) Lifehacker News in Australia brings the story of what three things you need to grow your own veggies. 1. Repurpose some of your lawn (225 square feet). 2. Increase your growing productivity. 3. Know your soils. Articles like this are gaining in…
Positive Future News #940 (Feature Photo – Food Bank Workers – CCA 2.0 Generic, Sterling Communications) NPR reports on the growing demand on Food Banks to fill the needs brought on by inflation. Few folks realize that food banking represents the largest grocery chain in the U.S – some 60,000 food banks, pantries and soup…
