Touch the Soil News #1820 (Feature Photo – Via Verde Pillars in Mexico City – Courtesy of Civil Engineer) Non-profit approaches to improving cities is not new. Mexico City, with a population of 9 million people, is at the heart of a metropolitan area of 22 million people. Mexico City has embraced a beautiful project…
Touch the Soil News #1819 (Feature Photo – 1 Utama Mall – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Cmglee) 1 Utama, is the 7th largest mall in the world. Weighing in at 5.6 million square feet (130 acres), the mall’s 713 stores are complemented by a rainforest, secret garden and urban farm. Customers can walk through the…
Touch the Soil News #1818 (Feature Photo – Feedlot – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) NewsCenter1, brings the story of the coming of a new beef processing facility, which will be the largest in the U.S. At a price tag of $1.1 billion, the 1 million square foot facility will employ 2,500 people. It will take…
Touch the Soil News #1817 (Feature Photo – Home Gardening – CCA SA 4.0 International, Howellboy) AgWeb, the news portal of Farm Journal, is highlighting the rise of farmland values in Iowa. Iowa is an indicator of what’s happening nationwide. Given the rise in other farming costs, Iowa farmland costs at $10,000 an acre does…
Touch the Soil News #1816 (Feature Photo – Vegetable Garden – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Permaculture Apprentice brings an article on making a living from a 1.5 acre market garden. Certainly work efficiency is always a factor. Here are some insights to how one market garden makes a go of it. https://permacultureapprentice.com/how-to-make-a-living-from-a-1-5-acre-market-garden/
Touch the Soil News #1815 (Feature Photo – Golf Course – Public Domain, Lilrizz) Over the past 10 years, almost 1,000 golf courses have closed – a testament to the declining popularity of the sport. But what can you do? What else can golf courses to do utilize their facilities? Gillyflower Golf Course, in the…
Positive Future News #937 (Feature Photo – Desalination – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, James Greiller) While it is not making headline news, the collapse (over the last 20 years) of the Colorado River Basin water supply, has come to the forefront. Nearly 40 million Americans rely on the Colorado River Basin for drinking water and…
Positive Future News #936 (Feature Photo – Farming in India – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Rajarshi Mitra) India, the world’s second most populous nation behind China, is struggling to feed itself. With 1.4 billion people one focus to solve the problem is urban farming and controlled environment farming. Considering that India has more than four…
Positive Future News #935 (Feature Photo – Farmland – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Andrew Smith) The non-profit called Grain, is sponsoring a webinar on what they call Pension Fund Capitalism. The webinar is about a simple concept. Monies set aside around the world for pension plans, is estimated to be $52 trillion. Now, money from…
Positive Future News #934 (Feature Photo – Soybeans – Public Domain) The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, just put together a report “Another Perfect Storm?” The report highlights some of the causes of the current food price crisis. For example, poor nations have lost their food diversity and are now dependent upon…
