Positive Future News #922 (Feature Photo – Produce – CCA SA 4.0 International) The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) reports that global food prices flattened out this past month. This is after global food prices increased by almost 31 percent over the past year. This is welcome news after so much global and domestic turmoil…
Positive Future News #921 (Feature Photo – Tesla super charging station – CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain) Not too long ago, sales of electric cars barely made the news. For the first three months of 2022, there were 851,000 new registration for plug-in electric cars and 832,000 registrations of plug-less hybrids. These two categories of…
The USDA reports that Americans spent $877 billion for food purchased to eat and cook at home from grocery stores and a variety of grocery outlets. American’s spent another $813 billion when eating out. These numbers are for 2020 and combine for total food expenditures of $1,690 billion. With food inflation escalating the costs of…
Positive Future News #919 (Feature Photo – Chickpeas – Public Domain) Successful Farming Magazine, one of the world’s anchor agricultural magazines, brings the story of Russians stealing Ukrainian grain, and taking over a 60,000-acre farming company in Ukraine. What do you think? The domino effect could increase grain exports from America to nations relying on…
Positive Future News #918 (Feature Photo – Bonifacio Global City – Public Domain) The Manila Bulletin, brings us the story of how urban centers may be seeking a farm, instead of a farm seeking a place to be. The story is about a special urban development within the city of Manilla, on land that used…
Positive Future News #917 (Feature Photo – Chickpeas – Public Domain) A successful farm entrepreneur once said that you have to continuously question, turn over every stone, and incrementally improve your business plan. Well, some people and growers in upstate New York, have done just that. In some ways, it’s the process and being alert,…
Positive Future News #916 (Feature Photo – John Deere Equipment– CCA SA 3.0 HCQ) Successful Farming news, reported on some novel information in the body of their daily headline report on “Wheat Attempts to Turn Higher”. The link below take you to the story. Go down the article to “Opening Comments: 9:00 A.M. Go down…
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Touch the Soil News #1805 (Feature Photo – Vegetable Meal – Public Domain) Foodtank News, brings us the story medical professionals that are practicing food as medicine. The story lists 22 professionals around the world with a short story on each. For some, this list may be important as another approach to better health. You…
Touch the Soil News #1804 (Feature Photo – Map of Africa showing Ghana– CCA SA 3.0 Unported) An African based business that supports farmers with access to financing, fertilizer, seeds, technical assistance with growing and making a profit, has been trying to make a difference since 2013. Called Farmerline, the Ghana-based company recently received funding…
