Touch the Soil News #1716 (Feature Photo – National Guard Distributing Food at the Monterey Food Bank in California – Public Domain) The Counter News Portal brings us the story of how 29 million American adults do not have enough to eat. Of concern is that this is a threefold increase from two years ago.…
Touch the Soil News #1715 (Feature Photo – Vertical Farming – CCA 2.0 Generic, Satoshi Kinokuni) MyFinTech News Portal brings us more of the story on Vertical Farming. Is there really an opportunity in high cost controlled environment farming? Since 2018, about $1.8 billion in venture capital has flowed into vertical farming start-ups. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1714 (Feature Photo – Fresh Vegetables – CCA SA 4.0 International, Tila Monto) WCBS News Radio brings us the story of urban farmers in New York pitching in to give food to food banks and work with local nonprofits to fight hunger. You can read the story here: https://www.radio.com/wcbs880/news/local/whyhunger-urban-farms-distribute-food-to-bronx-communities
Touch the Soil News #1713 (Feature Photo – World Food Programme Logo – Public Domain) India, a heavily populated nation of almost 1.4 billion people has lots of poor. Through national food security programs, many poor are given a daily allotment of subsidized grain at a discount price. Unfortunately, shops that offer the subsidized grain…
Touch the Soil News #1712 (Feature Photo – Leafy Greens – By Libby Kokes – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89034266) Agritecture news portal brings the story of Kalera – one of several fast growing vertical farming companies. Kalera focuses on producing leafy greens in ultra-modern vertical facilities that allow for the production and delivery…
Touch the Soil News #1711 (Feature Photo – Global Location of Israel – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Jerusalem Post journalist Aaron Reich brings us the story of a new vertical farm enterprise that operates out of a Freight Container and other unconventional ways. (https://www.verticalfield.com/) You can read the story here: https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/israeli-start-up-makes-vertical-farms-to-grow-crops-in-city-parking-lots-647244
Positive Future #836 (Feature photo – Rivian Electric Truck – CCA SA 4.0 International, Richard Truesdell) Inside EVs journalist Steven Loveday brings us the story of electric truck startup Rivian. At the heart of the story is whether the Rivian will be a game-changer. You can read the story here: https://insideevs.com/reviews/451733/2021-rivian-r1t-electric-pickup-truck-first-drive/
Positive Future #835 (Feature photo – Energy Micro Grid – CCA SA 3.0 Unported ) CleanTehcnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us the updated story of Tesla Solar Microgrids. The idea is simple – create solar arrays and battery storage to save homeowners and businesses from power outages. Tesla thinks this part of its business plan…
Positive Future #834 (Feature photo – The Laundry of Yesteryear – courtesy Joshua Sherucij) CleanTechnic journalist Johnna Crider brings the story of Oxwash Partners – pickup and delivery laundry service. Of note is that the pickup and delivery portion of the service is accomplished with electric cargo bikes. You can read the story here: https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/30/oxwash-partners-with-eav-solutions-to-help-people-do-laundry-sustainably/
Touch the Soil News #1709 (Feature Photo – Empty Restaurant – CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain) https://www.undercurrentnews.com/) Phil Lempert ( https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) brings us the story of what is unfolding in the food business – to include what 4 million workers from 100,000 permanently closed restaurants are doing. You can watch the video here:
