Positive Future #780 (Feature photo – Water – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, W.J.Pilsak) Inhabitat brings us a story about water purity – or should we say in some cases the lack of purity. Whole Foods bottled water brand Starkey Spring Water has been tested for arsenic. Results are that Starkey Spring Water may contain up…
Positive Future #779 (Feature photo – Seeds – Public Domain USDA) Shareable journalist Enrique Gili brings us the story of seed libraries. Seed libraries are local initiatives to bring in local seeds and distribute local seeds. This story, about the San Diego seed library, covers an important movement as there are over 600 such libraries…
Positive Future #777 (Feature photo – Jessica Bryant – Photo courtesy of Jessica Bryant) Comstock’s Magazine brings us the story of Jessica Bryant and her urban farm called Corn Poppy Produce. Bryant began volunteering at a community farm in Stockton, California several years ago. When that farm lost funding, Bryant decided to jump in with…
Positive Future #776 (Feature photo – Micro-Greens – Public Domain USDA) WJLA news brings us the story of Little Wild Thins City Farm in Washington D.C. Owned and operated by Mary Ackley, she explains how she lost 90 percent of her business in one week. https://www.littlewildthingsfarm.com/ Thanks to locals stepping out to buy home-delivery micro-greens…
Positive Future #775 (Feature photo – Vegetables – Courtesy of Jasper Greek Golanco) The American Cancer Society just published its new dietary guidelines. from the American Cancer Society. In a nutshell, the guidelines suggest no red or processed meats, no sugar-sweetened beverages, no highly processed foods or refined grains and no alcohol and more exercise…
Positive Future #774 (Feature photo – Power Lines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, 123df) The future of power can be uncertain, especially if you live in California and are depended upon PG&E for power. The company responsible for the deaths of 84 people in the Paradise, California wildfires – PG&E – plead guilty to those…
Touch the Soil News #1649 (Feature Photo – Cheese – CCA SA 4.0 International, Franck Schulenburg) Called the Great Cheese Emergency, small artisanal cheese companies who relied heavily on restaurants to sell their product have been sent into an economic tailspin. Called the Great Cheese Emergency, warehouses are piling up with artisanal cheeses that cannot…
Touch the Soil News #1648 (Feature Photo – Vertical Farming – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Valcenteu) Global AgInvesting brings us an in-depth analysis of vertical farming – its impact on feeding the world, concerns about costs and a host of other key issues. Issues that need to be faced by people wanting to enter the…
Touch the Soil News #1647 (Feature Photo – Latin America – By Heraldry – Own work,, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7185231) Latin America, a continent of 20 nations and 642 million people, is being economically disrupted. Global Food Security Officials are warning of dramatic increases in hunger and a lack of access to adequate nutrition. Protests…
Positive Future #773 (Feature photo – Rooftop Solar –Universal Public Domain) EnergyCentral brings us news of how microgrids for smaller projects are becoming more sophisticated and workable. Here is the story of a homeowner that is taking the situation head on in Southern California – ahead of the fire season and almost assuredly grid shut…
