Touch the Soil News #2013 (photo – We Grow Microgreens- (courtesy of We Grow Microgreens https://www.wegrowmicrogreens.com/ ) The company called We Grow Microgreens has established itself close to the famous Hyde Park outside Boston. With assistance from a USDA grant, it is an interesting business model, leveraging sales from microgreens, tropical plants, leaves and…
Touch the Soil News #2012 (photo – City Sprouts – (courtesy of City Sprouts, Singapore) Singapore, a small island nation in Southeast Asia of only 284 square miles. That equates to a land area that is 10 miles wide and 28 miles long. Singapore, a former British colony uses English as its main language. This…
Touch the Soil News #2011 (photo – Pumpkin Harvest- (USDA Public Domain) Travis Gienger raised a large pumpkin in Anoka, Minnesota, and then drove 2,000 miles to Half Moon Bay in California to weigh in his pumpkin. This is Travis’s third win for the largest pumpkin in the USA. Only this year, he also broke…
Touch the Soil News #2010 (photo – Kernza Wheat Harvest at the Land Institute- (CCA 3.0 Unported, Dehaan ) Agricultural crop inputs giant Wilbur-Ellis just awarded a Kansas State University team with $25,000 on their work with perennial grains. While yields are less, not having to plant every year, and getting big soil benefits the…
Touch the Soil News #2009 (photo – Mennonite Horse Carriage – (CCA SA 2.5 Generic, Alan Walker) The Republic of Suriname, a former Dutch colony achieved full independence in 1975. Being the smallest nation in South America, the nation is primarily covered with rainforests. With a GDP of about .0001 of that of America, the…
Touch the Soil News #2008 (photo – Tasmania from Space is lush green – (Public Domain – NASA) This open ended question could be answered that maybe you do. What do you think happens to the funds folks put into their company’s pension funds, or teacher’s pension fund or any pension fund? Those dollars immediately…
Touch the Soil News #2007 (photo – FAO Logo – (Public Domain – United Nations Food And Agriculture Organization) The Food and Agriculture Organization published its updated Food Price Index for September 2023. The results are essentially flat, with the index at 121.5 a hair lower than August at 121.6. For perspective, the Food Price…
Touch the Soil News #2006 (photo – Livia and Juanita in front of a toolshed at Eat Healthy Live Healthy Urban Garden – (USDA photo – Public Domain) Norwegian University of Life Sciences, established in 1859 (164 years ago) is now offering a Master’s Degree in urban agriculture. The university is joining a growing list…
Touch the Soil News #2005 (photo – Green Wall – CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Daderot) Arirang News of South Korea reports that urban agriculture in the nation is practiced by almost 2 million people, many of which are small plots at home or on terraces. However, the cost of supplies and creating…
Touch the Soil News #2004 (photo – Strawberries in Monterey, California- (Public Domain – NRCS/USDA) One of the world’s largest farm and construction equipment manufacturers of the Case IH and New Holland equipment brands has taken an interest in a small California fruit harvest tech company. Called advanced.farm, this Sacramento, California company has pioneered strawberry…
