Positive Future #703 (Feature photo – Micro-Grid Power over a Parking Lot – Public Domain) The Food and Agriculture Organization is reporting on a major outbreak of desert locusts. They are ravaging crops of some of the poorest nations in Africa. This year’s outbreak is one of the worst in decades as millions of acres…
Touch the Soil News #1570 (Feature photo – Finca Tres Robles in the Center of Houston, Texas – courtesy of Finca Tres Robles) Narcity News brings us the story of how a local urban farm found its way into the center of one of America’s largest cities. What makes them different is that once a…
Touch the Soil News #1569 (Feature photo – Texas A&M AgriLife Center – CCA SA 4.0 International, Patrick Creighton) Texas A&M University is one of the nation’s largest universities with almost 70,000 students. It is known the world over as being a leader in agricultural research and innovation (https://dallas.tamu.edu/) Now, the university is researching the…
I Touch the Soil News #1568 (Feature photo – Cover Crops – CCA SA 4.0 International, Mr. 1032.) GreenBiz journalist Jim Giles brings us interesting insights about the potential of regenerative farming practices to absorb carbon and stabilize the climate. The largest use of land in the world is agriculture. How farming is done can…
Positive Future #702 (Feature photo – Porsche Taycan – CCA SA 4.0 International, Alexander Migl) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane brings us the story of how Porsche just opened Europe’s most powerful fast-charging park. The park contains twelve 350 KW chargers. These high-power chargers can put 60 miles of charge into an electric car in just…
Positive Future #701 (Feature photo – Rusty Patch Bumblebee – Public Domian) BrightVibes brings us the story of how Minnesota plans to build its bee populations – provide funding to convert lawns from just grass into bee-friendly habitats. You can read the full story here: https://brightvibes.com/1625/en/minnesota-to-pay-homeowners-who-replace-lawns-with-bee-friendly-wildflowers
Positive Future #700 (Feature photo – Solar Panels – CCA SA 4.0 International, Jud McCranie) EnergyCentral journalist Richard Brooks brings us the latest numbers on renewable energy from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. While the numbers are from 2018, they represent the latest data available. The big numbers include solar and wind energy that combined,…
Touch the Soil News #1567 (Feature photo – Romaine Lettuce – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Rainer Zenz) City Farmer News draws our attention to a new book that shows you how to re-grow vegetables you bought from the store from roots, cuttings and scraps. You can read ore here: http://cityfarmer.info/regrow-your-veggies-growing-vegetables-from-roots-cuttings-and-scraps/
Touch the Soil News #1566 (Feature photo – Babylon Farm Appliance – courtesy of Babylon) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) tells us about how food growing appliances can develop a new form of local foods – foods grown in the grocery story. While it may not apply to heavier vegetables like potatoes or carrots, leafy greens are…
Touch the Soil News #1565 (Feature photo – WFP Relief Food – Public Domain) The World Food Programme (WFP) is an arm of the United Nations that delivers emergency food into the most dire places. Many of them are war-torn nations in which fighting has taken over in importance over the survival of the people.…
