Touch the Soil News #1554 (Feature photo – Valais Blacknose Lambs – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, 4028mdk09) Daily Mail journalist Tom Payne brings us the news of the Valais blacknose lambs. Native to Switzerland, the lambs are rare and they’ve become a hit in the United Kingdom. If you can get one, they would be…
Touch the Soil News 1553 (Feature photo – Three Years Old Household Compost – Derzsi Elekes Andor: Metapolisz DVD line http://nektar.oszk.hu/en/manifestation/2623913 It is interesting that some things that could make a big difference in the world are actually quite simple. Josh Whiton of Make Soil brings us a calm, but bigger picture way to heal many…
Touch the Soil News #1552 (Feature photo – Pasture Raised Pigs – By Jeff Vanuga / Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24827060) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of how pigs can play an important role not only in meat production, but in vegetable and other crop production. You can see…
Touch the Soil News #1551 (Feature photo – Food Market in India – By Rajesh dangi at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18189010) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports that January 2020 saw another uptick in global food prices. Th index in January 2019 was 163.9 and it rose to 182.5…
Positive Future #688 (Feature photo – National Seal of Costa Rica – Public Domain) Costa Rica, a small Central American country of 5 million people will soon achieve 100 percent renewable energy, after achieving 99.6 percent in 2019. CleanTechnic journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of how the nation is able to achieve such…
Positive Future #687 (Feature photo – Future of Housing – Courtesy of Brainport Smart City https://brainportsmartdistrict.nl/en/ ) Inhabitat journalist Luc Wang brings us the story of how the Dutch are investing in re-inventing future housing and living. Not surprisingly, it does not include high-rise buildings in asphalt cities where costs are high. You can read…
Positive Future #686 (Feature photo – Traffic Congestion – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Nomad ) CleanTechnica journalist Johnna Crider brings us the story of an interesting study by the AAA of Canada. Some 96 percent of electric car owners may never buy a fossil-fuel car again. In addition, it is estimated that 40 million Americans…
Touch the Soil News #1549 (Feature photo – The Agriculture Box – Courtesy of the Agriculture Box) Catering News journalist Dina Maaty brings us the story of an innovative Middle Eastern approach to local and organ food. The company called Agricultural Box (http://agriculturebox.com/our-products/) builds urban farming systems using individual wood boxes and the soils, fertilizers…
Touch the Soil News #1548 (Feature photo – Buffalo, New York School – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, D-Day) Civil Eats journalist Lisa Held brings us the story of how New York schools are working to integrate more local food in their school food programs. Buffalo, New York – the second largest school district in New…
Positive Future #685 (Feature photo – Sherpa Tunable Growing Light – Courtesy of Sherpa Space) Inhabitat journalist Lucy Wang brings us the story of an artificial light source that you can adjust to create the perfect light for your food plants. Developed by Sherpa Space (https://www.sherpaspace.co.kr/), the invention allows you grow whatever you want wherever…
