Positive Future #661 (Feature photo – The Ocean – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Tiago Floreze) EnergyCentral journalist Jim Baird brings us some interesting insights about the science of Thermodynamic GeoEngineering. The concept is to convert the heat in the oceans from global warming into energy – thus cooling the ocean and the planet while offering…
Touch the Soil News #1532 (Feature photo – Broiler Chicken Farm – By Larry Rana – USDA, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3824012) The following video is about the new ChickenBoy aerial robot that keeps chicken under constant observation while gathering data. The video also provides a first look into how chickens are handled in a confinement operation.
Touch the Soil News #1531 (Feature photo – Revol Greens Greenhouse – courtesy of Revol Greens) Global AgInvesting brings us the story of Revol Greens. This Minnesota-based greenhouse farming enterprise just announced its plans to build a 16-acred leafy greens and lettuce greenhouse in California. Now that’s a big greenhouse. Revol Greens was awarded $11.3…
Touch the Soil News #1530 (Feature photo – 100+ Women Strong organization in Mendocino, California, courtesy of the same) The Ukiah Daily Journal reports on how this women’s project has raised money to create seven (7) new community gardens at low-income senior apartments throughout the county. The goal is to alleviate food insecurity. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1529 (Feature photo – CCA SA 3.0 Valcenteu) Phys.Org brings us the story of the rise of vertical farms in Japan. With a declining farmer population and few young people returning to the farms, a new kind of approach to food is taking root. Spread Co. LTD in Japan, after 10…
Touch the Soil News #1528 (Feature photo – Livestock on Feed, Public Domain) Phil Lempert ( https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the latest in the battle by food advocates and consumers over the dangers of routine antibiotic use in meat. You can see the full story here:
Touch the Soil News #1527 (Feature photo – FAO Logo – Public Domain) The Food Price Index – published the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome – reports that food prices have jumped dramatically on a global basis in 2019. The index stood at 161.5 in December of 2018 and rose to 181.7 in December…
Positive Future #658 (Feature photo – Tesla Gigafactory 1 Near Reno, Nevada – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International , Smnt) Clean Technica journalist Johnna Crider brings us insights into the scope of Tesla’s planned Gigafactory 4 in Berlin Germany. The planned facility will operate three (3) shifts 24 hours a day and employ almost 2,900 people.…
Touch the Soil News #1526 (Feature photo The City of Doha, Qatar – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license, StellarD). Voice of America news brings us a sobering story of how one small nation – Qatar – had its food imports blockaded by neighboring nations. This is tough survival time when almost 100…
Touch the Soil News #1525 (Feature photo – Wastewater Crisis in Kenya – courtesy of Talia Rubnitz/World Resources Institute). Most of us take sanitation – waste removal and treatment for granted. However, many places around the world don’t even have basic sanitation services and it’s a dangerous proposition. The World Resources Institute recently provided insight…
