Touch the Soil News #1524 (Feature photo – One of the World’s Largest CAFOs – Public Domain, Benjamin Gisin) Civil Eats brings us an enlightening story about the future of food in general and how meat is grown in specifics. We’ve all heard of the abuses and risks of confinement animal feeding operations – operations…
Touch the Soil News #1523 (Feature photo – The Hopi Tribal Flag – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Mario 1952) Civil Eats journalist Linghua Qi brings is the story of food on the Hopi Indian Nation. Unlike food in mainstream America, most Hopi citizens must spend 100 hours a year driving to a grocery store…
Touch the Soil News #1522 (Feature photo – Plants – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license, RKitko.) The Global Institute for Food Security brings us the story of some unusual plant research. The investigation of how a plant’s roots and a plant’s shoots communicate as to what the roots need to do in…
Touch the Soil News #1521 (Feature photo – Sir Jonathan Paul Ive – By Marcus Daweshttp://[email protected] – Contact us/Photo submission, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19277958 Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is a wealthy man. Experienced in business and technology, his net worth is estimated at $400 million. Unlike the common mindset when it comes to money –…
Positive Future #657 (Feature photo – BoxPower Shipping-Container Solar – courtesy of BoxPower) How do you survive as a business owner if your profit margin is in your refrigerated storages that just had the power cut off for days by your power utility? This past year has been a nightmare for thousands of business owners…
Touch the Soil News #1517 (Feature photo – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Frank Hoffner) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) gives us the latest on food delivery drones. Moving ahead with testing is Uber Eats as it readies drones for commercial use. You can see the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=8C3gVdxGihA&feature=emb_logo
Touch the Soil News #1520 (Feature photo – Fresh Vegetables – Public Domain, Leon Brooks) While most hotels in the world would not consider growing produce and fish on their premises, the Fairmont Hotel in Singapore has done just that. Singapore is an island city-state in Southeast Asia of almost 6 million people. It is…
Touch the Soil News #1519 (Feature photo – Agricultural Robot – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Amazone GmbH & Co. KG) Naio Technologies of France (https://www.naio-technologies.com/en/) is pushing ahead with a variety of agricultural robots. While many of these technologies are not fully commercialized, they are taking form in ways that show promise. The Dino…
Positive Future #656 (Feature photo – Homeless – courtesy of Beddown ) BrightVibes brings us the story of how an individual who inspires and people who want to help can make a difference in the daunting landscape of homelessness. Beddown is an non-profit that seeks to provide overnight shelter and basic services for homeless people…
Positive Future #655 (Feature photo – Individual Transportation – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Nomad) In many ways, the future of transportation is not only technology driven, but also economics. It’s no secret that most of the heaviest polluting cars are older cars owned by people challenged to finance expensive new cars. For a large portion…
