Positive Future #613 (Feature photo – Food Bank Competition with Maple Leaf Cans of Meat – By Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada – Vancouver’s Mighty Salmon, sponsored by Allnorth Consultants and Maple Leaf Foods, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72820571 Canadian meat-packing company Maple Leaf Foods announced today that its operations – with 12,000 employees – is…
Positive Future #612 (Feature photo – Tesla Headquarters – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Windell Oskay) InsideEVs journalist Eric Loveday brings us the story that Tesla will reveal its much anticipated Tesla pickup truck on November 12, 2019 in Los Angeles. There is a lot of buzz about this event and you can read the…
Touch the Soil News #1478 (Feature photo – Seal of the City of Philadelphia – Public Domain) WHYY news portal brings us the story of how the city of Philadelphia is working on an urban agriculture manifesto. Philadelphia is also one of the first cities to have a dedicated director of urban agriculture who will…
Touch the Soil News #1477 (Feature photo – Urban Chickens – By Alain Rouiller – Cascais Costa do Esteril 52, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62137300) The confrontation between urban environments and backyard chickens will continue – so will the proponents of urban chickens in changing city ordinances. Recently a group of Chicagoans put together this YouTube…
Touch the Soil News #1476 (Feature photo – Pig Farming – Public Domain, JDbunod) The National Pork Board has put together a 360-degree capable video of what it’s like inside three different pig barns used for different phases of the operation. What makes this unique is that you can click on the YouTube screen and…
Touch the Soil News #1475 (Feature photo – Global Trade – Public Domain) Foodmarket News brings us an interesting insight into the trade war between the U.S. and China. Interestingly, like any war, both sides are losers and it is the people at the bottom of both nations that suffer the most. Because U.S. trade…
Positive Future #611 (Feature photo – Oil Refinery – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, John) According to a new report by Carbon Tracker, the seven largest fossil fuel companies must cut oil and gas production by 35 percent by 2040 to contain global warming. One wonders how that will happen. Will there be a…
Positive Future #610 (Feature photo – New Delhi Smog – Public Domain – NASA ) New Delhi, India is at the center of a metro-area of almost 27 million people. The city is experiencing excessive levels of air pollution and has decided to limit cars in the city for two weeks. The air pollution is…
Positive Future #609 (Feature photo – Tesco Grocery Store – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic, Martin Bodman) Tesco, the world’s third largest food retailer is pledging to remove one billion pieces of plastic from its UK stores. Even plastic bags at checkout are going by the wayside and to be replaced by paper bags.…
Touch the Soil News #1474 (Feature photo – Fresh Vegetables – Public Domain, Leon Brooks) Australian ABC news brings us the story of an urban organic farming enterprise that farms people’s lawns and strives to minimize social isolation. Folks who allow the farmers to use their front or backyards receive a weekly box of fresh…
