Positive Future #573 (Feature photo – The Volocopter – By Spielvogel – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68341174) Electric Vehicles Research new portal bring us the latest on personal drone-type flying taxis. Using 18 rotors and making some noise, the demonstration was hosted by the Mercedes Benz Museum. You can read the full story here:…
Positive Future #572 (Feature photo – Solar Farm – Ben Cavanna CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Bloomberg New Energy Finance just released the latest numbers on renewable energy investments with investments exceeding $2.5 trillion over the past 10 years including 2019. That’s roughly $330 per person on a global average. Renewable energy production is now reaching…
Positive Future #571 (Feature photo – Plastic Pollution – Muntaka Chasant CCA SA 4.0 Universal) Ireland, a small nation of some 6.6 million people is the latest country to embark on the banning of all single-use plastics and picking up the pace of recycling. This effort is but a continuing movement around the world. The…
Touch the Soil News #1438 (Feature photo – Impossible Burger – by Sara Stierch, CCA By 4.0) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us news about the growing presence of the plant-based Impossible Burger. You can see his report in the video below:
Touch the Soil News #1437 (Feature photo – Inraren Food Forest – courtesy of Abdellah Azizi) News Portal Atlas Obscura journalist Eric J. Wallace brings us the story of a long lost and forgotten food forest bearing bananas, date palms, tamarinds, oranges, figs, guavas, pomegranates and much more. Called Inraren. The goal of the garden…
Touch the Soil News #1436 (Feature photo – Manhattan – CCA Sa 3.0 Unported) Agritecture news portal interviews Jonathan Sumner – a traditional farmer turned urban farmer. Sumner’s farm – Riverpark Farm in Manhattan is just steps away from one of his largest customers. You can read the full story here (click on the story…
Positive Future #570 (Feature photo – Amazon Delivery Van – CCA SA 4.0 International – Tdorante 10) Inside EVs journalist Gustavo Ruffo brings us news about Amazon’s foray into electric delivery vehicles. What is important about this news is that Amazon ordered 100,000 electric delivery vans from Rivian, a company that has yet to deliver…
Touch the Soil News #1435 (Feature photo – Pork Meat – CCA SA 3.0 Unported – Rainer Zenz) China continues to struggle with supplies of pork, since the African Swine Fever has wiped out roughly one third of China’s pigs. This is no small problem as pork is the favored meat for China’s 1.4 billion…
Positive Future #569 (Feature photo – the Great Seal of India – Public Domain) BrightVibes news portal brings the story on how India is set to ban 6 single use plastics starting October 2, 2019. No small feat for a nation of almost 1.4 billion people (the U.S. has 327 million people) to ban the…
Positive Future #568 (Feature photo – Wheat Crop – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Global Ag Investing brings us the story of Sweden-based Lantmännen and Norway-based Yara are partnering to transform the food supply chain, with a pilot project targeting the launch of the world’s first certified fossil-free food chain. This is no small move, for a…
