Touch the Soil News #1424 (Feature photo – Singapore on the Globe – courtesy of TUBS CCA Sa 3.0 Unported) Singapore, a small city-nation of 5.7 million people in Southeast Asia, is looking to be a hub of urban agricultural innovation. Because of the urban and technological focus, things will be different. International Business Times…
Touch the Soil News #1411 (Feature photo – Agriculture – Public Domain) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us information about why we should pay more attention to agriculture in light of the risks of climate change. While some of the effects may be beneficial to agriculture, more of the effects are not beneficial to agriculture. You…
Positive Future #419 (Feature photo – Soil Erosion – Public Domian) Industrial farming’s impact on the world’s soils is dramatic. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that about one third of the world’s topsoil has been degraded. Darker times for food are not too distant in the future. A recent article on…
Touch the Soil News #1279 (Feature photo – Fruit Walls of Paris – Public Domain) Creating thick walls to encase fruit production allows heat to be absorbed during the day and releasing it at night. The fruit walls create a micro-climate that could increase the temperature within the walls by almost 18 degrees. This old-tech…
Touch the Soil News #1283 (Feature photo – Agriculture in Brazil – Public Domain) While we are all familiar with the modern environmental arguments for saving the planet, what might be the largest thing we have to save the planet from? How about agriculture? Agriculture is the single largest user of land and fresh water…
