Touch the Soil News #1951 (Feature Photo – Almond Orchard – (CCA SA 4.0 International, Andrewthompson10 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Owning agricultural assets has become a big draw for billions of investment dollars. Does this mean that we should take stock in our own agricultural assets? For example, how much land is around our home, if we are…
Touch the Soil News #1843 (Feature Photo – Earth From Space – NASA public domain) While many small enterprises are trying to find their way and profits at their level, sometimes a larger perspective – from the top down – might be helpful. The world FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), a division of the United…
Touch the Soil News #1814 (Feature Photo – Farmers Market – CCA SA 2.5 Generic) The Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery Association recently released its sixth annual Feeding the Economy Report. Among other things, the report reveals that the total numbers of jobs related to the production, processing and distribution of food is 43,464,211 or…
Touch the Soil News #1806 (Feature Photo – Grains – Public Domain) The World Agricultural Outlook Board (WOAB) is part of the USDA’s Office of Chief Economist. For the 2022 crop year (June 2022 through May 2023) the WOAB estimates that the world will eat 20 million metric tonnes more of grains that it will…
Touch the Soil News #1535 (Feature photo – Field Crops – Public Domain) AgFunder News brings us the prediction of Wade Barnes, founder of Farmers Edge. Barnes takes a look at new technologies, hemp and weather. You can read the full story here: https://agfundernews.com/robots-hemp-and-drastic-weather-farmers-edges-wade-barnes-shares-2020-ag-predictions.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udpuzDWCuw8
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…
