Positive Future News #941 (Feature Photo – Backyard Garden – CCA SA 4.0) Lifehacker News in Australia brings the story of what three things you need to grow your own veggies. 1. Repurpose some of your lawn (225 square feet). 2. Increase your growing productivity. 3. Know your soils. Articles like this are gaining in…
Touch the Soil News #1817 (Feature Photo – Home Gardening – CCA SA 4.0 International, Howellboy) AgWeb, the news portal of Farm Journal, is highlighting the rise of farmland values in Iowa. Iowa is an indicator of what’s happening nationwide. Given the rise in other farming costs, Iowa farmland costs at $10,000 an acre does…
Touch the Soil News #1703 (Feature Photo – Backyard Gardening – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, User Vmenkov) The Morning Sun of Pittsburg, Kansas brings us a story we all like to hear about. It is a story about an ordinary person – Marilyn Johnson – that has figured out the production and marketing of food…
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…
