Touch the Soil News #1952 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming at the Town Hall in Colombo, Sri Lanka – (Photo courtesy of International Water Management Institute) Sri Lanka is an island Nation of over 22 million people in the Indian Ocean. About 35 miles from India, this nation recently experienced a dramatic economic crisis in…
Touch the Soil News #1822 (Feature Photo – Manguinhos Neighborhood (Rio de Jainero) Where Urban Farming is Taking Hold – CCA 2.0 Brazil, Marino Azevedo) Positive News, brings the story of people who are on the economic edge and struggling to eat. Poor populations in Rio de Janeiro – a city of 12 million people…
Community farmers in Richmond, California (in the middle of the Bay Area) have seen a six fold increase in demand for their food. Eliminating rights to keep businesses open – as a health protocol – can lead to hunger and loss of health care. When it comes to hunger, at least people can go local.…
Positive Future #654 (Feature photo – the 1600s – Public Domain ) The U.S. Energy Administration just reported that U.S. energy consumption finally reached the same level as energy consumption in 2007. The eleven-year period from 2007 through 2018 represents a rather flat period in terms of energy consumption. One wonders, is this is due…
Touch the Soil News #1284 (Feature photo – Seal of Philadelphia – Public Domain) The Inquirer of Philadelphia reports that the city is looking to get involved in finding land for people to farm. Philadelphia has 28,500 vacant lots within the city and 14,800 properties with vacant or abandoned buildings. Philadelphia with a population of…
Positive Future #416 (Feature photo – Roll of Cash – Public Domain) The argument pops up frequently that we should be on a path to a cashless society. But cash in the last few years has taken on new respect to include things like protecting against identity theft and serving significant portions of the population…
