Touch the Soil News #1834 (Feature Photo – Vessel Brave Commander– Courtesy Vessel Finder.com) Successful Farming news brings the story of ships bearing Ukrainian grain successfully reaching the Horn of Africa. This is the first shipment of grain from Ukraine since the Russian invasion to reach the drought stricken nation of Ethiopia. Carrying 23,000 metric…
Category: Food Delivery
Food Delivery Companies – Putting the Squeeze on Drivers
Touch the Soil News #1547 (Feature photo – Food Delivery – By Franklin Heijnen – DSCF2049.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56726448) Phil lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of how food delivery is creating algorithms as they go along the clips the earnings of drivers small bits at a time, until drivers realize they’ve been had.…
Food Delivery in the City
Touch the Soil News #1533 (Feature photo – Street Scooters – CCA SA 4.o International, Matti Blume) The scooter craze that has taken over in many downtowns, needs some structure and rules. However, congested roads with cars are costing the nation almost $90 billion a year. Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/ ) brings us news of how…
Food Delivery Drones – Moving Closer to Reality
Touch the Soil News #1517 (Feature photo – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Frank Hoffner) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) gives us the latest on food delivery drones. Moving ahead with testing is Uber Eats as it readies drones for commercial use. You can see the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=8C3gVdxGihA&feature=emb_logo
Should Food and Other Delivery Trucks in Cities Be Downsized to Cargo Bikes?
Positive Future #563 (Feature photo E-Ferry Ellen – UPS Delivery Truck – By MobiusDaXter – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27703361) Traffic congestion, particularly in populated metro areas are causing more and more traffic stalls and accidents. Curbed News journalist Alissa Walker brings us an insightful perspective about delivery trucks and the dangers in urban…