Touch the Soil News #1926 (Feature Photo – Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill – Courtesy of AgLanta https://www.aglanta.org/2021-uffbm-partnership-applications) The need for natural experiences in the cities is over the top, but it gets even better when you can harvest food at the same time. The Conversation News Portal brings us up to date on…
Touch the Soil News #1447 (Feature photo – The Great Seal of the District of Columbia – Public Domain) Civil Eats brings us the inspiring story of Gail Taylor and Three Part Harmony Farm (http://threepartharmonyfarm.org/). A multifaceted farm in the nation’s Capitol that seeks to promote urban agriculture, food security and responsible farming. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1437 (Feature photo – Inraren Food Forest – courtesy of Abdellah Azizi) News Portal Atlas Obscura journalist Eric J. Wallace brings us the story of a long lost and forgotten food forest bearing bananas, date palms, tamarinds, oranges, figs, guavas, pomegranates and much more. Called Inraren. The goal of the garden…
Touch the Soil News #1434 (Feature photo – Food Forest – CCA SA 3.0 Unported – Zoey Kroll) Food forests are public places planted with fruit and nut trees and other edible plants. As a public space, people are allowed to pick the food for themselves. Ensia news portal brings us an update on the…
Touch the Soil News #1374 (Feature photo – Food Forest – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – Quercusrobur at English Wikipedia) Atlanta, Georgia is making news this summer as it opens its first free food forest to the public. You can not only get closer to nature on an outdoor walk, but you…
