Touch the Soil News #1637 (Feature Photo – Victoria Empress Hotel – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Miladlaferrai) The Peninsula News Review brings us the story of the City of Victoria. Victoria is an internationally known vacation city that lies along the Pacific Ocean. Located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada the city is giving…
Touch the Soil News #1632 (Feature Photo – Community Gardening – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) CBC News of Canada brings us the ongoing story of people gardening for food for the first time. You can watch the CBC video here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1738735683858
Positive Future #756 (Feature photo – Philippine Children – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Anton Zelenov) Mindanao Times journalist Patmei Bello Ruivivar brings us insights to Philippine food security that has messages for the whole world. The nation’s food security was insufficient and has become even more so with the virus curtailment actions. A small Island…
Touch the Soil News #1621 (Feature Photo – Montreal Botanical Gardens– By Originally en:User:GarrettRock – Original uploadlog is/was here, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2695736 CBC News journalist Issac Olson brings us the story of how the city of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) is taking food gardening under its wings. The city’s botanical gardens will host a 2.5…
Touch the Soil News #1612 (Feature Photo – Home Gardening Poster – Public Domain The Scotsman journalist Stephanie Rendall brings us timely insights into starting a food garden this spring. She also provides links to videos to help get started. You can read the story here and access the video links: https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/5-best-online-gardening-videos-guides-and-youtube-tutorials-2532028
