Touch the Soil News #1744 (Feature Photo – The World – Public Domain) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently reported the latest Food Price Index for February 2021. Over the past 9 months, global food prices have risen 27.5 percent. This spike is unprecedented since the FAO started reporting changes back in 2003.…
Touch the Soil News #1716 (Feature Photo – National Guard Distributing Food at the Monterey Food Bank in California – Public Domain) The Counter News Portal brings us the story of how 29 million American adults do not have enough to eat. Of concern is that this is a threefold increase from two years ago.…
Touch the Soil News #1652 (Feature Photo – Food Bank Logo – CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7185231) The Atlantic picks up the story of the Pandemic Hunger Crisis as it has become to be known. The problem is that it is just getting started. If food banks become overwhelmed, the health crisis of hunger…
Touch the Soil News #1646 (Feature Photo – Picking Strawberries – CCA SA 4.0 International, Marc Lautenbacher) Whether its farmers dumping milk and fresh produce, leaving produce in the field due to labor shortages or larger kinks in the food supply chain, the stories all lead to the same conclusion – escalating risks of hunger…
Touch the Soil News #1643 (Feature Photo – Nairobi, Kenya – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) RUAF International brings us news from Nairobi, Kenya – an African city of 4.3 million people whose food supply chains were compromised from virus economic shutdowns. Amid chaos, food gardening is looking more like the answer to a sustainable future.…
Positive Future #764 (Feature photo – The World – NASA Public Domain) The New Yorker, one of the nations top weekly magazines, brings us a story by journalist Isacc Chotiner that is worth noting. While news of the covid 19 has dominated the public debate for several months now, is it possible that the covid…
Positive Future #763 (Feature photo – Closure and Delays at Shipping Ports Threaten Hundreds of Millions Of People – Public Domain) Covid Statistics, updated each day, reflect worldwide deaths of 346,000 so far. The Food Pandemic – made worse by economic disruption – has the potential to claim that many lives in just one day…
Positive Future #762 (Feature photo – Food Bank Volunteers – Courtesy of the U.S. Navy) Inhabitat brings the story of how farmers are being hurt and destroying food, while Food Banks are experiencing record-breaking demand. Economic disruption in the food chain is playing a most risky game. You can read the full story here: https://inhabitat.com/the-farm-to-food-bank-movement-rescues-pandemic-related-food-waste/
Economic and Job Lockdowns Versus a Food Pandemic and a Global Recession Positive Future #757 (Feature photo – World Food Programme Seal – Public Domain) In a world of economic volatility, anything that increases that volatility will – as in decades past – unleash tremendous increases in risks to life. The World Food Programme –…
