Food for Special Events In a City With Food Insecurity – What Would You Do?

Touch the Soil News #2051 (photo – Jakarta – CCA 3.0 Unported, Romli mohamad) The People’s Network News brings and interesting story about food and people living in the city of Jakarta, Indonesia.  Jakarta is at the heart of a metro area of almost 35 million people.  They are embracing the Ramadan special time.  The…

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Community Garden – As Much for Inspiration as Food Production

Community Garden – As Much for Inspiration as Food Production Touch the Soil News #2033 (photo – Community Garden) (Courtesy of USDA, Public Domain  CCA 2.0 Generic) The Times of San Diego comes with an interesting story of a community garden being built in a city park.  There was almost $500,000 raised for the park. …

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Reclaiming Unused Spaces for Social and Economic Purpose

Touch the Soil News #2001 (photo – Cities Without Hunger Farm in Sao Paulo – Photo Courtesy of Cities Without Hunger)) With a name like Cities Without Hunger, there are hints of a significant need in the background.  Operating in the city of Sao Paulo with a population of 12.5 million, almost 2 million are…

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Urban Food Farming in Sri Lanka – Backstop to a National Economic Crisis

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…

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Pyramid Farming – For Local Food Security

Touch the Soil News #1932 (Feature Photo  – Pyramid Hydroponics  – Courtesy of Harvest & Share Food Relief Society)   The Free Press journalist Colleen Zacharias brings us the story of Harvest and Share Food Relief Society. This non-profit has invented a new way to grow via a hydroponic pyramid.  This innovation is used to…

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How Much Land – To Be Food Self Sufficient (Family of Four)

Touch the Soil News #1909 (Feature Photo – Victory Garden Poster – Public Domain) The Guardian Newspaper, one of the World’s top independent news agencies, asked the question of their readers how much land it takes to grow your own food.  With over 20 responses, a wealth of insights are provided for the person into…

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Hungry in the Middle of an Agricultural Utopia

Touch the Soil News #1890 (Feature Photo – Latin America – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Mexican Golden Eagle) Foodtank News brings up an interesting question regarding Latin America: How is it that, given our wealth of agricultural resources, we always seem to find ourselves on hunger’s precipice? After all, of the world’s 12 so-called mega…

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Dallas, Texas – Makes Connection between Urban Agriculture & Food Security

Touch the Soil News #1887 (Feature Photo – Addie’s Grocery – Photo courtesy of Addie’s Grocery) Food Security, what historically might have come from the Federal Government, is now becoming the focus of major cities. The City of Dallas, recently adopted a city-wide urban agriculture plan to promote, in every way possible, the building of…

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