Touch the Soil News #1808 (Feature Photo – Wheat – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) While vegetables are important, Grains are the cornerstone in terms of bulk. Grains include – wheat, rice, barley, oats, corn, millet and a variety of smaller crops. Ukraine is now the focal point as it comes to grains, as Ukraine provides…
Positive Future News #912 (Feature Photo – Singapore – CCA 2.0 Generic, Ray in Manila) Singapore, a nation established by the British Empire 200 years ago, has an urban population of 5.5 million. Only 1 percent of the nation’s 283 square miles is farmland. Having to import 95 percent of its food, the nation is…
Positive Future News #909 (Feature Photo – Thailand Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International, Takeaway) Thailand, a nation of over 70 million people, and a national history that goes back 800 years, is facing extensive hunger. It is no surprise that the solution that Thai people are pursuing is not buying food from the global…
Positive Future News #902 (Feature Photo – Soybean Harvest – CCA 2.0 Generic, United Soybean Board) Very few small farmers, or even larger farmers, are aware of the larger world position when it comes to primary commodities. Market intelligence on the global production of primary food crops is researched and published by the World Agricultural…
Positive Future News #897 (Feature Photo – Farm Without Borders – Courtesy Interfaith Neighbors) Located in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is the Farm Without Borders. The farm’s produce is given away to local residents. The produce is accessible to residents 24 hours a day. The farm and its operations are overseen and financed by a…
Positive Future #879 (Feature photo – NASA Farming Tests – Courtesy of NASA) The United Nations projects that earth will have to feed another 2.3 billion people by 2050. That’s roughly 80 million more people each year for the next 29 years – roughly 220,000 more people each day. Currently the world’s population stands at…
Positive Future #861 (Feature photo – Food Donations – Public Domain.) When we think of a big store with many outlets, we think of Walmart, with approximately 4,700 outlets in the U.S. However, the nation’s food banking network, has over 60,000 food pantries and meal programs, reaching between 45 and 50 million people a year,…
Positive Future #860 (Feature photo – Edible Boulevards – photo courtesy of Edible Boulevard.) Michelle Shaw of the Alley Newspaper, brings us the story of Edible Boulevards. A local grass roots movement to bring accessible fresh produce to every Minneapolis neighborhood. This is a big vision, considering Minneapolis is a city of 430,000 people in…
Touch the Soil News #1756 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International) Whether your interest is in growing food for others, as a commercial enterprise or growing some of your own, the following might give you more incentive. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations keeps track of food…
Touch the Soil News #1754 (Feature Photo – Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Logo – CCA SA 4.0 International) It doesn’t take much contemplation, to realize modern civilization is 90 percent reliant on artificial life support systems – pumped water distribution, electricity, transportation, waste removal and the list can go on. One of the largest…
