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…
Touch the Soil News #1949 (Feature Photo – The Self-Sufficient Backyard – (Courtesy of the Self-Sufficient Back Yard) City Farmer News brings the story of Ron and Johanna Melchiore, who have been living off the grid for 40 years. They wrote the book on how it’s done “The Self Sufficient Backyard.” You can read the…
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…
Touch the Soil News #1929 (Feature Photo – North Fork Ranch Vinyard – Santa Barbara County Water Agency Food Bank news has guest editorials about the world of food banking and hunger in America. Recently, Brian Greene, CEO of the Houston Food Bank provided some shocking perspective, that explains why the problem is not…
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…
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…
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…
Touch the Soil News #1886 (Feature Photo – Roadway Median Farms – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Aaron Volkening) Saskatoon, a northern city in Saskatchewan, Canada has approved creating growing plots in city medians. Yes, that means the land between roadways that are often maintained like parks. This is not an isolated story about the slow,…
Touch the Soil News #1879 (Feature Photo – Addie’s Grocery – Photo courtesy of Addie’s Grocery) The President of the nation of the Philippines, in concert with their Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior & Local Government have stepped up to the plate to make urban agriculture a national priority. When it comes to…
Touch the Soil News #1875 (Feature Photo – Eastie Greenhouse – Photo courtesy of Eastie Farms) The Christian Science Monitor brings us a story that has many elements of a different economy. Cooperative, close to home, sensitive to price and access. While on the surface it appears like a feel-good story, there is perhaps more…
