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…
Touch the Soil News #1862 (Feature Photo – Edible Uprising Farm – Photo courtesy of Edible Uprising Farm) Edible Uprising Farm, in Troy, New York shows what two people can do with a vision and hard work. The video below, reminds one of the work ethic that built America. You’ll find their marketing and financial…
Touch the Soil News #1859 (Feature Photo – Local Food Stand – Public Domain) If you are a political leader, history suggests that your power is anchored in whether your constituents can afford to eat and/or the grocery shelves are stocked. When the top agricultural agency in the world – The Food and Agriculture Organization…
Positive Future News #947 (Feature Photo – Rwanda Farming – public domain) Rwanda, is a small African nation that is heavily populated with 13 million people. In a world where eating is a primary focus, a Rwanda college graduate with a degree in agricultural mechanization has now built up a business for small household vegetable…
Touch the Soil News #1834 (Feature Photo – Vessel Brave Commander– Courtesy Vessel Finder.com) Successful Farming news brings the story of ships bearing Ukrainian grain successfully reaching the Horn of Africa. This is the first shipment of grain from Ukraine since the Russian invasion to reach the drought stricken nation of Ethiopia. Carrying 23,000 metric…
Touch the Soil News #1831 (Feature Photo – Victory Garden Consciousness– Public Domain) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19556421 When an emerging phenomenon takes on the stature of a Mega Trend, there are generally multiple drivers (reasons) for something gaining in stature in our cultures. The grow-your-own food concept has gained stature for a variety of reasons. Let’s list 10…
Positive Future News #934 (Feature Photo – Soybeans – Public Domain) The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, just put together a report “Another Perfect Storm?” The report highlights some of the causes of the current food price crisis. For example, poor nations have lost their food diversity and are now dependent upon…
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is delivering 17,740 bags of seed potatoes to some 46,000 people in rural Ukraine. In total 862 tonnes of seed potatoes have been delivered to those most in need over the last few weeks. The FAO is also calling for $115 million to support almost 1 million small farmers…
