Touch the Soil News #2060 (photo – Farming in Egypt – CCA SA 4.0 International, Hesham Farouk Ragab) Farmlandgrab brings a story of a public/private partnership in Egypt to reclaim 1.5 million acres of farmland to increase the nation’s agricultural productivity. It is being accomplished in land that has limited water. Part of the larger…
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…
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…
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 #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…
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…
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…
Positive Future News #925 (Feature Photo – North Korean Farming –CCA SA 3.0 Unported) EuroNews Green, brings us the story of lack of food in North Korea. As a result, a national effort is underway to have urban workers join farmers to increase productivity. While we might expect something like this from North Korea, 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…
Touch the Soil News #1748 (Feature Photo – Food Plate – Public Domain) Given the times, interest in food security has taken on greater importance at the local and national levels. No where is this more true than in Singapore, an island nation that speaks English and must import 90 percent of its food.…
