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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Rallying the Community Around Urban Agriculture – Eastie Farms

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…

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Making Money – Building Other Peoples’ Urban Food Gardens

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…

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North Korean Factory Workers Dispatched to Farms amid Food Shortages

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…

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Local Food Security – A Significant Boost to the Future

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…

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Re-Terra – Time to Get Serious About Food

Touch the Soil News #1736  (Feature Photo – Quezon City, Philippines –  CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Patrickroque01) The Philippines is a small island nation with at population of 107 million people – one third that of the United States. However, their nation is very small. The land area of the Philippines is just a little…

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