Touch the Soil News #1323 (Feature photo – Palm Oil Plantations in Indonesia –USDA Public Domain) What shows up in our grocery stores is having an increasing negative effect on the world’s rainforests and indigenous peoples. The demand for food and the opportunity for profit are forces driving rainforest destruction and externalization of indigenous people.…
Touch the Soil News #1320 (Feature photo – Heirloom Tomatoes – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) There was a film made a few years ago called the Future of Food (http://thefutureoffood.com/) that revealed how the few dozen varieties of apples eaten today is the sign of failure from the 6,000 to 7,000 varieties of apples that…
Touch the Soil News #1318 (Feature photo – Pig Farming –USDA Public Domain) In a stark wake-up call, estimates are that China’s pork producing mother pirgs have fallen by 21 percent over the last year. Due to the African Swine Fever and economic pitfalls, estimates are that China’s pork production may fall 13 million tons…
Touch the Soil News #1280 (Feature photo – Piglets on a Hog Farm – Public Domain) Reuters News reports that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has called on Vietnam to declare a national emergency as relates to outbreaks of African Swine Fever. Vietnam has been on the edge of food shortages for years.…
