Touch the Soil News #1969 (Photo – Vegetables – (Public Domain – USDA) CBC News from Calgary, Canada brings an interesting story of how food growing and food growing education are becoming more mainstream with growing interest. Covering everything from home gardening, gardening education to a farm in the neighborhood. For anyone interested in getting…
The answer to a growing number of households is the chicken that lays the egg. High egg prices are rousing our desires to be farmers in our own little way. First Coast News brings the video and the story. https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/gmj/people-starting-backyard-chicken-coops-amid-high-egg-prices-farmer-says/77-67c09d7e-be49-4a45-9526-6edfd18a3b19
Positive Future News #948 (Feature Photo – Food Garden – CCA SA 2.0 Generic – United Nations) Challenges to accessing food are far reaching. There are things like income issues, supply chain kinks and inflation to name a few. Then, even if you have the land and water, what ae the best food crops to…
Touch the Soil News #1836 (Feature Photo – Allotment Gardens – CCA SA 4.0 International) The U.K. is known for its allotment gardens. The demand for allotment gardens has reached an all-time high. Over 48 percent of allotment gardens have more than 1,000 people on the waiting list. Some allotments have a waiting list of…
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 #883 (Feature photo – Food Gardening – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Arnaud 25) Agricultural assets include land with reasonable topsoil and water, all located in a place that has a growing season. The purpose of posing the question comes on the heels of a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),…
Touch the Soil News #1752 (Feature Photo – Cape Town – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Damien du Toit) The Independent Online news portal in Cape Town, Africa, brings a story of how the city, in a unified effort, plans to fund and assist 720 micro farmers. Cape Town is one of those mega-cities that…
Positive Future #817 (Feature photo – Satellite Photo of Chicago – CCA Sa 3.0 IGO) WTTW News brings us a story from Chicago that reveals how growing your own food was derailed by covid concerns and artificial barriers to water. The right and opportunity to grow your own food has – in Chicago – taken…
Touch the Soil News #1614 (Feature Photo – U.S. Victory Garden Poster – Public Domain The three most populations nations in the world are China, India, and the United States in that order. India, with a population of 1.35 billion is getting the message when the world wants to send itself into a chaos. One…
