Touch the Soil News #1968 (Photo – PawPaw Fruit – USDA Public Domain) Over the past few years, specialty fruit grower Rane Roatta went from selling fruit from his bicycle to a 7-acre farm that now sells specialty fruit beyond just local. The video story below, is a testament to how having a vision with…
Touch the Soil News #1852 (Feature Photo – Indoor Microgreens – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Urban farming pioneer Mary Ackley, started her urban farm in 2014. Now, almost 9 years later she employs 5 more people. Working on less than one-quarter acre, the operate out of an old parking garage in Washington D.C. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1644 (Feature Photo – CSA Food Basket – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings is the story of increasing interest in sourcing food locally. The upshot is that focus on food security – via sourcing foods more locally – may be here to stay. You can watch the video…
Touch the Soil News #1548 (Feature photo – Buffalo, New York School – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, D-Day) Civil Eats journalist Lisa Held brings us the story of how New York schools are working to integrate more local food in their school food programs. Buffalo, New York – the second largest school district in New…
Touch the Soil News #1546 (Feature photo – Groundwork Market Garden – Courtesy of Groundwork Market Garden) Buffalo Rising news portal brings us the story of how a local food enterprise is expanding the facilities and meaning of local and organic food. The company called Groundwork Market Garden is re-inventing the use of a 60,000…
Touch the Soil News #1402 (Feature photo – Farmers Market – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license – Patty Mooney) Supermarket Guru – Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) explores how the arena of local foods goes beyond just food, but social interaction and psychological well being. You can watch his video here:
