Touch the Soil News #1458 (Feature photo – Handling Grain – Public Domain) Gladstone Land is an investor owned company that specializes is owing farmland and leasing it back to proven agricultural producers. The company recently announced that it purchased two farms in Nebraska totaling 3,850 acres for $14.7 million. Plans are to convert the…
Positive Future #579 (Feature photo – Waymo Autonomous Car Testing – CCA SA 4.0 International – Dilu) Taxis has historically been expensive, making public travel options attractive. Even more expensive than taxis is the cost of car ownership – ranging from $9,000 to $10,000 a year for a moderate choice of cars. Enter the robotaxi…
Positive Future #558 (Feature photo- Chain-less Bike – Courtesy of CeramicSpeed) Ceramic Speed’s new chainless drive train is touted to be the most efficient bicycle drivetrain when it comes to converting pedal energy into wheel motion. The novel design is a rea eye-catcher. This new high-tech bike design could further revolutionize city travel as bikes…
Positive Future #554 (Feature photo – The Microlino – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Alexander Migl) CleanTechnica journalist Jennifer Sensiba brings us the story of micro-EVs. The takeaway is that they could sell more if they didn’t look so funny. While this makes sense, is there more to the story. Interestingly they…
Positive Future #548 (Feature photo – U.S. Made Proterra Electric Bus – CCA SA 2.0 Generic Sounder Bruce) EnergyCentral journalist Jason Mathers uncovers four (4) game-changing developments that are pushing electrification into the bus and truck sectors. A combination of public money and private-sector investment are clearly setting the path for the future. You can…
Positive Future #536 (Feature photo – Porsche Taycan Electric – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.) CleanTechnica journalist Zachary Shahan takes a look at luxury car sales of the top brands in the U.S. for the 2nd quarter of 2019. What is surprising is that fully battery-electric cars from Tesla took the top spot by…
Touch the Soil News #1393 (Feature photo – Location Map of Uzbekistan – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Nikki070) When 1.4 billion people line up at the dinner table and your country isn’t big enough to raise all the food, you have to go to other countries. But you can’t go to…
Touch the Soil News #1390 (Feature photo – Swarms of Locusts in Yemen – courtesy of the FAO) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reports that swarms of locusts in bunches of up to 10 million can travel over 100 miles a day devouring everything in their path. The nations of Yemen,…
Positive Future #525 (Feature photo – Older version of the Tesla Powerwall – Public Domain) Tesla just announced its new energy storage solution called the Megapack. Tesla touts that they can now build battery storage facility for peak power needs capable of 1GWh of storage. Now that’s getting big. You can read more of the…
Touch the Soil News #1386 (Feature photo – Geoff Welding Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.) British supermarket retailer Waitrose is different. It is the largest employee-owned retailer in Great Britain. The company, in an effort to become more environmentally conscious, is experimenting with packaging-free grocery shopping. You can read the full story here:…
