Economic and Job Lockdowns Versus a Food Pandemic and a Global Recession Positive Future #757 (Feature photo – World Food Programme Seal – Public Domain) In a world of economic volatility, anything that increases that volatility will – as in decades past – unleash tremendous increases in risks to life. The World Food Programme –…
Touch the Soil News #1622 (Feature Photo – Pittsburgh Hilltop Urban Farm – Courtesy of Hilltop Urban Farm) Pittsburgh 11 News journalist Mike Holden brings us the story of how the city is awakening to new visions of growing food locally. The city council is reviewing three (3) separate bills pertaining to city farming. You…
Positive Future #706 (Feature photo – Sonnen Back-up Battery – CCA SA 4.0 International, Sonnen GmbH) Estimates are that 1 million California homes have solar panels, but only 19,000 have batteries to sustain them when the grid goes down. Now, Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects that in 2020 – largely in response to power company…
Touch the Soil News #1566 (Feature photo – Babylon Farm Appliance – courtesy of Babylon) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) tells us about how food growing appliances can develop a new form of local foods – foods grown in the grocery story. While it may not apply to heavier vegetables like potatoes or carrots, leafy greens are…
Touch the Soil News #1562 (Feature photo – Ash Tree – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the worlds largest and most comprehensive organization focused on food and health. Recently, they took up an initiative to encourage tree-planting in cities. You can watch their YouTube here:
Positive Future #688 (Feature photo – National Seal of Costa Rica – Public Domain) Costa Rica, a small Central American country of 5 million people will soon achieve 100 percent renewable energy, after achieving 99.6 percent in 2019. CleanTechnic journalist Steve Hanley brings us the story of how the nation is able to achieve such…
Positive Future #680 (Feature photo – Rivian Truck – By Richard Truesdell – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74717988) CleanTechnica journalist Steve Hanley brings us stories of the new electric pick-up manufacturer – Rivian – is planning to lower prices when vehicles become available. Employing over 1,000 people, Rivian, like Tesla, is a force of…
Positive Future #651 (Feature photo – Red-Eye Frog from Costa Rica– Public Domain ) There is much rhetoric and debate over rejuvenating that natural world for future generations. Costa Rica, a poor Central American nation of 5 million people has gone from rainforest destruction to doubling its rainforests over the past 30 years. It is…
Touch the Soil News #1506 (Feature photo – Commercial Kitchen – Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Raysonho) Phil Lempert (https://www.supermarketguru.com/) brings us the story of ghost kitchens and ghost supermarkets. Ghost kitchens are a remote-location food kitchen built solely for preparing food to be delivered – no customers here. You can see…
Touch the Soil News #1498 (Feature photo – Babylon Micro-Farm – Courtesy of Babylon Microfarms) Babylon Microfarms from Charlottesville, Virginia provides a venue for becoming more food independent. The provide a high-tech growing vertical hydroponic machine, heirloom seeds, supplies, growing directions and they monitor your hydroponic machine for you. Called “Guided Growing”, you can learn…
