Touch the Soil News #2012 (photo – City Sprouts – (courtesy of City Sprouts, Singapore) Singapore, a small island nation in Southeast Asia of only 284 square miles. That equates to a land area that is 10 miles wide and 28 miles long. Singapore, a former British colony uses English as its main language. This…
Touch the Soil News #1337 (Feature photo – Urban Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International) The trend is gaining momentum – food, farming and food policy are being taken up by cities – often because national governments are ineffective in dealing with hunger and food security. SciDevNet reports that backyard farming is now key to…
Touch the Soil News #1336 (Feature photo – Dubai Apartments – Creative Commons CCO 1.0 Universal Public Domain) One of the most cosmopolitan centers in the world is the city of Dubai located in the United Arab Emirates. At the center of a metro area of 5.6 million people, city planners and officials are looking…
