Touch the Soil News #1410 (Feature photo – Arugula – By Retama – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1803040) Chicago Tribune journalist Alexia Ruiz brings us the story of Jake Counne and the building of Backyard Fresh Farms. http://www.backyardfreshfarms.com/about-us/ Counne is convinced that his technology approach will allow him to grow food at an affordable…
Touch the Soil News #1404 (Feature photo – Altius Growing Towers – courtesy of Altius Farms) The Denver Post journalist Joe Rubino reports on the Altius Farms’ new operating greenhouse in Downtown Denver. The 7,000 square foot greenhouse uses vertical towers to increase production slated for downtown establishments. You can read the full story here:…
Touch the Soil News #1396 (Feature photo – Flag of Montreal, Canada – Public Domain) Global News brings an interesting story of a greenhouse urban farm in Montreal, Canada. Unlike many greenhouse farms that focus on greens, this one has eggplants, watermelons and more. Montreal is a large city at the center of a metro…
Touch the Soil News #1388 (Feature photo – Seal of the State of Pennsylvania – By Henrik – Own workBoat and plow from File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7002778) For most of our lives, the larger arena of food and farming has been overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The State of Pennsylvania…
Touch the Soil News #1362 (Feature photo – Biofilta Urban Farm – photo courtesy of Biofilta) Australian company Biofilta (https://www.biofilta.com.au/#/) is helping cities re-invent food in concrete jungles. Recently the company built an urban farm on top of a large parking garage in Melbourne, Australia. The South China Morning Post brings the story here: https://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/interiors-living/article/3012990/how-urban-farms-could-solve-our-future-food-problems-and
Touch the Soil News #1358 (Feature photo – Urban Agriculture – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license – Arnoud Joris Maaswinkel) Curbed journalist Caroline Spivack brings us the story of New York’s city council seeking to develop every possible vacant lot owned by the city into some productive food garden. Part of the effort…
Touch the Soil News #1350 (Feature photo – Mixed Greens – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license – courtesy of DocteurCosmos) A sobering prediction is that more food will be consumed in the next 50 years than that consumed in the last 10,000 years combined. It is…
Touch the Soil News #1313 (Feature photo – Urban Produce – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Inhabitat journalist Katherine Gallagher brings us that story of a high-density apartment complex on Staten Island (New York) that brings a larger urban farm right into the center courtyard. The trend to bring food gardening into high density living spaces…
Touch the Soil News #1308 (Feature photo – Urban Farm of Keep It Real Vegetables – courtesy of Keep It Real Vegetables) Journalist Amy Jo O’Donoghue of the Deseret News in Utah just covered a story of how popular urban farming is becoming in the state. While farmland is being lost in Utah, the actual…
Touch the Soil News #1307 (Feature photo – Allotment Gardens – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Singapore, a small island city-state of only 5.7 million people. The nation has been recognized as the most technology-ready nation in the world. As a global center for finance and technology, the people must still eat and make food important.…
