Touch the Soil News #1606 (Feature Photo – Aerial Photo of Victoria, BC – By Ron Reiring – Victoria, BC Canada, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5830773 The Huffington Post brings us interesting news of how one Canadian city – Victoria, B.C. – is gearing up to raise food for residents. Some parks department employees are being…
Touch the Soil News #1592 (Feature photo – Tokyo Urban Farms, CCA 3.0 Generic, Douglas Paul Perkins) Japan Times journalist Chara Terzuolo brings us the story of an organic urban farm that has been in the family for over 30 years. Located in Tokyo, Japan, this modest garden of approximately 1.25 acres is already producing…
Touch the Soil News #1588 (Feature photo – Malta By The Sea – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Frank Vincentz) The Mayor news site in Europe brings us news about a collaborative effort to educate students about raising food in the small island nation of Malta. With a population of 500,000 on an island of only…
Touch the Soil News #1569 (Feature photo – Texas A&M AgriLife Center – CCA SA 4.0 International, Patrick Creighton) Texas A&M University is one of the nation’s largest universities with almost 70,000 students. It is known the world over as being a leader in agricultural research and innovation (https://dallas.tamu.edu/) Now, the university is researching the…
Touch the Soil News #1505 (Feature photo – Gotham Greens – courtesy of Gotham Greens) FoodBev media brings us the news of Gotham Greens’ expansion into urban agriculture and controlled environment farming. Gotham Greens just opened up its 7th indoor greenhouse (100,000 square feet) in Rhode Island. This brings the company’s operations to about 500,000…
Touch the Soil News #1496 (Feature photo – Swansea City – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, Numero007) BBC News brings us the story of Swansea city, in the nation of Wales (U.K.). Swansea is looking at a mixed-use building (commercial and residential) to incorporate food producing assets in every apartment and in the…
Touch the Soil News #1464 (Feature photo – Philippine Senator Francis Pangilinan – Attribution, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62021362) Francis Pangilinan, a Philippine Senator and lawyer, is also a home food gardener. He is pushing legislation that mandates national and local governments to use idle or abandoned government lots and buildings for growing crops, raising livestock and vertical hydroponic…
Touch the Soil News #1442 (Feature photo – Indoor Farming – CCA SA 3.0 Unported – Bryght Knyght) A newer company in Pittsburg called Fifth Season (https://www.fifthseasonfresh.com/#our-story) made news recently as it just got $35 million in funding to build a 60,000 square foot vertical farm. Being solar powered, the new facility will produce over…
Touch the Soil News #1436 (Feature photo – Manhattan – CCA Sa 3.0 Unported) Agritecture news portal interviews Jonathan Sumner – a traditional farmer turned urban farmer. Sumner’s farm – Riverpark Farm in Manhattan is just steps away from one of his largest customers. You can read the full story here (click on the story…
Positive Future #567 (Feature photo – Rooftop Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International, Oatafi US) It is no secret that civilization began in the most fertile valleys of the world. From there, cities emerged and from there the cities moved outwards, paving the world’s best farmlands. While they have a long way to go, the…
