Touch the Soil News #1676 (Feature Photo – Volunteers Dsiree Dieno, Nadine Smith and Carson Dieno tend to new garden boxes – courtesy of Maegen Krajewski) CBC News brings us the story of how urban food gardening continues to expand in Canada – specifically in Regina. Of note is the participation of schools and people…
Touch the Soil News #1679 (Feature Photo – USDA official Seal – Public Domain) Successful Farming journalist Megan Schilling reports on recent grants by the USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture. Formed by an Act of Congress in 2018, the Office of Urban Agriculture is pursuing its mission to promote urban agriculture. The Office recently announced…
Touch the Soil News #1678 (Feature Photo – Sao Paulo, Brazil embraces green spaces – CCA 2.0 Generic, gaborbasch) Agritecture journalist Briana Zagami brings us an urban farming story from Sao Paulo in Brazil. The 12 million people in this city live in a landscape of many empty spaces. The high cost of controlled environment…
Positive Future #803 (Feature photo – The Seal of Bangkok – public domain) Global economic sanctions against non-essential workers does not protect the lives of non-essential workers. In fact, it can lead them to health crisis from insufficient calories due to insufficient purchasing power. Complicating the issues is the retraction of global trade – compromising…
Positive Future #802 (Feature photo – Farm Service Agency Logo – public domain) Most counties around the country have a Farm Service Agency offices to help farmers with all sorts of issues and federal programs. Now, the USDA wants to start setting up committees at the local levels to support urban agriculture. At one time,…
Positive Future #798 (Feature photo – Central Park – By Martin St-Amant (S23678) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6383576) While there are many reasons to keep Central Park as it is, the growing concern over access to health food and a fragile food system makes the idea not so out of bounds. There are…
Positive Future #768 (Feature photo – Singapore – CCA 2.0 Generic, Ray in Manila) CNA news journalist Cindy Co brings us the story of how a gaming industry professional got into urban vertical farming in Singapore. Singapore is an island city-state in Southeast Asia. With a population of almost 6 million people, the whole country…
Touch the Soil News #1611 (Feature Photo – San Diego County – CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=437015) Village News journalist Joe Naiman brings the story of how the San Diego Board of Supervisors is establishing an urban agriculture incentive zone program. San Diego County is home to around 3.4 million people. The emerging thoughts about thinking…
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…
