Positive Future News #926 (Feature Photo – Rooftop Farm – CCA SA 4.0 International) The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, just published a 10-point plant to boost food resilience in cities. While the article focuses on policies that cities can adopt, often times it takes local growers to promote the causes and build workable…
Positive Future News #918 (Feature Photo – Bonifacio Global City – Public Domain) The Manila Bulletin, brings us the story of how urban centers may be seeking a farm, instead of a farm seeking a place to be. The story is about a special urban development within the city of Manilla, on land that used…
Touch the Soil News #1789 (Feature Photo – Farming in India – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Phil Bus) Delhi India, a special region that includes the capital of India, is a densely populated area of almost 30 million people. When a congested area like this, realizes that local food is as important as concrete and…
Positive Future #871 (Feature photo – Urban Farming – CCA SA 4.0) Envisioning a national urban farm strategy, seems far a fetched, for a large nation like the United States. Where do you even start? However, for a small nation like Luxemburg – population 640,000 – in the heart of the European Union, you can…
Touch the Soil News #1753 (Feature Photo – Manila – CCA SA 4.0 International, John Cornett) The Manila Bulletin reports efforts underway to accelerate the proliferation of urban food in Manila, a city in the heart of a metro area of almost 20 million people. The reason for the increasing attention to local and…
Touch the Soil News #1697 (Feature Photo – Head of Cabbage – CCA Sa 4.0 International) France 24 News portal brings us the story of how people – no matter their jobs or economics – are the innovating force of the universe. Stuck in a meaningless job, Ryad took on the challenge of becoming an…
Positive Future #804 (Feature photo – U.S. Botanic Garden – CCA 3.0 Unported, Alma mater) To shore up food gardening in the U.S., The U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington D.C. is reaching out across the nation to help promote urban food gardening. So far, they have made awards to 28 public gardens across the nation.…
Touch the Soil News #1638 (Feature Photo – The Island Nation of the Philippines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Addicted04) The Manila Bulletin brings us news of the dramatic spread of urban agriculture in the Philippines. In a nation of 100 million people, 12 million people now participate in the government’s urban agriculture program. This…
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 #1478 (Feature photo – Seal of the City of Philadelphia – Public Domain) WHYY news portal brings us the story of how the city of Philadelphia is working on an urban agriculture manifesto. Philadelphia is also one of the first cities to have a dedicated director of urban agriculture who will…
