Building Your Sustainable Urban Farm Touch the Soil News #2041 (photo – Food Bank) (Courtesy of Morning Ag Clips draws our attention to a new resource for urban farmers and want to be urban farmers. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), part of the USDA, provides competitive grants to folks that advance the whole of…
Touch the Soil News #2038 (photo – Urban Farm) (Courtesy of USDA, Public Domian) Journalist Wayne Pratt on the KBIA news portal brings an interesting story from Missouri. The state is offering tax credits to encourage more urban farms throughout the state. The tax credit aren’t targeted specifically to food-insecure areas, but anyone that wants…
Touch the Soil News #2026 (photo – Philippine Agriculture ) (Judgefloro, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International) From the USDA to thousands of local food advocates, urban agriculture interest is growing. It is growing not just from knowing who your farmer is, but nutrition and transportation logistics as well. Former Philippine Agriculture Secretary William Dar says…
Touch the Soil News #1862 (Feature Photo – Edible Uprising Farm – Photo courtesy of Edible Uprising Farm) Edible Uprising Farm, in Troy, New York shows what two people can do with a vision and hard work. The video below, reminds one of the work ethic that built America. You’ll find their marketing and financial…
Touch the Soil News #1857 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) The USDA, through its Office for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production, is offering up to $7.5 million in grants. The window for application is now open and will close on March 27,2023. For those applying, it might be good to…
Touch the Soil News #1470 (Feature photo – India on the Map – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Aquarius.geomar.de) The India Entrepreneur brings us the story of how young professionals are leaving their jobs to become urban farmers. This story features five (5) new start-ups in this new trend. You can read the full…
