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 #1623 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming – Courtesy of https://grow-here.com/) Agritecture brings us the story of Grow Gothenburg and the global urban farm movement that is on an upwards Trajectory. Grow Gothenburg is now Grow Here – an international platform helping communications between players of urban farming. You can read the…
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 #1597 (Feature photo – CityFarm Malaysia – from left) Niew Ley Koon, Looi Choon Beng, Koay, Low Cheng Yang and (centre) Chew Jo Han. Photos: CityFarm Malaysia) TheStar news portal brings us news about four engineers that have launched a successful vertical farming enterprise called CityFarm Malaysia. The company sets up…
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 #1575 (Feature photo – Mudchute Park & Farm – By Ewan Munro from London, UK – Mudchute Park and Farm, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, E14Uploaded by Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22371279) The Resident News journalist Kat Hopps, tells us about the most popular urban farms in London. Mind you, London…
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…
