7th Largest Nation by Population – Decentralizing Food to Small Communities

Touch the Soil News #1865 (Feature Photo – Philippine Agricultural Marketing Cooperative – Public Domain) It’s not often, that a senior official of a government, goes to a very small community to inspect cabbages ready for harvest. But this is what is going on in the Philippines, a nation of 110 million people, who are…

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The 5 Mistakes Vertical Farms Make

Touch the Soil News #1853 (Feature Photo – Hydroponics – CCA SA 4.0 International) Consulting and News firm AgriTecture, recently published a Blog worth reading, among many “worth reading” blogs. The story not only covers challenges, but major failures and why. This heads-up editorial, could save an enterprise a lot of problems and headaches. You…

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Is the Economic Potential of Urban Production of Fruits and Vegetables Just Getting Started?

Positive Future News #892 (Feature Photo– Fruits – CCA SA 3.0 unported) Fruits and Vegetables are at high risk in terms of broad based access due to the high level of attention needed for cultivation, harvest and dealing with their perishability. That said, it simply makes more sense to have fruits and vegetables produced as…

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