Has Urbanization Overreached its Footprint Relative to Agriculture?

Touch the Soil News #1900 (Feature Photo – Orange Tree – Public Domain, Hans Braxmeier) Bay Area KQED brings a story of agricultural consciousness in an area where the cost of land is far above reach. Yet, pockets of urban farming still exist in the Bay Area.  The story is as important for the perspective…

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The Time Has Come – Subordinate Growth to the Needs of the Land

Touch the Soil News #1581 (Feature photo – Bangkok Skyline – By Benh LIEU SONG – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7973575 The Asian Post brings us the story of how architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom invents how we bring nature and stability back to the city. The city she is focusing on is Bangkok, the capital…

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Nation’s Largest Private Real Estate Development – $25 billion

Positive Future #414 (Feature photo – Hudson Yards – CCA SA 4.0 International) For most Americans, real estate development might mean a new subdivision or even putting a greenhouse into one’s landscape. But the nation’s most expensive real estate project is in Manhattan where a luxury apartment starts at $5,000 a month or a private…

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