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  • Feed Seaweed to the Cows!

    Anna Lionas

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia

    Australian company Future Feed sells the license to grow a type of red seaweed that reduces over 80% of the methane cows emit from burping. To produce that effect, a small amount of the seaweed is fed to the cows freeze-dried or as an oil.

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  • Too Good to Go

    Anna Lionas

    March 14, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Denmark

    Restaurants, grocers, and cafes can put together surprise bags of surplus food that would have otherwise been thrown out and sell it for a third of the original cost to users on the Too Good to Go app. The app was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that accompany food waste while giving businesses a way to recoup losses and consumers a less expensive way to access good food.

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  • The Wollemi Pine's Survival Proves We Can Save More Trees

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    March 06, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Conservation efforts in Australia are saving the Wollemi pine tree from extinction. The Wollemi Pine Recovery Team works with a variety of experts to study and repopulate the plant while saving the remaining wild pines from disease and fire. The team also gets some help from the public who buy pines to care for at home.

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  • Little Tokyo Nutrition Services Is Taking Food Insecurity Off the Menu

    Annakai Hayakawa Geshlider

    March 04, 2023 |

    Rafu Shimpo |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boyle Heights, California

    To combat food insecurity, the nonprofit Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services delivers free, nutritious meals to Japanese seniors in local residential communities, Boyle Heights, and East Los Angeles.

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  • 'The wild, wild west'

    Will Matuska

    March 02, 2023 |

    Boulder Weekly |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Berthoud, Colorado

    The Colorado-based company Biochar Now heats waste wood for hours to produce biochar. The charcoal-like material sequesters the carbon from the organic material it’s made of. And the company’s product has been used to clean up salts, toxins, PFAS, and heavy metals from oil spills and Superfund sites.

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  • Banks For The People

    Piper French

    March 02, 2023 |

    Noēma |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Public banks are owned and run by governments, and because they store money for the state instead of individuals, they can invest back into the communities they serve instead of extracting from them in the chase for profits.

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  • In Vertical Farming, the Sky's the Limit

    Sue Williams

    March 01, 2023 |

    The Story Exchange |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

    Vertical Harvest is a vertical farm in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, growing crops in a controlled, indoor environment to provide fresher produce for the community.

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  • Composting Pickup Service

    Anna Lionas

    February 28, 2023 |

    The Food Fix |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, subscribers pay a monthly fee to Bennett Compost to have the company collect their food waste weekly and compost it so it doesn’t wind up producing greenhouse gases in the landfill.

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  • Trabajadores comunitarios persuaden a inmigrantes mayores de tener cobertura de salud

    Claudia Boyd-Barrett

    February 28, 2023 |

    KFF Health News |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Después de la amplificación del programa de Medicaid en California, algunos condados han contratado a un pequeño ejército de trabajadores comunitarios multilingües y educadores de salud para inscribir a tantos adultos mayores inmigrantes como sea posible. Estos trabajadores visitan centros para personas mayores, iglesias, clases de inglés, oficinas de inmigración, mercados y eventos comunitarios, con la esperanza de encontrar a personas que no estén enteradas de su nueva elegibilidad.

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  • How crossbred sheep can become the next 'cash animal'

    Sadiqur Rahman

    February 26, 2023 |

    The Business Standard |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh

    A pilot program built a breeding center to increase the cross-breeding of sheep in Bangladesh to produce more meat and increase locals’ incomes.

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