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  • How the Local Food Economy Is Challenging Big Food

    April 14, 2014 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In an agricultural system designed for big-industrial growers, many farmers struggle to bridge the relationship between their produce and consumers, as well as strengthening local economies. The food hub is a collection of buildings that process and distribute the sale of local food. Eastern Market in Detroit is an example of a food hub that makes local produce accessible to low-income neighborhoods.

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  • A Green Revolution, This Time for Africa

    April 09, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    The Green Revolution in Asia and Latin America never spread to Africa, due to the continent's varied climate, degraded soil and lack of infrastructure. Now, scientists look to develop a high grossing wheat seed to bring a new green revolution to Africa. The seeds are extremely promising, but there are still some challenges to getting farmers to implement the seeds.

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  • Dr. Yogi: Physicians Integrate Yoga Into Medical Practice

    February 27, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    A nonprofit is integrating yoga therapy in the mainstream health care system by training medical providers to use yogic breathing and techniques to treat various maladies.

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  • In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio

    November 27, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    In Tanzania, a country that has yet to fully embrace mobile phones and whose road infrastructure remains weak, farmers have embraced radio as a means of receiving pricing and planting information. The reach and relatively low expense of radio afford the medium its popularity.

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  • Treating the Village to Cure the Disease

    November 06, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Togo

    In communities across Africa, health workers are going house to house with medicine to combat lymphatic filariasis, which is the world’s second-largest cause of chronic disability. They are participating in a strategy called mass drug administration, which treats everyone in an area where a disease is found – even if they aren’t sick or infected.

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  • When entrepreneurship is only way forward

    July 21, 2013 |

    USA Today |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Antigua

    Development work is evolving beyond short-term mission trips and one-off donations into a more comprehensive, in-depth model that addresses long-term sustainability of a solution paired with empowerment of those being served. MicroConsignment is a unique branch of micro-enterprise being implemented by non-profit SolCom in Guatemala that provides individuals in rural villages the skills and resources needed to start sustainable businesses.

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  • Making a Medicine as Easy to Find as a Can of Coke

    July 03, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    A project to take advantage of Coca-Cola’s famous global reach designed a kit of basic medicines that fit in between Coke bottles. But it turned out that what it needed to be copying wasn’t Coke’s package delivery, but it’s investment in the people in its supply chain.

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  • Defying the odds: Bangladesh makes strides in child health

    June 25, 2013 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    Bangladesh’s child and maternal health statistics are improving thanks to a combination of factors including more skilled birth attendants, better awareness of hygiene and nutrition, high vaccination rates, and expanding access to contraceptives and family planning. Even the rapid rise in telephone access plays a role, allowing families to call for help in emergencies.

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  • Where YouTube Meets the Farm

    April 03, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Karnataka

    To combat hunger and malnutrition, Digital Green, an N.G.O., is creating and delivering videos about cheap, innovative farming techniques that can substantially increase small farmers' production of staple foods in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

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  • Fruit, Not Fries: Lunchroom Makeovers Nudge Kids Toward Better Choices

    April 02, 2013 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    With child obesity on the rise, public school students have lacked the motivation and access to eat healthy food. Different programs around the country aim to improve student diet in public schools, including Real Eats for Academics and Life in Los Angeles and Cornell’s Smarter Lunchrooms Movement, by emailing nutrition report cards to parents, presenting the healthy food with aesthetic pleasure, and the arrangement of the food for access.

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