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  • Farming in the Desert

    June 01, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

    Ajo, Arizona is home to a growing collective, collaboration of local agriculture and food-based initiatives. The small town coordinates actors from schools, restaurants, the farmers’ market, local gardens, and community supported agriculture initiatives in a network under the Ajo Regional Food Partnership. The network also works with the Desert Senita Community Health Center, making sure the benefits of the collaboration equitably reach all citizens.

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  • Welcome to Welfare Utopia

    May 31, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    States deal with poverty and employment differently, depending on their state legislature and, historically, their racial composition. Oregon is a predominantly white state with some of the most generous welfare and employment programs available in the union. Giving states the option of flexibility with their anti-poverty programs can cause some to reduce their safety nets, but Oregon serves as a model for bipartisan cooperation on generous welfare and employment reforms.

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  • At this Paris restaurant, 'freegans' fight waste by cooking up food diverted from the dumpster

    April 08, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Researchers figure that roughly a third of all the food we produce is never eaten. In Paris, a new restaurant is taking a small slice out of all that waste by salvaging discarded food from a local market, cooking it up into fine cuisine, and serving it on a "pay-what-you-can" basis to a clientele that includes some of the city's neediest residents.

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  • Cooked, frozen, trucked: N.Y. facility churns out Boston school lunches

    December 06, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Islandia, New York

    Whitsons Culinary Group’s food-making center, in a bucolic town of 3,000, produces about 80,000 meals a day. It addresses the question of how to feed students in a school district where many buildings have no kitchens.

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  • Closing the Broccoli Gap

    June 05, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The lack of access to healthy food has always been a problem for the financially unstable. Food stamps can now be used to buy fresh produce at farmers markets, but greater success could be achieved by getting grocery stores involved.

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  • This Country Just Banned Grocery Stores From Throwing Out Food

    May 26, 2015 |

    ThinkProgress |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Food waste costs billions of dollars a year and is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. French government just passed a law banning grocery stores from destroying or throwing away unsold food, and instead directing it to those in need.

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  • To Feed More, Food Pantries Learn From Supermarkets

    May 22, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Even with all available help, New Yorkers miss about 100 million meals each year - food stamps are not enough. But some New York food banks allow for the homeless to choose their own food products, making healthy choices easier.

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  • Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

    May 14, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in traditionally food desert neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because they brought together a group of community leaders and asked them exactly what they were looking for in a neighborhood grocery store, and used the information to truly create a space for the broader community that often includes health care clinics, banking services, event space, and more.

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  • A Bowl Full of Hope

    March 13, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    With the recent large influx of refugees, crumbling infrastructure, crowded streets, and struggling social services, bing disabled or homeless in Istanbul means facing serious challenges to carving out a dignified life. But one group is helping bring these communities together and create empowerment through cycling. Engelsiz Çorba partners disabled volunteers with cyclists to deliver food to the homeless and encourage them to share their stories.

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  • Restaurant Day Has Become a Big Deal, Just Not in the U.S.

    February 12, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Bureaucratic impediments previously blocked Timo Santala from opening a mobile bicycle bar, but he used this barrier to establish 'Restaurant Day' which has now spread worldwide. On these days people sign-up to open a temporary eatery, bringing the community together and helping spark entrepreneurship.

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