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  • Innovative Greenhouses Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

    April 11, 2018 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Telangana

    In India, 15 farmers are piloting a program that utilizes greenhouses to grow crops that would otherwise perish in the unpredictable climate. The income generated from this capability is allowing families to pay for their children's education. In addition, women are being given opportunities to play a part in the agricultural success through training and networking.

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  • Years of eavesdropping on insect sex talk is starting to pay off for grape growers

    April 04, 2018 |

    Ensia |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Italy

    Leafhoppers may sound like a harmless term to the untrained ear, but vineyard owners will quickly disagree. These insects have a history of invading and devastating vineyards across the U.S. and Europe. Entomologists may have uncovered a solution however, via studying how the leafhoppers mate. By replicating their vibrational mating calls, so to speak, they are able to hinder the species ability to mate, thus slowing down their reproduction rates.

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  • Farmers in Some of the Toughest Places to Do Agriculture Are the Ones Innovating for Climate Change

    April 01, 2018 |

    H20 Radio |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Vona, Colorado

    It's not easy sustaining historical agricultural practices amidst a backdrop of climate change. Nate McCaffrey of eastern Colorado knows this all too well. So, instead of continuing the conventional ways of farming he had grown up to know, he decided to try out a no-till farming approach, and then went a step further and planted cover crops. Although not without its limitations, this switch in both mindset and practice has allowed him to cultivate healthier soil and save on fuel costs previously allocated towards his old tilling machinery.

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  • Wheat in heat: the 'crazy idea' that could combat food insecurity

    March 23, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiayene Pendao

    After many years of attempts, scientists have discovered how to create a heat tolerant wheat that has the potential of impacting the growing concerns around food insecurity. Tested in sub-Saharan temperatures in Senegal, the International Centre for Research in the Dry Areas (Icarda) have seen success with their strain of wheat that turns this formerly cold-weather only crop into a fast-growing crop that can withstand 40C temperatures and be grown in the between seasons of planting rice crops.

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  • Chocolate and agroforestry accelerate in El Salvador

    March 14, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: El Salvador, Zacatecoluca

    Agroforestry has become a powerful tool in El Salvador communities and is helping farmers grow crops they otherwise wouldn't be able to. The practices which has played a major role in bringing cacao back to the region, is also beneficial for the climante and ecosystem.

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  • How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?

    March 08, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Could clean meat be the solution for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, feeding an ever-growing human population and saving water? A growing number of food innovators think so, as do investors such as Bill Gates and Richard Branson. Although too expensive to hit the market immediately, production is in the works to create clean meat from animal cells that may be better for human health and the health of the environment.

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  • 'I used to see them as a bunch of rioters': Brazil's radical farmers

    January 25, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Ribeirão Preto

    In Brazil, 45% of agriculturally viable land is owned by 1% of tenants. To combat this inequitable ratio, the Landless Workers’ Movement formed and took a stand for seizing lands that are "not fulfilling a productive or social use." The group successfully reclaimed an area known as Mario Lago and has since begun a reforestation process alongside agroforestry which has allowed for an increase in diversity of food produced. The farmers haven't stopped there, however. To sell their produce, they have implemented a system of turning the consumer into a co-producer thus ensuring economic stability.

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  • With kids' health suffering, one Guatemalan town is trying to adapt to climate change.

    January 23, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Guatemala, Comitancillo

    With climate change warming agriculture lands, many communities are losing ground for farming. In one Guatemalan indigenous community, this resulted in many children becoming malnourished. The community rallied together to make changes that included taking advantage of the warmer weather and learning new techniques for diversifying their crops and conserving water.

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  • How France became a global leader in curbing food waste

    January 03, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France

    Around the world, "1.3 billion metric tons, or one-third of all the food produced, is thrown away.” France is tackling the issue, by becoming the first country to make it illegal for grocery stores to throw away unused food.

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  • Farmers spot diseased crops faster with artificial intelligence

    December 14, 2017 |

    CNN |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kearny, New Jersey

    Oftentimes in farming, once farmers spot an issue with a crop, it is too late to save it. Artificial intelligence is changing that, starting with implementing the technology that is used to manage orchards into the practice of growing corn and soybeans.

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