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  • The Farmer Trying to Save Italy's Ancient Olive Trees

    Agostino Petroni

    April 29, 2021 |

    Atlas Obscura |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Italy, Gagliano del Capo, Puglia

    An imported strain of bacteria is threatening to destroy olive trees in Italy that produce about 12 percent of the world’s olive oil. An agronomist is working with other scientists to graft trees — taking a different kind of tree that could be resistant to the bacteria and inserting it into the trunk of an older tree. After years of trial and error, they’ve found some success. On one farm, 70 percent of the grafts used have survived. But conspiracy theories and financial difficulties have made it a challenge to have a coordinated response to the problem.

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  • Can California's Organic Vegetable Farmers Unlock the Secrets of No-Till Farming?

    Gosia Wozniacka

    March 30, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    A trial experiment with three farmers and several California universities is looking to better understand how to farm with little or no chemicals. No-till farming can boost soil health and better store carbon, but it’s not a perfect system. These farmers are testing how to reduce soil disturbance, use cover crops, and diversify their species of crops, yet so far, they haven’t found much success. “Figuring this all out has been ‘a school of hard knocks,’” says one of the farmers.

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  • Agroforestry and land reform give Brazil cacao farmers sweet taste of success

    Patricia Moll

    February 24, 2021 |

    Mongabay |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Ibirapitanga, Bahia

    After there was a fungal disease outbreak in the 1990s that affected cacao crops in Brazil, a group of 150 community members got together to collectively manage a farm to grow back cacao trees using agroforestry techniques. Because of their efforts, they sell their cacao to major chocolate brands and have seen their monthly income more than double.

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  • Large food companies are looking to lock carbon in soil as a way to meet ambitious emissions goals

    Meg Wilcox

    February 09, 2021 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fairfield, Maine

    Stonyfield, an organic dairy company, is working with six of its suppliers to pilot how farms can measure the amount of carbon it’s trapping in soil through regenerative farming practices as a way for the company to achieve its goals to cut carbon emissions. The OpenTEAM initiative is working to demonstrate how a dairy farm could improve its soil health to reach carbon net zero and, eventually, have food companies pay its farmers to adopt the new practices.

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  • Planting crops — and carbon, too

    Gabriel Popkin Gabriella Demczuk

    January 22, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rock Hall, Maryland

    Maryland farmer Trey Hill became the first seller in a tech startup’s carbon marketplace, paying him $115,000 for initiating regenerative farming practices. By introducing cover crops, he has been able to sequester about 8,000 tons of carbon in the soil, which then buyers can purchase the credits to offset the carbon they produce. If more farmers get on board, supporters say it can be a tangible solution to curbing climate change.

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  • Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution

    Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Alex Blumberg

    January 07, 2021 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Redwood Falls, Minnesota

    More and more farmers are turning to regenerative agriculture techniques as a way to cut down on costs, increase crop yields, and sequester carbon into soil as a way to reverse the effects of climate change. One farming family in Minnesota switched to no tillage farming and also planted cover crops and used animals to fertilize their land. Some people question their methods, but these farmers saw their cost of production decrease and increased the amount of organic matter in their soil compared with their neighbors.

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  • Could Seaweed Help Save Us From Climate Catastrophe?

    Nadra Nittle

    December 21, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Marshall, California

    Seaweed aquaculture is a growing field that scientists are investigating for a number of climate-related uses, from reducing methane emissions in livestock to replacing plastic in packaging. Governments, startups, and researchers around the world are getting into the algae business that is also helping to create new jobs. There are challenges with scaling many of these products, but recent research for many of these initiatives have shown signs of early success.

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  • How To Feed The World Without Destroying It

    Debbie Weingarten

    December 01, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of the U.S. food supply chain, yet for indigenous led-operations there has been little interruption thanks to practices that rely on shorter supply chains that "work with local ecosystems, not against them." In Virginia, one farmer is using the lessons from this traditional knowledge to create a small-scale farming collective.

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  • This sacred bean saved an indigenous clan from climate calamity

    Agostino Petroni

    November 25, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Manaure

    A community gardening project growing the guajiro bean has allowed Wayuu farmers in the Colombian desert to achieve food security despite the effects of climate change and external pressures. While scaling this agricultural success to other Indigenous clans can be difficult, using a low-tech irrigation system and red earthworm compost has allowed one settlement to feed its community and make their soil fertile again.

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  • Addressing organic farming's climate-change problem

    Jenny Splitter

    November 10, 2020 |

    Hothouse Solutions |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Paxton, Illinois

    On his organic farm in Illinois, Will Glazik is experimenting with different types of agricultural methods to increase his crop yield while also avoiding the harmful impacts of industrial farming. He’s part of a growing movement called “sustainable intensification,” which combines both conventional and organic farming techniques. While there are challenges with this approach and what works in one place might not work in another, combining these types of farming could help feed a growing global population.

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