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  • Coffee grounds and poultry litter proving a viable biomass option in the UK

    The United Kingdom is finding creative ways to simultaneously address renewable energy needs and waste disposal. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants are utilizing chicken manure from farms and coffee grounds to create electricity. The initiatives have the added benefit of improving standards for the treatment of poultry, as well as reducing the distribution of harmful toxins from the waste.

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  • The world's greenest island

    Samsø, a small island in Denmark, has done what no other city has reached; energy independence. People on the island use a combination of wind, solar, and biomass, energy. How is such a large feat accomplished? Local leaders say it wasn’t because of technological breakthrough, but through collective action.

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  • ‘Sweet' redemption through group farming

    In the Phillipines, the Agregarian Comprehensive Reform law passed in 1988 opened up the doors for farmers to own the land they worked, giving way to communal farms. Communal farms are a type of business model in which many farmers own and manage the land. One of those farms is the Minoro Isabel Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association. In 2016, the communal farm made a profit of $3.28 million, 90 percent of that was reinvested into the group.

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  • How One Consulting Firm Is Testing Its Models And Doubling The Yield Of Small Indian Farms

    Fresh Harvest farms is the first foray into social enterprise and agriculture by revolutionary consulting firm Innovation Alchemy. It reflects a positive and growing trend in the professional services community to directly innovative and experiment with models and ideas before pitching them to clients. They provide insights on social innovation, sustainability, supply chain management and advice on how to scale up solutions for the base of the pyramid by experiencing firsthand what their clients need through the management of Fresh Harvest.

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  • Look who's helping your clothes make the transition to a warmer world

    The cotton industry is turning to a wide variety of innovations such as remote sensing, water regulation, no-till methods etc. in order to combat the varied and complex impacts climate change is having on it.

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  • Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana's tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?

    Tribal areas in Louisiana are suffering from massive land loss due to flooding, which has taken away a lot of food sources and livelihood. In response, the First People's Conservation Council has been created, which includes tribe members, government representatives and nonprofit representatives in order to develop solutions.

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  • The Salvadoran Ex-Guerrilla Who Learned to Read to Stop Corporate Mining

    When Maria Lidia Guardado learned that a Canadian mining company was drilling on her land, she educated herself. Through her new found knowledge she learned her rights, and led her community in a nonviolent effort to legally fight for their land.

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  • This Kansas farmer fought a government program to keep his farm sustainable

    Regenerative farming practices such as cover crops can be environmentally friendly and financially profitable. But federal crop insurance rules and certain characteristics of the agriculture industry have prevented farmers from employing these techniques fully. However, one farmer, Gail Fuller, has been working to broaden access to such techniques.

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  • Kenya's Women Farmers Get Business Boost From Weather Texts

    When unexpected weather patterns began affecting crops in Kenya, the Government of the Makueni region provided a group of local leaders with weather information, through text messages, to distribute to the community to assist in food crop planning.

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  • Economics And Cannabis In Rural New Mexico

    In this episode of New Mexico in Focus, we examine the economic impact of medical cannabis in rural communities in our latest report for Small Towns, Big Change. Producer Sarah Gustavus also looks at the potential impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in New Mexico.

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