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This Pilot Program Is Supporting Tribal Food Sovereignty with Federal Dollars

Kalen Goodluck

July 05, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Oneida Nation, United States, Wisconsin

The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations’ (FDPIR) Self-Determination Demonstration Project distributes food to tribal nations by allowing them to buy food from vendors within their own communities.The Project serves an average of 48,000 people each month, providing healthy, culturally relevant foods to low-income tribal members.

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As Temperatures Rise, Farms Are Sprouting in Alaska

Hannah Wallace

June 30, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Alaska

Alaska usually imports most of its food, but due to supply chain issues and climate change making the growing season longer, more small farms are popping up in The Last Frontier state. While the number of U.S. farms has decreased between 2007 and 2017, Alaska saw them increase by 44 percent. With their farming boom, residents are becoming more sustainable on their own crops rather than relying on global food systems.

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The Indigenous Food Cafés Transforming Local Cuisine

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

June 27, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Khweng, Meghalaya

After the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society documented hundreds of edible, wild plants in an Indian state, they worked with food stall owners to incorporate these Indigenous ingredients into their menu. Some opened cafés, which allowed them to connect with farmers and foragers and reduce their carbon footprint by sourcing greens locally. These cafés highlight underutilized plant species and create a community in their villages.

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Black farming projects look to recoup historical U.S. land losses

Carey L. Biron

June 17, 2022 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund is helping Black farmers buy land. More than $200,000 have gone toward urban land purchases in a practice some see as “restorative economics." Black land activists are also purchasing land in rural communities across the United States.

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Combining Old and New: Aquaponics Opens the Door to Indigenous Food Security

Kayla Devault

May 31, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wewoka, Oklahoma

Indigenous communities are combining traditional knowledge and new technology to improve food production for its people. For example, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma partners with the startup Symbiotic Aquaponic that uses fish and plants in water to grow traditional foods like corn, pole beans, and squash. It can be expensive to get started, but the system uses less water than industrial agriculture and provides key nutrition for members of the tribe.

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Feeding Richmond: How community fridges tackle food insecurity

R.M. Carkuff

May 19, 2022 |

WTVR-TV |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

The RVA Community Fridges addresses the issue of food insecurity by setting up household or industrial refrigerators outside of a host business, like a restaurant, non-profit or church. Anyone can swing by a fridge and take whatever they need or leave whatever they can. To fill the fridges, community members, local businesses, and other organizations donate purchased or cooked food.

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Gardeners transform food waste into fuel, aiding the climate

Larin Brink

May 14, 2022 |

Royal Examiner |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

HomeBiogas systems use anaerobic digestion to convert compostable food waste into cooking gas and reduce methane emissions.

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One Square Meal a Day – Home-Grown Feeding Programme Keeping Niger State Children in School

Kenneth Ibe Ikemefuna Igwe

May 09, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

The Home-Grown School Feeding Program provides one square meal a day to students in public primary schools in an effort to combat poor school attendance and malnutrition, feeding thousands of students each day. In addition to improving the economic conditions for farmers and food vendors, as well as rates of malnutrition, the program has led to a 35.6% increase in school enrollment.

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How farmers in Earth's least developed country grew 200 million trees

Katarina Höije Craig Welch

April 27, 2022 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Niger

After years of drought and land-clearing that left Niger with few trees left, the country now boasts about 200 million trees, which have mostly been reestablished naturally. While the effects of climate change could threaten the future of these trees, this method has also increased crop yields in villages. This model of letting trees grow back with little human influence could be implemented in other countries.

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In the Battle Over the Right to Repair, Open-Source Tractors Offer an Alternative

Greta Moran

April 27, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tarrytown, New York

Amid a growing “right to repair” movement, farmers are calling for new, open-source production models, like The Oggún, a universally designed, easily modified tractor that farmers can customize to fit their needs. Farmers have found that the tractor cuts down on repair costs by enabling them to fix it themselves or take it to a local mechanic, rather than working with large commercial manufacturers.

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