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  • Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.

    Max Graham

    January 29, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Organizations in cities across the United States, including Philadelphia and Tucson, are simultaneously combatting urban heat and hunger by planting fruit trees and edible plants that provide shade and food that community members can harvest.

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  • Campesinos nicaragüenses impulsan modelo de producción autosustentable en Costa Rica

    Donaldo Hernández

    January 26, 2024 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Costa Rica

    En una zona rural de Costa Rica, un grupo de campesinos nicaragüenses forzados a salir de su país logró levantar una comunidad productiva. Rentaron varias manzanas de tierra para trabajar en la agricultura y la ganadería, como lo hacían en su natal Nicaragua. Informa Donaldo Hernández.

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  • Harvesting Amaranth, a Superfood of Indigenous Agriculture

    Sue Williams

    January 09, 2024 |

    The Story Exchange |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The Qachuu Aloom Mother Earth Association is a farming collective bringing together the Mayan Achi people in Rabinal, Guatemala, and farmers in Ithaca, New York, to share and preserve ancestral knowledge of growing amaranth. The ancient grain is nutritious and resilient to climate change.

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  • Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

    Michael Casey David R. Martin

    November 25, 2023 |

    Associated Press |

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    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Elmsford, New York

    To reduce landfill use and greenhouse gas emissions while feeding those in need, New York’s food donation program requires big businesses to donate edible food to places like food banks instead of throwing it out.

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  • Envases biodegradables hechos con algas: una alternativa al plástico

    Nieves Zúñiga

    November 17, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Casi el 40% de la demanda de plástico en Europa es de envases que se usan una sola vez y contaminan cientos de años. Con el objetivo de reducir a los envases de plástico de usar y tirar, docenas de empresas en el mundo están trabajando con un nuevo enfoque: su sustitución por envases biodegradables o comestibles hechos con algas. Gracias a unos innovadores, ahora es posible.

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  • Zero Waste Athletics at Georgia Soccer Score Goal

    Sophie Ralph

    November 10, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The University of Georgia soccer program held a Journey to Zero Waste Soccer Season in which it aimed for every home game to divert at least 90% of its waste from the landfill. The stadium crew set up recycling and composting bins with explanatory signage, and students volunteered to educate attendees about how to properly dispose of their waste.

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  • Double Up Food Bucks helps Detroit senior access fresh food

    Amelia Benavides-Colón

    November 09, 2023 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Double Up Food Bucks offers dollar-for-dollar matching of up to $10 daily for fresh fruits and vegetables for those enrolled in SNAP. The program addresses affordability issues that historically prevented people from accessing fresh, nutritious foods. Double Up Food Bucks works with more than 250 grocery stores throughout the state to provide widespread access to fresh produce.

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  • Matching programs help up-and-coming Thurston County farmers get their footing. Here's how

    Martín Bilbao

    October 23, 2023 |

    The Olympian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In Washington, the Thurston Conservation District’s South Sound FarmLink program helps farmers connect with locals who are willing to lease their land for agricultural use. This is especially helpful for farmers who are just starting their careers and can’t afford to buy land.

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  • The World's Soils Are Becoming Dangerously Degraded, but Rare Microbes Offer Hope

    Sandy Ong

    October 19, 2023 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    The startup Puna Bio collects microbes that live on the high-altitude La Puna plateau and turns them into a product that farmers can apply to soybeans to increase yields and improve soil health. Since they adapted to survive in such a harsh climate, the microbes can survive depleted soil and extreme weather to pass along key nutrients and antioxidants to crops.

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  • What can harnessing 'positive deviance' methods do for food security?

    Katrina Lane

    August 29, 2023 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Niger

    Researchers are helping communities spread the agricultural practices of outlier, high-performing farms amid food security struggles in Niger. Their approach, known as positive deviance, involves identifying what the farmers are doing differently through surveys and encouraging them to teach community members to do the same.

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