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  • The Most Important Modern Farmer Might Be The Urban Cowboy

    Heather Corcoran

    February 10, 2017 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Although urban cities have a variety of options for food, not all food is affordable or healthy. New York City has developed urban agriculture projects, from rooftop gardens to “warehouse hydroponic systems.” The South Bronx’s BLK ProjeK’s Libertad Urban Farm serves the local, low-income community and empowers its women leaders with self-sufficient sustainable food.

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

    Barry Yeoman

    February 09, 2017 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    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 bizarre and inspiring story of Iowa's fish farmers

    Maddie Oatman

    February 01, 2017 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Webster City, Iowa

    A family in Iowa, living 1,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and 1,500 miles from the Pacific Ocean, are paving the way for the future of fish farms. By filling their unused barn with fish tanks, this third-generation Webster City farming family found a solution for successfully and sustainably raise up to 10 million pounds of barramundi per year.

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  • A Mezcal Boom Spurs Creative Approaches to Dwindling Agave

    Alec Jacobson

    February 01, 2017 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Miahuatlan, Oaxaca

    There's a mezcal boom happening around the world, but it originates in Oaxaca, Mexico. There some of the biggest players in the game are actively working to influence and stabilize the agave industry through sustainable practices.

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  • USPS Could Tackle Food Insecurity

    Jen Kinney

    January 27, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    While the USPS has seen a drastic decline in revenues and capacity in recent years due to growing competition from the private sector and social changes, First Class Meal is reimagining the role that this institution has to play: improving national access to healthy food. Using the existing USPS app to connect organizations and food banks that struggle to distribute donations, postal drivers out on their normal routes would pick up donations, deliver to food banks or pantries, and store food in post offices with excess capacity.

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  • N.J. food stamp recipients can shop online this summer

    Nicole Leonard

    January 16, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    New Jersey was one of seven states chosen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to participate in a pilot program for SNAP recipients, where eligible participants can use food stamps for grocery purchases online for the first time.

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  • This Small Town Refused to Settle for Wal-Mart When Its Last Local Grocery Store Closed

    Melissa Hellmann

    January 02, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Iola, Kansas

    The small town of Iola, KS, and Allen County's GROW Council offer a case study of how local communities across this prairie state have worked to solve the absence of grocery stores in many rural areas. Through local resourcefulness and organizing efforts; knowledge and financial support from the state government; and partnership with Kansas State University's Rural Grocery Initiative, towns have succeeded in bringing grocery stores, from locally-owned coops to school-based distribution hubs, back to their Main Streets.

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  • Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here's how.

    Nathanael Johnson

    December 15, 2016 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, San Jose

    Unlike other countries suffering with an impoverished population, Costa Rica has not destroyed the environment while modernizing its economy. Costa Rica has created a coffee alliance, a collective effort between the government and local farmers to grow and cultivate sustainable coffee agriculture through public policy and land distribution. The coffee alliance has given economic empowerment to the people, while being environmentally green.

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  • Hospitals Can Be Key to Healthy People, Healthy Economies

    Johnny Magdaleno

    November 29, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    Hospitals in the United States spend over $340 billion on health services, but with those funds, they could also help the numerous neighborhoods struggling with poverty. The Democracy Collaborative is a research center that helps hospitals link up with local institutions to encourage job growth, buy regionally produced food, and reinvest into their local economy.

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  • How other communities are addressing food insecurity

    Vincent Jackson

    November 27, 2016 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    New Jersey looks for those solutions being implemented successfully in other regions around the country to fight hunger in food deserts and poor neighborhoods, assessing what can be replicated in their local communities to address these issues.

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