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  • Are Agricultural Co-ops Seeing a Revival in Hawai‘i?

    Agricultural cooperatives in Hawai'i pool small farmers' resources to collectively process, market, and sell their crops, with successful examples like the Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative enabling nearly 200 members to reach broader markets and the Hawaii Cattle Producers Cooperative shipping 8,000-9,000 cattle annually while returning surplus profits to rancher-members, though some co-ops have failed due to declining membership and market pressures.

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  • Can filtering seawater provide for a thirsty world?

    Morocco's implementation of seawater desalination plants has successfully provided drinking water to 1.6 million people and enabled record agricultural exports for large-scale tomato producers, while simultaneously revealing the technology's limitations in addressing broader water needs due to high costs, geographic constraints, and environmental impacts that benefit only well-funded farms near coastal facilities.

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  • Organic Growth: How Turkey's Eco-Markets Took Root

    Turkey's Bugday Association created a network of certified organic farmers' markets that directly connects small-scale producers with urban consumers, growing from 24 vendor stands to over 300 while reducing certification costs through group programs and municipal partnerships, though high prices still limit accessibility for lower-income consumers.

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  • City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it

    In some cities, empty urban lots transformed into multilayered "food forests" that mimic natural ecosystems are providing free, accessible fresh produce to city residents through strategically designed edible plantings that feature native and adapted fruit trees, nut trees, and berry bushes.

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  • Podcast: The Appalachian Rekindling Project Is Restoring Indigenous Relationships With the Land

    The Appalachian Rekindling Project uses strategic outreach and holistic education tactics to spread awareness of and teach about seed saving and land rematriation, strengthening connections between Indigenous peoples and the Appalachian region.

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  • As drought, climate change pressure El Paso water supply, farmers innovate to sustain orchards in one of nation's biggest pecan-growing hubs

    El Paso pecan farmers are implementing innovative water conservation techniques—including cover crops, polymer soil treatments, and improved tillage practices—that are showing promising results in reducing water usage and salt buildup, with cover crops alone reducing weed populations by 80-90% while creating cooler, more moisture-retentive soil conditions that help orchards survive in increasingly drought-prone conditions.

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  • A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel

    The creation of forest gardens—the modern term for an ancient agroforestry model that mixes shrubs, herbs, vines, fruit and nut trees, and perennial vegetables—are helping supply communities in sub-Saharan Africa with food, medicine, and animal feed. The U.S.-based NGO TREES claims to have created 38,000 active forest gardens in five countries, each comprising about 4,000 trees. This has restored 99,743 acres of degraded land, having reached 56,273 farmers and their families across 174 community projects.

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  • Even in uncertain times, local farmers are focused on making produce affordable

    Around Boston, local farms and community markets are using creative financing and marketing tactics to reach and incentivize lower-income communities to benefit from access to fresh, local Massachusefts foods.

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  • Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

    Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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  • Garantizar el agua no es sencillo, pero las ASADAs muestran que es posible

    Las ASADAs (Asociaciones Administradoras de los Sistemas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios) son organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro que administran sistemas de agua potable para sus comunidades, sirviendo al 33% de la población costarricense a través del compromiso voluntario y la gestión local del recurso hídrico.

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