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The Edges Matter: Hedgerows Are Bringing Life Back to Farms

Anne Marshall-Chalmers

February 14, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Planting hedgerows as boundaries between, or around, crops can help farmers manage pests, boost pollination, and improve carbon sequestration in the soil around them.

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Could This Mobile, Solar-Powered Livestock Barn Reshape the Corn Belt?

Twilight Greenaway

February 13, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa

Farmers in Iowa created mobile barns and use a stock cropping method of raising livestock between rows of cash crops on a yearly rotation. This new equipment and growing method reduce water pollution and improve soil health because the animals leave behind just enough nutrients to fertilize the crops the following season.

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Vaccination Boosts Efforts to Curb Rift Valley Fever in Rwanda

John Mugisha

February 13, 2023 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda

An awareness campaign in Rwanda promotes cattle vaccination to prevent Rift Valley Fever transmission. Campaign organizers broadcast messages on TV, radio, and during community events.

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Can the 'Slow Flowers' Movement Make Valentine's Day Sustainable?

Michaela Haas

February 10, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States

The Slow Flowers Movement is educating flower farmers, florists, and consumers about the benefits of local, sustainably grown flowers. The founders are changing perceptions of the floral industry through workshops, a growing membership program, word of mouth, and an online directory of local farmers and florists.

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Help Wanted: Young urban farmers for $1,800 per month, no experience necessary

Rosemary Misdary

February 09, 2023 |

Gothamist |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Green City Force run by the New York City Housing Authority turns open urban spaces into gardens tended by young adults in the program. The force is meant to prepare members for careers in sustainable industries afterward. The members also educate locals, trade vegetables grown in the gardens for compost, and train in ecoliteracy.

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Sustainable fish farming & agroecology buoy Kenyan communities

David Njagi

February 08, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Kenya, Gatunga

Small-scale, onshore fishing allows local farmers to increase their income, as well as their food security. Onshore fishing is also a more environmentally friendly practice as it doesn’t require the use of harmful chemicals, like synthetic fertilizers. So far nine counties have adopted the practice, with about 300 fish farmers in the Gatunga region of central Kenya alone.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Dana Cronin

February 07, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

Some farmers in drought-prone areas are planting sorghum, an ancient grain that requires less water and fertilizer than crops like corn, as a way to offset climate change-related losses.

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Why Farmers in Zimbabwe Are Shifting to Bees

Andrew Mambondiyani

February 06, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Zimbabwe, Mutare

Farmers in Zimbabwe are diversifying their income with beekeeping to offset financial losses from crops underperforming during increasingly severe droughts.

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Agriculture: Why the Kissan Card Scheme Failed

Saddia Mazhar

February 05, 2023 |

Dawn |

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Response Location: Pakistan, Sahiwal, Punjab

Farmers in Pakistan are disappointed by the government’s Kissan Card initiative meant to provide financial assistance to lessen their expenses. Farmers frustrated by the program are calling for improved transparency and better distribution of funds.

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Healthy soil can be a climate change solution

Caleigh Wells

February 02, 2023 |

KCRW |

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Response Location: United States, Fillmore, California

Regenerative agriculture is slowly spreading across the farming world as a way to improve soil health and combat climate change. The practice is made up of several different methods, like cover cropping and planting a wide range of crops, that make the soil better at capturing carbon while producing quality foods without fertilizers.

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