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Can filtering seawater provide for a thirsty world?

Chico Harlan, Nada Talbi

September 08, 2025 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Morocco

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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« Ici, je suis moins tentée par les cochonneries de tête de gondole » : dans cette épicerie, on peut être au RSA et manger bien

Morgane Bertrand

September 08, 2025 |

Le Nouvel Obs |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Aux épiceries éphémères installés par l’association Vers un Réseau d’Achat en Commun (Vrac), les résidents des quartiers populaires peuvent accéder à des aliments biologiques de haute qualité à prix réduit. Il y a 124 de ces épiceries dans toute la France et plus de 10 000 foyers adhérents.

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

Sevilay Nur Saraçlar

September 05, 2025 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Turkey

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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Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow

Ayurella Horn-Muller

September 03, 2025 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

Communities in Puerto Rico developed locally-run resilience hubs that combine community kitchens, food stockpiling, and disaster preparedness infrastructure, successfully serving thousands of meals during events like Hurricane Fiona and providing year-round food security while reducing dependence on delayed government aid.

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

Allyson Chiu

August 19, 2025 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

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

Teresa Collins

August 13, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

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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This Farmer-Led Co-op is Growing a Sustainable ‘Ulu Industry for Hawai‘i's Small Farmers

Noelle Fujii-Oride

August 13, 2025 |

Overstory |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

The Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative, a farmer-owned collective founded in 2016, has grown to nearly 200 members across four islands by providing guaranteed markets, stable pricing, and collective processing. Through this, farmers have revitalized traditional Hawaiian agriculture and created year-round supply chains.

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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

Diego Mendoza-Moyers

August 11, 2025 |

El Paso Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

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

Victoria Schneider

July 28, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Senegal

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

Hannah Loss

July 16, 2025 |

GBH |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

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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