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  • Kelp Farming Is Reviving an Ancient Practice -- and a Modern Economy

    Iris M. Crawford

    November 25, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Shinnecock Reservation, United States, New York

    A kelp hatchery run by residents of the Shinnecock Reservation in New York is creating jobs and cleaning up the bay because the seaweed soaks up carbon and pollutants.

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  • Livestock insurance Keeping Livestock Farmers Afloat in Rwanda after Rift Valley Fever

    Francine Andrew

    November 25, 2022 |

    AnFezaA |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Eastern Province

    Rwanda has a unique program that allows farmers to insure their livestock, such as dairy cows, productive pork, and chickens, against Rift Valley Fever. When animals die of the disease, farmers are compensated at a rate of 5.5 percent of the animal's value.

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  • One crop uses more than half of Utah's water. Here's why.

    Brian Maffly Mark Eddington

    November 24, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in Utah cultivate alfalfa to improve soil health and reduce their carbon emissions. Their profits help sustain rural towns’ economies.

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  • Absent Federal Oversight of Animal Agriculture Safety, States and Others Step Up for Change

    Christina Cooke

    November 18, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Organizations like Milk and Dignity are filling in the worker safety gaps left behind in federal regulations by working with farms to implement worker-driven protections.

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  • Farmers in India are fighting climate change using nature

    Sibi Arasu

    November 16, 2022 |

    Euronews |

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    Response Location: India, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

    The Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre nonprofit works with over 60,000 farmers across 300,000 acres of land, supporting individual farmers to restore unproductive land across the entire region by using regenerative agriculture practices. Techniques include using natural fertilizers and planting crops alongside trees and other plans to prevent desertification.

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  • Zimbabwean Farmers Adopt Alternative to Protect Crops

    Kovedzayi Takawira

    November 14, 2022 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Farmers in Zimbabwe are turning to an elephant repellant called Chilli to keep the animals from eating their crops. The mixture includes ingredients like chillies, raw eggs, and cattle dung which elephants can smell from far away and want to avoid.

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  • A Building Material That Consumes CO2 Has Finally Come to the US

    Peter Yeung

    November 10, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Belgium

    A building material made of hemp fibers, water, and clay or lime is a sustainable alternative to other options like concrete. Dubbed hempcrete, the product has many benefits including a very low carbon footprint, active sequestration of carbon dioxide, and using a sustainable, fast-growing crop as its base.

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  • The Forest Underground: How an Australian Missionary Regrew the African Sahel

    Jayson Casper

    November 10, 2022 |

    Christianity Today |

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    Response Location: Niger, Maradi

    Farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR) allows local farmers who faced devastation to their crops due to drought to bring their land back to life and aid in reforestation. Over 20 years, the project has regenerated 200 million trees, improved crop yields by 30% and the concept of FMNR is practiced in 29 countries around the world.

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  • Urban Farms Are Stepping Up Their Roles in Communities Nationwide

    Rachel Surls

    November 10, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urban farms across the United States are bringing affordable, fresh, and healthy foods to communities facing food insecurity and are forming connections with residents along the way.

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  • Rwanda: Kitchen Gardens Tackling Malnutrition, One Community at a Time

    Clementine Nyirangaruye

    November 09, 2022 |

    The Bridge Magazine |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    CorpsAfrica gathers volunteers to train community members on how to construct and maintain a kitchen garden, full of a variety of vegetables, to provide families with nutritious food. Volunteers conduct door-to-door education campaigns and offer support to those starting their gardens. As of May 2020, the organization had helped create 760 kitchen gardens in an effort to fight malnutrition-related diseases and boost food security in the region.

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