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After years of drought and overuse, the San Luis Valley aquifer refills

Paige Blankenbuehler

May 26, 2016 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Centre, Colorado

An over-taxed basin in Colorado is getting its water use under control through the sub-district project, an innovative user-led solution for solving water problems.

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How To Store Onion Without Storehouses? Teen Finds A Way Out

Siddharth Ranjan Das

May 23, 2016 |

NDTV (New Delhi TV) |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: India, Dedla

Indian farmers frequently struggle with cheap ways to store their produce. A new kind of low-cost onion storage facility, built by 19-year-old farmer Rohit Patel, may eventually come to the rescue of onion farmers across the country.

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Chicken farming brightens future for Haitians

Jamie McGee

May 23, 2016 |

The Tennessean |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Haiti, Gressier

Middle Tennessee nonprofit KORE Foundation is combating poverty in rural Haiti with the help of chickens.

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U.S. Fish And Wildlife Cease Dell Creek Wolf Pack Kill

Melodie Edwards

May 20, 2016 |

Wyoming Public Radio |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Bondurant, Wyoming

Growing wolf populations in Wyoming are forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make hard decisions about culling the endangered species in order to preserve local wildlife and livestock.

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When the River Rises: an investigative report on flooding in Richland County, Ohio

Dillon Carr

May 16, 2016 |

Richland Source |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

As farmers continue to experience floods—and lack control over the dredging of the rivers running through their farms—a few have looked to homegrown solutions, and others to amending policy to create "subdistricts."

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Brazil's School Food Revolution

Colleen Kimmett

April 20, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

By requiring schools to buy 30 percent of products from smallholder farms, Brazil provides fresher food to students and economic benefits to otherwise struggling farmers. Since 1955, Brazil's staple national school lunch program has responded to economic and social trends - what was once a program focused on ending malnutrition has evolved to address rising rates of obesity and diabetes. Though there is variation in quality and compliance between regions and principals often have to step in to cover unforeseen costs, leaders are optimistic about the value of the program.

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Against the Grain

Erin Hampton

April 01, 2016 |

OR Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Female farmers are working to close Oregon's gender gap in the agriculture industry. Communities like the OSU farm networks provide a forum where these women can share experiences.

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Coexisting with Carnivores

Haley Rivet

April 01, 2016 |

OR Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Wolves and ranchers have a long history of conflict. Today, wolves are back in Oregon, and ranchers are learning how to coexist with them, using an array of nonviolent techniques to protect both their herds and the predators.

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Letting (Some of) India's Women Own Land

Tina Rosenberg

March 22, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Baripada, Odisha

Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor women farm and feed families in some parts of India.

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Finding common ground in the debate about African agriculture

Catherine Cheney

March 17, 2016 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

How might African farmers enhance their productivity and increase their resilience to climate change without compromising the health of their land? How might American companies play a role without short-term gains standing in the way of long-term sustainability? The two are coming together to create a solution for a sustainable future for the African continent.

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