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  • The Rustic Farms Where French Prisoners Wrap Up Their Sentences

    November 03, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: France, Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique

    The Moyembrie farm program allows French inmates to spend their final 9-12 months of incarceration working on a farm with social worker support rather than in traditional prison. This strategy has resulted in only 1 in 10 being sent back to prison and over half finding employment or training within three months of release—compared to France's national recidivism rate of over 60% within five years.

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  • Well Into the Future

    November 03, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Smith Valley, Nevada

    Nevada launched a $25 million pilot program in 2023 that pays farmers to voluntarily retire groundwater rights in over-pumped basins. The state-funded buyback purchases water rights at competitive rates and retires them to reduce unsustainable groundwater extraction, with the help of local organizations like the Walker Basin Conservancy. Since forming, the program retired approximately 22,500 acre-feet of groundwater rights, and the program's success led to unanimous bipartisan legislation to expand it.

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  • America's Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, But Not By Itself

    October 25, 2025 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Rye Resurgence Project planted 4,000 acres of rye in Colorado's San Luis Valley, leading to a 30% reduction in soil nitrogen leaching, dramatically improved water infiltration, and reduced soil erosion and dust storms, while providing farmers with profitable markets that incentivize soil-protecting practices.

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  • The Farmer Who Lets Nature Take the Lead

    October 20, 2025 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic, Drahenice, Bohemia

    Czech farmer Wenzel Lobkowicz adopted regenerative grazing on 200 hectares of degraded pastureland in Drahenice, moving cattle herds to fresh pasture sections daily to allow vegetation time to regenerate and soil to recover. After implementing this approach in 2019, Lobkowicz documented significant improvements, including a longer grazing season, deeper root systems, improved water retention and soil structure and increased biodiversity. Lobkowicz’s experience with regenerative farming has also inspired other area farmers to consider its feasibility.

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  • "On a recréé un chemin direct de la fourche à la fourchette" : à Auray, une ferme municipale alimente les cantines en circuit court

    October 19, 2025 |

    Franceinfo |

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    Response Location: France, Auray

    La ferme municipale d’Auray cultive des légumes biologiques qui se retrouvent dans les assiettes servies à la résidence publique pour personnes âgées et la crèche d'à côté, et prévoit de fournir des repas aux écoles publiques de la ville à l’avenir. Au cours de sa première année, la ferme a produit environ quatre tonnes de légumes.

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  • This Nigerian Lab is Farming Without Soil to Rethink Food Security

    October 14, 2025 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osun

    Soilless Farm Lab, a Nigerian agricultural technology hub, has trained over 10,000 youth in hydroponic farming since 2019, leading to employment opportunities and demonstrating a climate-resilient approach that uses 90% less water while producing food year-round in a country facing severe food insecurity and land degradation.

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  • The Forest That Proves It: How Sudbury Reclaimed a Moonscape

    October 08, 2025 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: Canada, Sudbury, Ontario

    The Regreening Sudbury Project transformed a lunar-like wasteland into thriving forest through decades of systematic tree planting (10+ million trees), soil amendments, and transparent open-data tracking. This resulted in a 98% reduction in air pollution and 50% recovery of fish populations while creating a replicable model for ecological restoration.

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  • Otuabagi Women Farmers Replant Bayelsa's Future with Raffia Palms

    October 06, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Otuabagi, Bayelsa

    The Otuabagi Women Farmers Association's initiative to replant 7,200 raffia palm trees has not only begun restoring their oil-damaged swamp forest but also created a cooperative financial safety net for members and sparked community-wide conversations about environmental protection.

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  • The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners

    October 03, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Twenty women in Kaduna, Nigeria formed a cooperative in 2015 that pooled their farm labor earnings to collectively purchase land, transforming them from hired laborers earning ₦2,000-₦10,000 per day into independent landowners who now harvest enough to support their families' education and healthcare while contributing food to their community.

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  • Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline.

    October 03, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    California's farm-to-school grant program, launched in 2021, has successfully directed 100% of its funding to small and disadvantaged farmers. This has helped them expand their businesses through investments like refrigerated vans and partnerships with food hubs, enabling fresh local produce delivery to schools across the state.

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