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  • How Carbon Farming Could Reverse Climate Change

    March 16, 2016 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Veracruz

    Carbon farming is a method that focuses on sequestering atmospheric carbon on agricultural land. While farms around the world already do it, it's not anywhere near the scale necessary to avert climate catastrophe. But paired with aggressive emissions reduction, the practice could not only mitigate global warming, but also help the most impoverished communities.

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  • Why Are Only 1 Percent of Farms Using This Eco-Friendly Practice?

    October 19, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Lovingston, Virginia

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture assists farms which follow the sustainable farming style, Silvopasture, but few farmers take advantage of the program. ForeverView Farms in Vermont is advising policy groups about ways they can boost this type of farming.

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  • Myanmar's Smart Farmers & Saving Mozambique's Forests

    May 13, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

    The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and hotter global temperatures, are already having drastic impact on many communities, especially the rural, agricultural regions of countries such as Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Mozambique. Earthrise explores how people in these communities are learning new skills, implementing new techniques, and are striving in every way possible to adapt to these environmental changes while creating hope for sustainable growth in the future.

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  • Greener Pastures for Cattle Ranching

    November 18, 2014 |

    Future Food |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cali, Valle del Cauca

    In Colombia, traditional cattle pastures have caused soil degradation, deforestation, and desertification. To reconcile this, several thousand acres of land in Latin America have been transformed into a silvo-pastoral system of grazing and raising cattle with agro-forestry. The Colombia-based Center for Research in Sustainable Systems of Agriculture seeks to reduce pasture land by 26 million acres while increasing cattle numbers by 2019.

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  • In Africa's Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo

    March 13, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz

    In Africa, many people rely on wood from trees to cook food over stoves. The tremendous usage of wood contributes to deforestation and environmental decline. Using bamboo instead of wood is a more profitable and greener solution.

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