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  • Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up

    December 07, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    After they were socially, economically, and politically forced from their agricultural land, the people who have used regenerative farming principles for millennia are reimplementing the practice in their communities. This allows them to improve soil health and reconnect with the land.

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  • Matching programs help up-and-coming Thurston County farmers get their footing. Here's how

    October 23, 2023 |

    The Olympian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In Washington, the Thurston Conservation District’s South Sound FarmLink program helps farmers connect with locals who are willing to lease their land for agricultural use. This is especially helpful for farmers who are just starting their careers and can’t afford to buy land.

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  • The World's Soils Are Becoming Dangerously Degraded, but Rare Microbes Offer Hope

    October 19, 2023 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    The startup Puna Bio collects microbes that live on the high-altitude La Puna plateau and turns them into a product that farmers can apply to soybeans to increase yields and improve soil health. Since they adapted to survive in such a harsh climate, the microbes can survive depleted soil and extreme weather to pass along key nutrients and antioxidants to crops.

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  • The Initiative Enabling Nigerian Farmers To Grow And Earn More

    September 15, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kubau, Kaduna

    Babban Gona is an agriculture company that helps smallholder farmers in Nigeria produce bigger yields and increase their incomes. The company offers training, fertilizer, herbicides, and seeds in exchange for some of the farmer’s harvest. When the produce sells, the farmers get some of the profit and a bonus if it sells for more than expected.

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  • Landless Workers Fight for Fair Food

    August 31, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    The Landless Workers Movement in Brazil is fighting for land access for rural workers and is breaking up unequal land monopolies by squatting on privately-owned vacant land. This practice attracts the attention of the federal government, which assesses whether it can buy the land and provide it to the movement to live and farm on.

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  • Automation is Transforming the World's Leading Vertical Farm Companies

    August 28, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Response Location: United States, Compton, California

    Automated indoor farming harnesses technology like artificial intelligence, robotics, and climate-controlled systems to limit the negative environmental impacts of growing food while maximizing nutrients and yields.

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  • Napa Vineyards Are Pairing Wine With ‘Fish Friendly Farming'

    August 14, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Napa Valley, California

    The Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) program aims to alleviate the impacts of farming and ranching on local waterways, specifically local salmon and trout populations. The program works with area farmers to become certified and enact the best practices regarding soil health and erosion management to prevent too much sediment from entering nearby waterways. So far, the program has certified more than 280,000 acres of farms across 10 counties. In Napa Valley alone, about 90% of all vineyards are now FFF certified.

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  • Bengal banana farmers bask in sunshine

    July 24, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, Birbhum, West Bengal

    Farmers in West Bengal, India, are swapping rice for bananas to save on expenses and labor and adapt to increasingly erratic monsoons and rainfall impacting yields. The farmers use solar panels and drip irrigation setups funded by the state government to reduce emissions and minimize water loss, as bananas require a lot of water.

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  • How tax credits and social finance are building a healthy future for Nova Scotians

    July 24, 2023 |

    Future of Good |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    Novia Scotia, Canada, created community economic development investment funds with a 35% tax credit to investors to help small businesses that need capital but don’t qualify for bank loans. The cooperative FarmWorks brings together investors and farmers using this funding method to provide loans that will directly support the local food network.

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  • Can a City Feed Itself?

    July 06, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    In Paris, building-based agriculture, like rooftop gardens, allows for the production of nutritious food close to where they will be eaten. The practice helps eliminate carbon emissions, improve food security, and improve climate resilience.

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