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  • Is Early Los Angeles A Model For Food And Agriculture In Hawaii?

    October 11, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles County, California

    Thousands of small farmers moved onto homesteads in Los Angeles County in the 1940s and transformed the area into one of the most productive agricultural hubs in the United States. If the Hawaiian government could share some of its lands with up-and-coming farmers, then the state could follow a similar path and reform its agriculture and community food systems.

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  • Harnessing Food Waste to Empower Communities in Brazil

    October 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Favela Organica is a social enterprise that address food insecurity, increases access to healthy foods, and reduces waste. The founder, Tchelly, has provided free courses to around 30,000 people in Rio’s favelas, mostly women, who learn how to repurpose food waste from local markets and grow produce at home. The premise relies on an integrated food cycle of growing food, utilizing all of it, and creating compost with what is left to fertilize the garden to grow the food. Students use the lessons to lower food costs and, for some, to increase the amount of food they can sell, which adds to monthly incomes.

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  • Pee fanatics want to feed the world with your liquid gold Audio icon

    October 07, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: France, Bordeaux

    A French startup is turning urine into an environmentally-friendly fertilizer that could replace chemical products. Early tests suggest that the urine mixture created by Toopi Organics can compete with synthetic fertilizers, which end up in waterways and can alter lake and river ecosystems. While the organic fertilizer requires a significant amount of urine to make, it could be a viable alternative to grow crops.

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  • Minnesota has figured out a way to help stressed farmers. Can it be replicated?

    October 07, 2020 |

    Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    The Rural Mental Health Outreach program in Minnesota is helping farmers in the region to tackle mental health challenges that are related to the stresses involved in their profession. Other states have taken notice of the program's success and are now piloting similar programs as a means of addressing a rising concern of suicide within the farming industry.

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  • Cooperating over shared water in West Africa

    October 06, 2020 |

    Geneva Solutions |

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    Response Location: Senegal

    There are over 250 rivers and lakes that are shared between countries, accounting for more than half of world's freshwater. This means that countries have to cooperate to share resources. In 1972, Mali, Senegal, and Mauritania did just that. They formed the Senegal River Basin Development Authority, or the OMVS (for its French initials). In 2005, Guinea joined. The organization is an example of how countries can join forces to share water resources cooperatively.

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  • Amid COVID-19, Urban Growers Collective distributes nearly one million pounds of produce

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Chicago Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    For several years, the Urban Growers Collective in Illinois has been helping to bring and distribute healthy food to underresourced communities throughout Chicago by operating eight urban farms, but efforts have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. In just over six months, the organization has "delivered nearly one million pounds of produce to more than 25 partner organizations across the city."

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  • 'Money is worth nothing now': how Lebanon is finding a future in farming

    September 25, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Lebanon

    Lebanon is going through an economic crisis. According to the UN, more than half of the population is experiencing poverty. Some people are finding that the solution to their economic problems is farming. Multiple initiatives to that would allow ordinary people to farm have surfaced; food banks offering seedlings, volunteers teaching sustainable farming, and even gardens in rooftops.

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  • University of Arizona researchers unveil new model for desert farming in warming world

    September 20, 2020 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    In an experimental garden in Arizona, scientists are seeing how to produce sustainable and local food in a desert environment. They’re growing plants under a photovoltaic “canopy” of solar panels that provide necessary shade for the crops and, at the same time, generate cheap, renewable energy for irrigation systems and farm equipment. So far, they’ve been able to grow basil, Anasazi red beans, and a special bell pepper. While not all crops will work in this system and scaling the garden has its challenges, learning how to grow food in the desert is necessary to adapt to a future with climate change.

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  • Land and Community: Food Hubs: Keeping the Wheels of Local Food Moving

    September 18, 2020 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    As middle men between farmers and consumers, food hubs in New Hampshire are eliminating the marketing and distribution typically done by food producers. Food hubs streamline the process of procuring local goods for customers who want various products without the hassle of multiple purchases and pickups. The aggregation of local produce strengthens infrastructure that enables farmers to increase output especially as demand for locally grown foods have increased since the onset of the pandemic.

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  • How a $3 billion USDA coronavirus program is helping feed S.C. families

    September 10, 2020 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Bluffton, South Carolina

    A new initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping connect farmers with those who are facing food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. The program, known as Farmers to Families, allocates monetary contracts to companies that go towards distributing boxes of produce to families. In South Carolina, one farm has been able to distribute over 5.2 million pounds of food throughout the southeast region of the state.

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