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  • A Mezcal Boom Spurs Creative Approaches to Dwindling Agave

    February 01, 2017 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Miahuatlan, Oaxaca

    There's a mezcal boom happening around the world, but it originates in Oaxaca, Mexico. There some of the biggest players in the game are actively working to influence and stabilize the agave industry through sustainable practices.

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  • The Salvadoran Ex-Guerrilla Who Learned to Read to Stop Corporate Mining

    January 18, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, Canton Las Limas, Chalatenango

    When Maria Lidia Guardado learned that a Canadian mining company was drilling on her land, she educated herself. Through her new found knowledge she learned her rights, and led her community in a nonviolent effort to legally fight for their land.

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  • This Small Town Refused to Settle for Wal-Mart When Its Last Local Grocery Store Closed

    January 02, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Iola, Kansas

    The small town of Iola, KS, and Allen County's GROW Council offer a case study of how local communities across this prairie state have worked to solve the absence of grocery stores in many rural areas. Through local resourcefulness and organizing efforts; knowledge and financial support from the state government; and partnership with Kansas State University's Rural Grocery Initiative, towns have succeeded in bringing grocery stores, from locally-owned coops to school-based distribution hubs, back to their Main Streets.

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  • Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here's how.

    December 15, 2016 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, San Jose

    Unlike other countries suffering with an impoverished population, Costa Rica has not destroyed the environment while modernizing its economy. Costa Rica has created a coffee alliance, a collective effort between the government and local farmers to grow and cultivate sustainable coffee agriculture through public policy and land distribution. The coffee alliance has given economic empowerment to the people, while being environmentally green.

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  • Can Mezcal Survive Being Popular?

    December 07, 2016 |

    Roads & Kingdoms |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, San Juan Del Rio, Queretaro

    The production of mezcal keeps increasing, drawing the attention of big liquor brands who want to invest in the mezcal market. Entrepreneurs in Mexico, are teaming up with rural farmers, their collaboration could potentially push out big companies from taking over the market.

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  • This Kansas farmer fought a government program to keep his farm sustainable

    December 05, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    Regenerative farming practices such as cover crops can be environmentally friendly and financially profitable. But federal crop insurance rules and certain characteristics of the agriculture industry have prevented farmers from employing these techniques fully. However, one farmer, Gail Fuller, has been working to broaden access to such techniques.

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  • Kenya's Women Farmers Get Business Boost From Weather Texts

    November 23, 2016 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Makueni

    When unexpected weather patterns began affecting crops in Kenya, the Government of the Makueni region provided a group of local leaders with weather information, through text messages, to distribute to the community to assist in food crop planning.

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  • "Restoration Economy" Strives to Protect Pollinators, Create Jobs

    November 21, 2016 |

    Scientific American |

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    Response Location: United States, Patagonia, Arizona

    Threatened wildlife co-exists with poverty stricken communities who inhabit the Arizona-Mexico border region. Borderlands Restoration's conservation scientists are hoping to alleviate poverty while repairing the local environment by providing jobs that help preserve and renew the environment.

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  • Economics And Cannabis In Rural New Mexico

    November 18, 2016 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, New Mexico

    In this episode of New Mexico in Focus, we examine the economic impact of medical cannabis in rural communities in our latest report for Small Towns, Big Change. Producer Sarah Gustavus also looks at the potential impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in New Mexico.

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  • America's First All-Renewable-Energy City

    November 17, 2016 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Burlington, Vermont counts itself as America's first all-renewable city, satisfying its energy needs through a combination of sustainably harvested pine and timber wood chips, hydroelectricity, four wind turbines, and a solar panel array near the local airport. Aside from the environmental benefit of renewable energy, the city has seen other benefits in the form of cheaper energy costs and healthy, locally-grown food.

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