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A step beyond organic: Two Nebraska farms embrace biodynamic agriculture

Ellie Kuckelman

February 26, 2023 |

Nebraska News Service |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Nebraska

As farmers look to grow high-quality produce, improve ecosystem health, and reduce their carbon footprint, a growing number of farms are meeting the biodynamic agriculture certification standards in the United States. To achieve this, the farm must meet the organic requirements, dedicate 10% of the land as a reserve, generate its own fertilizer, and use biodynamic preparations.

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Project provides sustainable income to mothers of disabled children in Armenia

Jackie Abramian

February 15, 2023 |

Euro News Week |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Armenia

A social enterprise in Armenia employs single mothers of children with disabilities so they can work from home and receive a sustainable income. The company, Ardook Household Assistant, offers washing, drying, and ironing services for clothes and linens.

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Finabar Chocolate

Anna Lionas

February 14, 2023 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Finabar Chocolate is packaged in unique wrapping that is completely biodegradable and can be planted to grow wildflowers, cutting down on waste and help consumers make more sustainably conscious choices. The wildflower mixture, which is noninvasive and not genetically modified, has a 95 percent germination rate.

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Driven by his own experience, this young Nigerian started an NGO to rescue street children

Arinze Chijioke

February 12, 2023 |

IkengaOnline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Street Priests Incorporated engages with youth living on the streets in Nigeria to offer them scholarship funding, food aid, reunification with their families, and more. The organization has helped more than 17,000 children through its programs since 2014.

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Healthy soil can be a climate change solution

Caleigh Wells

February 02, 2023 |

KCRW |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Fillmore, California

Regenerative agriculture is slowly spreading across the farming world as a way to improve soil health and combat climate change. The practice is made up of several different methods, like cover cropping and planting a wide range of crops, that make the soil better at capturing carbon while producing quality foods without fertilizers.

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Weed once chocking Lake Victoria is now our main source of fuel

Austine Ogalo

January 27, 2023 |

Lake Region Bulletin |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Dunga, Kisumu

A biogas facility in Dunga, Kenya, takes in the invasive water hyacinth plant and other organic waste, shreds the material, breaks it down with bacteria in an anaerobic digester, and uses the gas produced to provide cooking fuel to locals. The biogas is a cheaper, cleaner alternative to other fuels like wood and charcoal.

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Bringing back California's wild bees

Ashley Braun

December 21, 2022 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The Bee Better Certified program encourages farmers to to build and restore habitat for native bees on their land. Doing so can earn them the certification, reduce the need to rent honeybees for pollinationion, and benefit the planet.

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The vegan leather made from India's waste flowers

Sushmita Pathak

December 19, 2022 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Kanpur

Phool, a startup in India, makes a plant-based leather alternative using flower petals discarded from Hindu temples after rituals to feed microbes that grow the material. The product, named Fleather, keeps flower waste from contaminating rivers and is a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to animal leather.

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Why Avalon International Breads is rescuing spent grains to fight climate change

Eleanore Catolico

December 08, 2022 |

Planet Detroit |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

As a part of the Upcycled Grain Project, Avalon International Breads in Detroit makes crackers out of spent grains from breweries. The practice reduces food waste that would otherwise produce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Eating Crayfish

Cassidy Hough

November 29, 2022 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Northern Waters Crayfish LLC. catches the invasive rusty crayfish in Minnesota and sells it for consumption to control the growing population.

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