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Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution

Claudia Geib

July 06, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Puerto Rico

Nonprofits are spreading knowledge of breadfruit trees to communities facing food insecurity around the world because it is a reliable, resilient crop that produces abundant yields. Local farmers are taking an agroecology approach to planting the trees — which produce a nutritious, potato-like fruit — with other mixed crops so the plants can benefit from each other.

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At Alaska's prison farm, a different way of serving time

Michelle Theriault Boots

June 30, 2023 |

Anchorage Daily News |

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Response Location: United States, Alaska

Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm is a 640-acre farm, owned by the Alaska Department of Corrections, that operates as an alternative prison model. Select minimum-security inmates labor to keep the farm going throughout their sentence, producing tons of vegetable harvests (745,000 pounds of hay, nearly 5,000 pounds of tomatoes, 14,000 pounds of lettuce, 12,000 pounds of celery, 22,000 pounds of cabbage) and raising 150 cattle, 50 pigs and 300-400 chickens that produce 51,000 eggs—all of which is redistributed to other prisons and community food banks.

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The black market endangered this frog. Can the free market save it?

Sarah Gonzalez Stan Alcorn Charlotte de Beauvoir Willa Rubin Jess Jiang

June 30, 2023 |

NPR |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Colombia

Ivan Lozano Ortega went from running a wildlife rescue center to breeding and selling critically endangered poison dart frogs, legally. He’s trying to stop poachers from taking the few frogs remaining in the wild in Colombia by making the species readily available to collectors.

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LGBTQIA+-inclusive adult leagues creating safe spaces for queer athletes

Taylyn Hadley

June 22, 2023 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

LGBTQIA+ inclusive sports leagues in Phoenix, Arizona, provide a safe space for members of the community to participate in a variety of organized sports without fear of discrimination.

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In Minneapolis, three-fourths of kids with elevated levels of lead are children of color. These workers are trying to do something about that.

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

June 13, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Minneapolis City Health Department Health Homes team does community outreach in the neighborhoods with the highest elevated lead levels. Team members visit homes to inform parents about the dangers of lead, direct them to helpful resources, and test kids’ lead levels to help prevent long-term effects. If a house is deemed at risk of lead exposure, the team will inspect it and provide recommendations on how to eliminate the risk.

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Lesbian bars have endured — with community, grit and a little reinvention

Chabeli Carrazana

June 12, 2023 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States

Lesbian bars across the United States, like Femme Bar in Massachusetts and Lipstick Lounge in Tennessee, offer a safe space for LGBTQ+ people to connect, be themselves, and build a supportive community.

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Georgia Becomes Marriage Hub for Russian Emigres Amid Uncertainty of War

Mack Tubridy

June 11, 2023 |

The Moscow Times |

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Response Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Anti-war Russians fleeing abroad are getting married in Tbilisi, Georgia, where the marriage process is quick and easy. The couples get married for a variety of reasons, from ensuring they aren’t split up when they get to another country to simply wanting to anchor themselves together during uncertain times. All that’s needed are translations of their passports, an appointment at the Tbilisi House of Justice, and two witnesses.

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Safe Spaces for Traumatized Children

Oana Sandu

June 09, 2023 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Romania

The Association for Victims of Sexual Crimes is creating child-friendly interview spaces at legal institutions in Romania so that young survivors of sexual assault can be interviewed in a more comfortable setting and avoid further trauma.

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What Happens When Christians and Muslims Translate Scripture Side by Side

Rachel Pfeiffer

June 02, 2023 |

Christianity Today |

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Response Location: Chad

A Bible translation ministry, unfoldingWord, worked with the Church Growth Project of Chad to translate the Bible into 10 minority languages. The organizations held workshops to train those who speak the language that were interested in getting paid to translate the work, the majority of whom were Muslim, and worked in teams to do so.

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This Coffee Shop Aids In Re-Entry, But Struggles To Find Its Own Stability

Emma Wilcox

May 30, 2023 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Hamilton, Ohio

The Fringe coffee shop in Hamilton, Ohio, employs people who were formerly incarcerated as part of a re-entry program. The shop owners work with each employee to create a re-entry plan that can include things like therapy, addiction and recovery meetings, tutoring and education, and even free tattoo removal.

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