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  • Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food

    June 08, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Vermont's community-led movement to build a thriving local agriculture economy, through nonprofit infrastructure investments, diversified farming practices, and bipartisan collaboration, has revitalized small farms, boosted food resilience, and offered a viable economic alternative to industrialized agriculture.

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  • How a Water Conservation Idea Won Over Oklahoma Farmers

    May 20, 2025 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    Farmers in Oklahoma adopted the practice of fencing cattle away from streams and providing alternative clean water sources, dramatically improving water quality, restoring local wildlife, and enhancing veterinary outcomes and productivity for local ranchers.

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  • This snack company is trying to change the way you think about chocolate

    May 13, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Blue Stripes addresses cacao-industry food waste and farmer poverty by turning overlooked cacao fruit pulp and husks into marketable snacks, creating additional revenue streams for farmers and potentially reducing environmental impacts.

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  • In Mexico's ‘Avocado Belt,' Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands

    May 02, 2025 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Michoacán

    Indigenous communities in Michoacán, Mexico, have implemented traditional collective land management and community-driven governance strategies to sustainably cultivate avocados, successfully protecting local forests and biodiversity, empowering local economies, and resisting cartel violence.

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  • Amid Ongoing Threats to Local Food Systems, Alaska Native and Rural Alaskan Leaders Imagine Alternatives

    April 23, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: Metlakatla Indian Community, United States, Alaska

    Gatgyeda Haayk's community garden tackles food access challenges in Metlakatla by patiently building rich soil over many years, enabling diverse crops to flourish despite Alaska's difficult growing conditions. This effort not only provides fresh food but also revitalizes cultural heritage by cultivating traditional plants like "Indian potatoes" and fostering community sharing.

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  • Missouri OATS Transit Offers Transit and Social Connection for Rural Residents 

    April 18, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Forsyth County, Missouri

    OATS Transit has been helping people without a vehicle, driver’s license or other means of transportation to get around the region for more than 50 years at a subsidized rate. Despite funding challenges, OATS has grown into one of the country’s largest and longest-running rural transportation networks.

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  • Paying ranchers to host elk? Novel approach could help wean Wyoming off its feedground habit.

    March 31, 2025 |

    WyoFile |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A novel initiative in Wyoming pays ranchers to voluntarily host elk on their private lands, decreasing dependence on disease-spreading public feedgrounds, reducing ranchers' costs, and providing promising results, though scalability and funding challenges remain significant obstacles.

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  • As warming climate hammers coffee crops, this rare bean may someday be your brew

    March 03, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: South Sudan

    Cultivating excelsa—a rare, climate-resistant coffee bean species—is helping farmers in South Sudan not only adapt to climate change, but also bolster economic opportunities.

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  • Indian Women Dry Fish With the Power of the Sun, in the Palms of Their Hands

    February 05, 2025 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    Solar-powered dryers are enabling women in India to produce and sell dried fish at markets in a manner that is healthier for them and the environment. It's also proving economically profitable.

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  • Apprenticeships Bring a Fresh Generation to Small Dairy Farms

    January 28, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Since 2015, the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship, with support by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has worked to help dairy farmers transfer skills and opportunities to a new generation. Thus far, slmost 70 apprentices have graduated from the program as independent journeyworkers, and 59 farmer-apprentice pairs are currently active across the country.

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