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  • U.S. carbon farming takes root - but do the economics add up?

    December 12, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Farmers in the United States are participating in the growing carbon offset credit industry with regenerative farming. These farmers use practices like planting cover crops and not tilling fields to improve soil quality, therefore, trapping more carbon emissions which they can sell as offset credits.

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  • Is This Biochar's Big, Carbon-Rich Moment?

    December 06, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    Biochar, charcoal made by heating organic biomass like forest debris, can be used as an amendment to improve soil health and sequester carbon. The charcoal is incredibly porous, so it holds nutrients, water, and carbon.

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  • An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth's surface

    December 03, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: South Dakota Pine Ridge Reservation, United States, South Dakota

    The Oglala Sioux Tribe uses underground greenhouses to keep harvests safe from intensifying weather due to climate change and fight food insecurity in the community.

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  • One crop uses more than half of Utah's water. Here's why.

    November 24, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Farmers in Utah cultivate alfalfa to improve soil health and reduce their carbon emissions. Their profits help sustain rural towns’ economies.

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  • Zimbabwean Farmers Adopt Alternative to Protect Crops

    November 14, 2022 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Farmers in Zimbabwe are turning to an elephant repellant called Chilli to keep the animals from eating their crops. The mixture includes ingredients like chillies, raw eggs, and cattle dung which elephants can smell from far away and want to avoid.

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  • Reshaping the Corn Belt: Ohio farmers are changing how they farm to be more climate-friendly

    October 03, 2022 |

    WVXU Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Farmers in Ohio are implementing regenerative farming practices like growing pollinator plots and cover crops for improved soil health, increased yield, and economic benefits.

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  • Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching

    September 26, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Cheyenne River Reservation, United States, South Dakota

    Regenerative agriculture — a technique originally developed by Native peoples — is a farming practice that can not only improve the quality of farms and their products but also serves as a response to growing climate change concerns. While regenerative agriculture currently only accounts for 10% of farms and ranches today, the numbers are slowly increasing.

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  • Surge Africa's nature-based solutions boosting Nigerian farmers' resilience to climate change

    August 22, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Surge Africa is a nonprofit helping Nigerian farmers learn about and implement agroforestry and agroecology practices to more sustainably manage their land and improve their yields despite the negative impacts of climate change.

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  • What the Weeds Are Telling Us

    July 18, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Arkansas

    The Palmer amaranth weed improves the health of disturbed soils like agricultural fields. Throughout its lifecycle, the plant’s deep roots loosen the compacted soil, bring nutrients to the surface and utilize excess nitrogen in the soil.

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  • Soilless Farming to the Rescue. How to Boost Agriculture Without Hurting Forests

    June 30, 2022 |

    Foundation for Investigative Journalism |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A Nigerian agricultural entrepreneur is embracing hydroponics — a method that grows crops with water and no soil — as an alternative to farming methods that have led to land degradation. Because of Adebowale Onafowora’s knowledge, he has trained more than 20,000 people; and helped set up over 200 hydroponic centers. His inspiration led to the establishment of the Landmark University Greenhouse and Hydroponic Technology Centre, a place for research and training in the technique.

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