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  • Breaking Old Ground

    Liz Mirabelli Nye

    December 05, 2022 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    A chestnut farmer in Massachusetts is practicing agroforestry to restore soil health in his fields and build a long-term sustainable farming system. The practice varies widely from farm to farm, but his choices include planting perennial crops and native plants between the chestnut trees for diversification.

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  • This South African initiative helps newsrooms access women experts

    Johnstone Kpilaakaa

    December 05, 2022 |

    IJNet |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    Quote This Woman+ is a database of over 600 experts in various topics for journalists to reach out to as sources. Designed to help combat inequality and bias in the news, the experts are females and people from groups underrepresented in the media.

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  • Climate Change Is Pushing Pacific Northwest Farmers to Protect Crops from Extreme Heat

    Michael Crowe

    December 05, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Fruit farmers in the Pacific Northwest are implementing mitigation strategies like shade, produce coatings, and water misters to protect their crops from extreme heat.

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  • Beekeeping revives forests, land in Zim

    Nhau Mangirazi

    December 04, 2022 |

    The Standard |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    Multiple organizations in Zimbabwe are supporting locals who are learning beekeeping. The practice helps the local ecosystem bounce back from deforestation and allows the beekeepers to earn extra income for expenses like their children’s school.

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

    Hallie Golden

    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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  • 'I'm not an alcoholic, I'm an Australian': Support for going sober in the bush

    Penny Timms

    December 03, 2022 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Clean Slate Clinic is an in-home detox service that helps people receive a medicated detox plan including pharmaceuticals and vitamins, as well as daily telehealth sessions, rehabilitation support and check-ins. These detox services are currently undergoing a trial period that will tailor the program according to the unique needs of people in more rural and remote settings.

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  • Utah looks to expand cloud seeding to help with drought, Great Salt Lake

    Ben Winslow

    December 02, 2022 |

    KSTU-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tremonton, Utah

    Utah’s state government and Department of Natural Resources provide residents with machines to increase winter storm precipitation through cloud seeding. The process uses heat from a propane burner to release silver iodide into the air, which can increase snowfall and help combat drought.

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  • A reservation school graduates 100% of students. How? They're learning tribal culture.

    Tim Trudell

    December 02, 2022 |

    Flatwater Free Press |

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    Response Location: Santee Dakota Reservation, United States, Niobrara, Nebraska

    The iSanti Community School in Nebraska has had a 100% graduation rate two years in a row. That success is in part due to the new cultural program that teaches students about the iSanti Dacotach tribe’s language, customs, and history each day.

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  • How Black Twitter steered the spotlight to Shanquella Robinson

    Candice Norwood Rebekah Barber

    December 02, 2022 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    Black people use social media to gather and amplify information about missing and murdered black women when the mainstream media is not covering their stories.

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  • How Dobbs Triggered a ‘Vasectomy Revolution'

    Jesus A. Rodriguez

    December 02, 2022 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Joplin, Missouri

    The country’s only mobile vasectomy clinic, owned and operated by Esgar Guarín, works to get men to participate in contraception by getting a vasectomy, especially after the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade, and abortion bans across the country. Since the decision, there has been a massive spike in vasectomies. Throughout his career, Guarin has completed more than 3,000.

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