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

Stephanie Hanes

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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Could This Arizona Ranch Be a Model for Southwest Farmers?

Samuel Gilbert

May 12, 2025 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

Oatman Flats Ranch has implemented regenerative organic farming practices—including cover cropping, drought-tolerant crops, indigenous agricultural knowledge, and rotational grazing—to successfully restore degraded desert farmland, significantly improving soil health, biodiversity, and water conservation in a climate-stressed region.

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SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results

Lila Seidman

May 06, 2025 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Local agencies tasked with controlling disease-spreading organisms are releasing sterile male mosquitoes to help reduce the pest’s population and prevent the spread of dengue. This strategy has decreased the mosquito population by about 82% in parts of Southern California, marking the first time in eight years that the population has declined instead of increased.

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

Peter Heckendorn

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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After Lahaina fire, Hawaii residents address their risk by becoming 'Firewise'

Gabriela Aoun Angueira

March 25, 2025 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO), a 25-year-old nonprofit, helps assess, evaluate, and deter a community's ignition vulnerabilities. Volunteers remove trees, haul waste, and help facilitate economic support for migration, retrofits, and more.

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The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot

Fernanda Wenzel

March 17, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Brazil, Altamira, Pará

In Brazil's Amazon deforestation hotspot BR-163, small farmers and entrepreneurs are working to implement sustainable farming alternatives like agroecology, beekeeping and converting cattle pastures to grow local fruits to create a “bioeconomy,” despite a lack of institutional support.

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As the Colorado River Shrinks, Southern California Is Embracing Water Recycling

Daniel Rothberg

March 14, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Orange County, California

Large-scale wastewater recycling is emerging as a crucial response to water shortages in Southern California, exacerbated by the declining Colorado River. The Orange County Water District's Groundwater Replenishment System has successfully produced over 450 billion gallons of recycled water since 2008, creating a reliable, drought-resilient local water source, despite high costs and issues surrounding initial public perception.

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For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

Katarina Zimmer, Victoria Uwemedimo

March 12, 2025 |

Knowable Magazine |

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Response Location: Nigeria

In Nigeria, nearly half of the population doesn’t have access to electricity grids, making solar a cheap and versatile option to bring affordable, reliable and eco-friendly power to millions. The country is using solar mini-grids, small installations that produce up to 10 megawatts of electricity. Nearly 120 mini-grids are now installed, powering about 50,000 households and reaching about 250,000 people.

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Florida is now a solar superpower. Here's how it happened.

Alexander Kaufman

March 11, 2025 |

Canary Media |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

With the help of federal tax credits and localized policies for building, last year, Florida surpassed California as the state with the most new solar panels plugged into its grid, building three gigawatts of large-scale solar in 2024.

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As Heat Deaths Rise, Planting Trees Is Part of the Solution

Karen Mockler

March 10, 2025 |

The Revelator |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

To address shade inequality and rising heat deaths, the American Forests launched a digital tool in 2021 that scores geographic areas based on tree canopy and surface temperature, as well as other factors such as income, employment, race, age and health. It then calculates a Tree Equity Score and maps out the regions that have the greatest need for trees. With this information, Tucson aims to plant one million trees by 2030, and has already planted 120,000 over the past four years.

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