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  • This South L.A. startup will turn your front lawn into a farm

    May 25, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A startup in California called Crop Swap LA is converting unused front yards into community gardens that can grow crops like kale, rainbow chard, and tomatoes as a way to feed neighbors. Community members can pay for subscriptions for up to $43 a month to receive a bundle of greens and vegetables from the microfarms and homeowners get a share of the profits. Each garden needs to have the proper maintenance, which can make it difficult to scale, but these gardens can help provide access to food to those who don’t have a grocery store in their area.

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  • Wild Basket initiative brings traditional foraging techniques to future generations

    May 24, 2021 |

    CBC |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    The Wild Basket allows community members of Temiskaming First Nation to gain traditional knowledge about native food sources and foraging techniques while re-connecting to the land and their roots. The initiative also provides a source of native food. The wild foods include mushrooms, fiddleheads, spices, and tea leaves which are sold to restaurants and other community members.

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  • First Fruits Farm bridges the gap by feeding hungry Baltimoreans

    May 21, 2021 |

    Afro News |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Residents of Baltimore County now have access to fresh produce from First Fruits Farm. Located in a food desert, the farm has provided “over 18 million pounds of fresh locally produced vegetables picked by some 10,000 volunteers over the past two decades.”

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  • Laying out food pantries like grocery stores gives choice and can lead to healthy habits

    May 19, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    At Aunt Bette's Community Pantry in Dallas, people receiving donated food are treated with dignity and given choices that can have both psychological and nutritional benefits. A client-choice food pantry mimics a grocery store, except at this one people shop by appointment to fill their free, biweekly allotment. Volunteers help shoppers with health advice and also track inventory, so that unpopular items get discontinued. When people aren't handed a box with a take-it-or-leave-it selection, they waste less food and end up opting for healthier choices (with some helpful but not overbearing nudges).

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  • To feed community members, Crossroads partners with churches, public housing facilities and neighborhood centers

    May 18, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Lack of transportation can make centralized food pantries inaccessible to those who need the help. So Crossroads Community Services in North Texas partners with more than 100 community groups, including churches, public housing developments, and community centers, to make monthly deliveries to local sites. Those local partners are trusted points of contact to enroll people in the program and get them their food packages. Though it's not as effective as access to quality, affordable grocery stores, this community distribution partner model has decreased food insecurity and improved health in the community.

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  • This community garden in Southeast Washington grows far more than food

    May 03, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    As a way to bring the community together and promote healing in Southeast Washington, D.C., residents created a garden known as Project Eden. Their garden has grown to a plot of land that grows roots, legumes, fruits, and greens with a greenhouse and aquaponics system that has fed thousands of people. The founders view the garden as a way to strengthen food security and encourage resiliency for an area where people have witnessed violent acts.

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  • After a century of dispossession, Black farmers are fighting to get back to the land

    May 01, 2021 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the U.S., a movement of Black farmers is trying to reclaim their legacy as agrarians. Only 1.7 percent of farms were run by Black farmers according to the U.S. Census of Agriculture. Black farmers are forming collectives, creating land trusts, creating conferences.

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  • Jubilee Market, a non-profit grocery store in Waco, seeks to provide affordable, nutritious foods in low-income neighborhood

    April 28, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    Jubilee Market is a non-profit grocery store that provides affordable and nutritious foods in low-income neighborhoods. This community-based grocery store caters to the unique cultural needs of the community and helps to improve the overall neighborhood and quality of life.

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  • In Dallas' food deserts, community gardens ease — but don't end — food insecurity

    April 27, 2021 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    A resolution in Austin, Texas, allows community gardens to use public land. It also created the City of Austin Community Garden Program to help people find partnerships and apply to create a garden. The government support allowed more community gardens to open and help fight food insecurity across the city.

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  • In Dallas' food deserts, community gardens ease — but don't end — hunger pangs

    April 27, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    An Austin city resolution allows community gardens to be built on public lands, enabling residents who don’t own land to access fresh and nutritious food. The Fresh for Less Mobile Market even delivers food to customers who can pay using food stamps. Community gardens have doubled since the resolution was adopted.

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