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  • Seafood Delicacies Find Their Way Into Home Kitchens

    January 19, 2021 |

    Life & Thyme |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    After restaurants closed due to COVID-19 and tariffs were implemented on exports to China, fishermen and women in the United States had to shift their business model to sell directly to consumers. For example, Get Hooked, a subscription-based community-supported fishery in California that delivers daily catches to customers, saw their business double after the pandemic hit. This new model allows home cooks to support local suppliers and explore new foods.

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  • Fishermen Team up With Food Banks to Lend a Hand

    January 01, 2021 |

    Goodnet |

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    Response Location: United States

    Catch Together is supporting both fishermen and food banks by buying catch that would typically be sold to the restaurant industry. Fisheries were hit hard when the pandemic resulted in an economic slowdown and food banks had an increasing need for resources. Innovative programs have been launched in Mississippi and Alaska where local, fresh fish has been served to demographics that typically don’t have the access to it.

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  • Ajo bands together to fight COVID food insecurity

    December 29, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

    The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture has helped the town of Ajo in Arizona distribute affordable and nutrient-dense food to the community after the coronavirus pandemic created a significant financial strain on many families. Additional support has come from the town's participation in the Environmental Protection Agency's program Local Food, Local Places which "provides technical support and expertise to help towns leverage food systems to boost economic development."

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  • Would you let someone grow produce in your yard, for food justice or for profit?

    December 17, 2020 |

    The Counter |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Yard sharing is the latest urban agriculture trend enabling city dwellers to enjoy home-grown produce whether or not they have the space, time, or expertise to grow everything they want. Crop Swap LA is also starting to match people who want to grow a garden - but lack the actual yard - to people who have space but don’t have the know-how. Their goal is to transform unused space into “micro-farms,” while helping communities of color that typically don’t have access to fresh produce.

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  • Roadkill Moose Fed Alaska Families for Years. Then Came COVID-19.

    December 16, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Thirty states including Alaska, Oregon, Montana, and California legalized "the salvaging of roadkill" as a means of reducing food waste and supplying food-insecure families with meat. The coronavirus pandemic has hampered these efforts for many of the charities involved, but individuals in the community are still "figuring out ways that ensure the animals aren’t wasted.”

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  • California Farmers of Color Need More Support During the Pandemic. Can Private Efforts Help?

    December 14, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the ways in which the food system is broken, but governments, NGOs, and philanthropists are working to address the discrepancies by connecting small-scale farmers of color with businesses that can purchase their produce at fair rates. “For the first time, they felt connected with a real community. For the first time, they felt they were getting paid what’s right for what they’re growing,” a business advisor for one of the operations explains.

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  • The New York Farmers Responding to Food Insecurity

    December 08, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    Small businesses, such as Lively Run Goat Dairy, were able to quickly pivot during the initial chaos in the aftermath of pandemic shutdowns. The small dairy farm was able to salvage hundreds of pounds of milk that was set to be dumped by large industrial farms. It bought the milk with initial donations through GoFundMe and made cheese which was delivered free of charge to local food banks. Their nimble pivot to “strengthen distribution systems and feed their community” was even praised by the governor of NY who went on to create a project that connects farmers with food banks.

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  • This Kauai Nonprofit Is Trying To Change How People Buy Their Food

    December 04, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Moloaa, Hawaii

    Food hub projects are gaining momentum in Hawaii as a means to connect farmers with customers. The projects go against the narrative that produce should be sold to big-box supermarkets, and instead focuses on "allowing farmers to concentrate on farming and creating a seamless ordering system so consumers can order food online for delivery or availability at central pickup points."

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  • Hunger Fight

    December 03, 2020 |

    Middlebury Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    When the coronavirus pandemic forced a restaurant in Vermont to close its doors and lay off hundreds of employees, the owner worked with investors to shift his business model so that he could provide meals for those now without work using the backlog of perishable foods. His initiative has now expanded with donations and contributions from community corporations and has even received funding from the state as it has grown to include “collective community gardening.”

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  • How To Feed The World Without Destroying It

    December 01, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of the U.S. food supply chain, yet for indigenous led-operations there has been little interruption thanks to practices that rely on shorter supply chains that "work with local ecosystems, not against them." In Virginia, one farmer is using the lessons from this traditional knowledge to create a small-scale farming collective.

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