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  • A New Native Seed Cooperative Aims to Rebuild Indigenous Foodways

    November 10, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, United States, New York

    The Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance organized a seed drive to distribute thousands of seeds to 270 different tribes. The indigenous seed exchange led to the creation of an intertribal cooperative to share traditional knowledge and practices as well. It has conducted a seed census in addition to creating a seed sovereignty assessment toolkit for communities.

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  • It Took a Group of Black Farmers to Start Fixing Land Ownership Problems in Detroit

    November 06, 2020 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Two urban farmers launched a GoFundMe and raised $55,000 to help provide land security to Black farmers in Detroit. Through the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund, they will select applicants to grow crops for five years and provide technical assistance to growers who want to purchase their own land. The amount raised is not enough to help everyone who needs it, but organizers hope city programs make land more accessible to neighborhood residents.

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  • Urban farmers in Richmond are helping in the fight against food insecurity

    November 05, 2020 |

    Richmond Confidential |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Urban Tilth, an urban farm in California, is providing food directly to communities in need and upending the traditional food supply chain so they can help people access healthy and sustainably-grown food. They have been providing local organic food to 190 families financially impacted by COVID-19, almost six times more food they’ve distributed since the pandemic began.

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  • Northwest co-op builds for a local food future beyond big ag

    November 01, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    A food hub in Spokane, Washington, is providing a marketplace where fresh, local food is accessible from multiple small farms in one convenient location and website. LINC gives farmers access to a market of consumers without the hassle of deliveries, cultivating business, or staffing booths at farmers' markets. The food hub is helping strengthen the small farm economy while promoting access to fresh foods.

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  • Black Grandmothers Feed their Communities, and Pass on Food Traditions—Online

    October 21, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A program called Grandma’s Hands has begun hosting virtual dinner parties as a means of connecting and engaging with Black grandmothers during the coronavirus pandemic. Funded by a grant from the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the program also helps connect participants with fresh produce from Black- and Indigenous-run farms in the Portland area.

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  • Meet Philadelphia's First “Community-Supported Fishery”

    October 21, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A community-based seafood program called Fiishadelphia is the first community supported fishery run by high-school students in the city. They offer locally harvested and affordable seafood to a diverse customer base with an emphasis on accessibility for those experiencing economic hardship. The major cost is the distribution, delivery, and operation of the program, but so far, they have purchased 5,000 pounds of various types of fish and 25,000 pounds of shellfish and have connected community members directly to the suppliers.

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  • Addressing Rural Food Deserts With Very Small, Local Agriculture Projects

    October 16, 2020 |

    Wisconsin Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Rusk County, Wisconsin

    In a rural town in Wisconsin, a pilot project that hinges on micro-agriculture is bringing fresh produce to residents who do not have easy access to healthy, affordable food. The project, which has now partnered with food banks and Feed America and expanded to 27 states, provides a "farm in a box" to community members who are interested in pursuing small-scale local farming.

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  • Fruits of shared labour: the Indian women joining forces for food security

    October 13, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    A grassroots organization in Tamil Nadu, India has helped women farmers throughout the region to create "small informal farming groups" so that they can collectively lease land for their agriculture businesses. This collective farming venture, which has culminated in 89 collective farms with nearly 700 members, ensures "nutrition and food security for landless women at the household level."

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  • Is Early Los Angeles A Model For Food And Agriculture In Hawaii?

    October 11, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Thousands of small farmers moved onto homesteads in Los Angeles County in the 1940s and transformed the area into one of the most productive agricultural hubs in the United States. If the Hawaiian government could share some of its lands with up-and-coming farmers, then the state could follow a similar path and reform its agriculture and community food systems.

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  • Harnessing Food Waste to Empower Communities in Brazil

    October 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Favela Organica is a social enterprise that address food insecurity, increases access to healthy foods, and reduces waste. The founder, Tchelly, has provided free courses to around 30,000 people in Rio’s favelas, mostly women, who learn how to repurpose food waste from local markets and grow produce at home. The premise relies on an integrated food cycle of growing food, utilizing all of it, and creating compost with what is left to fertilize the garden to grow the food. Students use the lessons to lower food costs and, for some, to increase the amount of food they can sell, which adds to monthly incomes.

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