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  • Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California

    February 28, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The West Contra Costa Unified School District saw loosened regulations during the pandemic as an opportunity to tie up with local organic farms and producers and ensure hundred percent organic meals to students from low-income families. This is part of a growing effort in the state that recognizes school lunch as a way to not just provide the healthiest food to students but also to support a more sustainable food system that helps address climate change.

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  • California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

    February 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, the state's Healthy Grant Refrigeration Program is enabling corner stores and small markets with means for refrigeration and distribution channels so they can offer fresh food to residents in their communities who otherwise do not have access to it.

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  • One Cow Per Poor Family Initiative Improving Livelihoods In Eastern Rwanda

    February 17, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Rwimbogo

    The “one cow per poor family” initiative in Rwanda seeks to increase household income and fight malnutrition by giving families a cow to raise. Once the cow gives birth, the calf is given to another family to raise, keeping the process going. Since the program started in 2006, a total of 341,065 cows have been distributed and residents say it has improved their livelihoods.

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  • Rooftop farm partners with Oakland nonprofits to address food insecurity

    December 16, 2021 |

    Oakland North |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Rooftop Medicine Farm in Oakland, Calif., grows fresh produce to donate to food insecurity programs such as the UCSF Pediatric Clinic’s Food Farmacy, POOR Magazine’s Sliding Scale Cafe, and Moms 4 Housing. The urban farm also acts as an educational resource to help those served by these programs learn about healthy foods and urban agriculture.

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  • Great gains from small grain banks

    December 08, 2021 |

    Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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    Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

    Grain banks allow community members in need to access food grain by buying into a bank-like system. The grain bank system helps communities work together to feed themselves and gain more control of their well-being and livelihoods.

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  • Training Mothers On Nutrition Is Saving Lives Of Children

    November 23, 2021 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kayonza District

    To address community malnutrition, 22 mothers began a savings and credit cooperative, which has since grown to 59 members. An elected committee looks for the most nutritionally vulnerable members, who are eligible for a small interest-free loan to improve the nutrition of their families. The women pay a membership fee and when loans are repaid, the cooperative gets a small percentage of the profits, which can be paid in installments until the whole amount is repaid. The group’s savings has also helped them buy animals that provide nutritious food products and organic fertilizers for their crops.

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  • Milan Is Winning the Fight Against Food Waste

    November 05, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan

    A third of food produced, or about 1.3 million metric tons per year, goes to waste. The city of Milan is a pioneer in eliminating food waste. The city launched food waste hubs in 2019. Donations from supermarkets supply the hubs with food that are then donated to families in need. The three hubs save about 130 metric tons of food per year, eliminating the production of 497 metric tons of CO2.

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  • Teaching Communities How to Fish

    October 15, 2021 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Food trucks alleviate food insecurity in food deserts and contribute to economic mobility in the Black community. A variety of local vendors benefit from the success of food trucks while consumers have easy access to high-quality food.

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  • Building a Black-Owned Food Ecosystem in Detroit

    October 07, 2021 |

    Belt Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Programs like Motor City Match and Grown in Detroit help entrepreneurs launch Black-owned food businesses in Detroit. The businesses sell healthy foods in neighborhoods often lacking in nutritious options or in the infrastructure needed to support startup businesses. The supportive programs offer grants and training that have nurtured dozens of new businesses, which themselves have formed a supportive network among their peers.

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  • Despite COVID and conflict, Kashmiris keep food coming

    September 12, 2021 |

    Missoulian |

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    Response Location: India, Kashmir

    Community networks acted to keep people in Kashmir fed throughout COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. The Bonamsar mosque provides donation-funded monthly meal kits and small cash payments to people in need, including cooked food for those in immediate need. Tiffin Aaw provided meals to residents during political turmoil and shifted to serving warm meals to COVID-19 patients and their medical and family caregivers that couldn’t afford food. Both services included the culturally traditional food that has led the region to have the country’s highest nutritional health.

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