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  • A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel

    July 28, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Senegal

    The creation of forest gardens—the modern term for an ancient agroforestry model that mixes shrubs, herbs, vines, fruit and nut trees, and perennial vegetables—are helping supply communities in sub-Saharan Africa with food, medicine, and animal feed. The U.S.-based NGO TREES claims to have created 38,000 active forest gardens in five countries, each comprising about 4,000 trees. This has restored 99,743 acres of degraded land, having reached 56,273 farmers and their families across 174 community projects.

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  • Huertos de autonomía: mujeres que siembran futuro

    June 12, 2025 |

    Bálsamo TV |

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    Response Location: El Salvador

    Las escuelas agrícolas agroecológicas implementadas por ACUA y tres asociaciones de mujeres (AMC, AMP, AMH) constituyen un programa integral que combina formación técnica en agricultura orgánica con empoderamiento femenino y desarrollo de autonomía económica, utilizando una metodología "campesino a campesino." Más de 685 mujeres rurales en cuatro distritos de El Salvador ahora puedan generar ingresos propios, alimentar a sus familias de manera saludable y fortalecer su liderazgo comunitario mientras cultivan en tierras propias o alquiladas sin uso de químicos.

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  • The Huddle brings community members together to fight toward food security on campus

    May 16, 2025 |

    Hilltop Views |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Monarch Food Pantry and The Huddle help combat food insecurity by ensuring college students have consistent access to food. About 1,100 to 1,900 people come to the pantry each month, and it’s available 24/7 to anyone with a university ID.

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  • Watanda; The Local Club Helping Low-income Earners Celebrate Sallah

    April 23, 2025 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    To ensure everyone can participate in traditional holidays, community members in Kano practice Watanda, where groups buy a cow directly from a local farmer and divide it among themselves, combating rising meat costs.

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  • 'Dignified Food' Eases Food Insecurity in Philadelphia

    March 25, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Double Trellis Food Initiative aims to improve the quality of meals food-insecure residents receive from a vast network of food banks, soup kitchens, organizations, and agencies. In 2024, the initiative distributed more than 55,000 meals and began a workforce development program for juvenile offenders.

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  • This San Francisco Food Pantry Is a Labor of Love

    March 24, 2025 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Four years after Priscilla Lee started using the Buy Nothing platform to organize food pickups from her home garage, she has grown a community food pantry, run by volunteers, that serves between 40 and 50 families per week.

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  • En Gironde, 400 citoyens expérimentent la Sécurité sociale de l'alimentation

    March 14, 2025 |

    Socialter |

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    Response Location: France, Gironde

    Les participants à la caisse commune alimentaire de Gironde paient une cotisation mensuelle et reçoivent un crédit de 150 euros qui peut être dépensé chez les producteurs locaux et les épiceries bio partenaires. Le montant des frais dépend du revenu du ménage, et 30 % de foyers participants sont précaires.

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  • Building Food Sovereignty in San Francisco and Detroit

    February 01, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and the Native Foodways Program strengthen community connections to food, not only enhancing access, but also restoring culturally significant relationships with the Earth, supporting local economies, and healing historical traumas.

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  • Farmers Markets Can Be a Form of Climate Action. Here's How

    December 19, 2024 |

    Sentient |

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    Response Location: United States

    Farmers markets, supported by federal, state, and private food assistance programs, are helping to bridge gaps left by disparate food access by offering a direct distribution model.

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  • Fighting food insecurity with cooking classes

    December 06, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Winder, Georgia

    Wimberly’s Roots, a community garden and kitchen located in one of Georgia's food deserts, has increased access to healthy food through their monthly cooking lessons and partnership with the Boys and Girls Club.

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