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  • Pre-Pesticides, Pro-Farmer: The Rise of Agroecology

    Meg Wilcox

    January 23, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    Farmers around the world are implementing agroecology practices to make their farms more resilient to climate change while promoting climate justice to strengthen farming communities. Agroecology follows 13 principles that include ecological practices, like using organic fertilizers, and political and social values, like embracing land rights.

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  • At Sahara's edge, old habits protect crops from new climate

    Jack Thompson

    January 19, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiob

    Farmers in Ndiob, Senegal, have returned to an ancient technique called zaï to combat drought, use less fertilizer, and increase their yields. Zaï involves drilling holes in the soil so rainwater can fill them and soak into the land instead of running off.

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  • Harvesting Amaranth, a Superfood of Indigenous Agriculture

    Sue Williams

    January 09, 2024 |

    The Story Exchange |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The Qachuu Aloom Mother Earth Association is a farming collective bringing together the Mayan Achi people in Rabinal, Guatemala, and farmers in Ithaca, New York, to share and preserve ancestral knowledge of growing amaranth. The ancient grain is nutritious and resilient to climate change.

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  • Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

    Tanmoy Bhaduri

    January 05, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Harpur, Bihar

    In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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  • A Community-Driven Path to Replenishing Groundwater in a Parched Region

    Geetanjali Krishna

    December 07, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Jakhni, Uttar Pradesh

    The community in Jakhni, India, reimplemented old farming practices, like building embankments to trap rainwater and planting trees to prevent erosion, to combat severe drought.

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  • Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up

    Breanna Draxler

    December 07, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico

    After they were socially, economically, and politically forced from their agricultural land, the people who have used regenerative farming principles for millennia are reimplementing the practice in their communities. This allows them to improve soil health and reconnect with the land.

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  • Utah is going big on helping farmers grow crops with less water, but can it help the Great Salt Lake

    Ben Winslow

    November 09, 2023 |

    Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    The Utah state government is offering grants to encourage and enable farmers to invest in water-saving technology amid a severe drought. A farmer who wants to install a better irrigation system, like drip irrigation, will pay for half of the upgrade and the state will pay for the other half.

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  • Matching programs help up-and-coming Thurston County farmers get their footing. Here's how

    Martín Bilbao

    October 23, 2023 |

    The Olympian |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In Washington, the Thurston Conservation District’s South Sound FarmLink program helps farmers connect with locals who are willing to lease their land for agricultural use. This is especially helpful for farmers who are just starting their careers and can’t afford to buy land.

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  • ‘This place wanted to be a wetland': how a farmer turned his fields into a wildlife sanctuary

    Gabrielle Canon

    October 22, 2023 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    A barley farm in southern Oregon transformed 70 of its 400 acres into a wetland sanctuary after it had spent years leaking phosphorus pollution into the Upper Klamath Lake. A team of scientists and advocates collaborated with the farmer to finance and construct the new natural ecosystem, which began to yield the farmer both environmental and financial benefits after only one year.

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  • The World's Soils Are Becoming Dangerously Degraded, but Rare Microbes Offer Hope

    Sandy Ong

    October 19, 2023 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    The startup Puna Bio collects microbes that live on the high-altitude La Puna plateau and turns them into a product that farmers can apply to soybeans to increase yields and improve soil health. Since they adapted to survive in such a harsh climate, the microbes can survive depleted soil and extreme weather to pass along key nutrients and antioxidants to crops.

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