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  • The task: Creating healthier communities with corner store produce

    September 05, 2017 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    For many low-income community members, access to healthy food choices can be more challenging than many might think, especially when they lack private transport. Richland Public Health is leveraging the Communities Preventing Chronic Disease grant to help corner stores - which for many neighborhoods, are the only stable location from where to purchase food - to have healthier offerings, especially produce from local farmers, and other counties are taking on the initiative as well.

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  • Malawian Farmers Adapt in the Face of Climate Change

    August 31, 2017 |

    Earth Island |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Lunzu

    Malawian farmers have been hit hard by climate change over the last two farming seasons, and have thus seen a drop in agricultural production. To combat these losses, agriculture experts have begun implementing climate-smart farming practices that allow them to "sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience (adaptation), reduce greenhouse gas emissions where possible, and help with achievement of national food security and development goals" according to the Food and Agricultural Organization.

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  • How Startups and Nonprofits Are Collaborating to Build the “Clean Meat” Industry

    August 30, 2017 |

    Conscious Company Media |

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    Response Location: United States

    When scientists, startups and non-profits team up, everyone benefits - or so it seems in the case of creating clean meat. While there has been a push to focus on reinventing meat due to animal farming's impact on the environment as well as questionable ethical practices, funding such research isn't always the most practical. New York City-based non-profit, New Harvest, however, is changing that practice by "funding open-source university research that for-profit ventures and other scientists can build on."

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  • Wasted Bread Is Being Brewed Into Craft Beer

    August 23, 2017 |

    HowStuffWorks |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    To the two social entrepreneurs who founded nonprofit Feedback, the massive amounts of food waste being tossed into landfills in the UK and USA each year was a mounting challenge that required a creative solution. So they founded Toast Ale, a craft brewing company that not only reduced food waste by using unwanted bread from bakeries to brew their ales, but helps bring awareness to the issue through the brand, which is growing in popularity.

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  • Foodstuffs: Giving Food Stamp Recipients a Place at Farmers Markets

    July 27, 2017 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Dover, New Hampshire

    While farmers’ markets popularity has increased in the last decade, the higher prices mitigate equal access to such provisions -- and, by extension, the health benefits. As a result, non-profits and farmers' markets across New Hampshire are collaborating with a state program, Granite State Market Watch, to enable low-income food stamp recipients to use the markets. The state matches every dollar worth of stamps, providing needed purchasing power to enjoy the fresh bounty as well as an increased customer base and revenue stream for the local farmers.

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  • Food pharmacy a possible solution to combat food insecurity, related health issues

    July 26, 2017 |

    Richland Source |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    The ProMedica Toledo Hospital increases access to healthy food for low-income families through a novel kind of pharmacy. Patients receive free produce, recipes, and guidance from a dietician on how to treat and prevent diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure while improving eating habits. The food pharmacy serves over 800 people per month, and patients feel better mentally and physically.

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  • Madagascar: No more fish? We'll farm seaweed instead

    June 25, 2017 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Madagascar, Tampolove

    Adapting to climate change in coastal areas means adjusting local fishing and cultivation practices. Residents of Velondriake, a locally managed marine area in southern Madagascar, have introduced seaweed and algae farming as an alternative to fishing. With the help of Blue Ventures, an NGO based in the UK, and the University of Toliara, residents are monitoring their ecosystem and finding new markets for their harvests.

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  • Numerous Richland County entities are battling the local hunger issue

    June 09, 2017 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Almost 16% of the population in Ohio's Richland County is food insecure. First Call 211, a collaboration between the public library and the Job and Family Services office, is working to inform people about the many food bank services offered as well as expose the gaps in the system.

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  • Lafayette Farmers Market returns with farmer incentives

    June 07, 2017 |

    Boulder Daily Camera |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Colorado

    After taking a year off, the Lafayette Farmers Market in Colorado is back in action and piloting a new type of incentive program that is based on guaranteed-minimum sales for participating farmers. A first of its kind, this program aims to act as a safety net for farmers during the market season by encouraging a community-supported agriculture system.

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  • Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods

    June 06, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Blackfeet Nation, Montana

    Generations of oppression and poverty have led to severe food insecurity for many Native Americans, resulting in some of the country's highest obesity and diabetes rates. But a few dedicated individuals on the Blackfeet reservation are striving to reclaim their food system, and their first step is collecting and disseminating traditional knowledge about nutritious, locally-sourced food for their people and ensuring it is accessible.

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