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  • What can harnessing 'positive deviance' methods do for food security?

    August 29, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Niger

    Researchers are helping communities spread the agricultural practices of outlier, high-performing farms amid food security struggles in Niger. Their approach, known as positive deviance, involves identifying what the farmers are doing differently through surveys and encouraging them to teach community members to do the same.

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  • Automation is Transforming the World's Leading Vertical Farm Companies

    August 28, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Compton, California

    Automated indoor farming harnesses technology like artificial intelligence, robotics, and climate-controlled systems to limit the negative environmental impacts of growing food while maximizing nutrients and yields.

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  • Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever' in Baltimore. He Thinks it Might Save the City.

    August 21, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The grassroots Baltimore Compost Collective is pushing to end the city’s reliance on waste-to-energy incineration and combat climate change by teaching locals the importance of composting, and how it can improve the polluted urban soil to help them grow food.

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  • Urban Farming in Copenhagen Grows Relationships in the City

    August 21, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    ØsterGro is an urban farm that uses community-supported agriculture, connecting residents with locally-grown produce throughout the growing season. The farm has a group of 40 members who pay in advance for produce. ØsterGro also hosts workshops about food production and small-scale farming and offers volunteer opportunities to connect locals with the farm and build community.

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  • Loaves of bread bring happiness 

    August 08, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    The ADAMÂ Bakery trains and employs refugees in Uganda to make bread. This way they can earn a living while also feeding unaccompanied minors in the refugee settlements.

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  • How tax credits and social finance are building a healthy future for Nova Scotians

    July 24, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    Novia Scotia, Canada, created community economic development investment funds with a 35% tax credit to investors to help small businesses that need capital but don’t qualify for bank loans. The cooperative FarmWorks brings together investors and farmers using this funding method to provide loans that will directly support the local food network.

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  • An Urban Oasis

    July 11, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The First Nations Garden, run by the Chi-Nations Youth Council, is a gathering space for the area’s 65,000 Native people, providing them with a garden and a highly-requested green space that hosts regular events and provides cultural resources and education while fostering community.

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  • Can a City Feed Itself?

    July 06, 2023 |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    In Paris, building-based agriculture, like rooftop gardens, allows for the production of nutritious food close to where they will be eaten. The practice helps eliminate carbon emissions, improve food security, and improve climate resilience.

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  • Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution

    July 06, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Nonprofits are spreading knowledge of breadfruit trees to communities facing food insecurity around the world because it is a reliable, resilient crop that produces abundant yields. Local farmers are taking an agroecology approach to planting the trees — which produce a nutritious, potato-like fruit — with other mixed crops so the plants can benefit from each other.

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  • One seed at a time: Lebanese project promotes agroecology for farmer autonomy

    June 29, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Saadnayel

    An organic seed farm provides free education to Lebanese farmers on transitioning away from chemical pesticides and fertilizers into agroecology. The farm, called Buzuruna Juzuruna, is creating a network across the country and runs an heirloom seed cooperative with over 300 varieties of seeds to share for free.

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