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  • The Farmers Abandoning Big Ag to Grow Mushrooms and Herbs

    Michaela Haas

    September 17, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    The Transfarmation Project is helping farmers transition away from factory farming and into healthier, more sustainable options like growing mushrooms. It runs pilot projects to develop blueprints for farmers to follow and connects them with consultants and resources.

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  • A Community Health Model Is Helping Latinx Immigrants Understand Their Reproductive Rights

    Kimberly Izar

    September 17, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Promotora de salud, or community health workers with the Abortion Justice Committee of New Jersey, help Latinx immigrants navigate and access reproductive healthcare. In a community survey, 42% of respondents said they struggled to access and understand reproductive health services, so the promotoras model helps share information with those who struggle to access it, advocates for expanding language access, and combats misinformation.

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  • All Aboard the Electric School Bus!

    Hannah Wallace

    September 16, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program is funding zero-emission, electric school buses and low-emission buses for schools looking to make the switch from diesel.

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  • This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?

    Mike Stobbe

    September 15, 2024 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The Louisville school system is working to fill the vaccination gap among youth by establishing vaccine clinics at nearly all 160 schools, particularly those where immigrant students who are behind on their vaccinations are starting school. Since implementing these clinics, the vaccination rate during the last school year increased by 4%.

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  • Sweet watermelon turns sour amid climate change

    Sadiqur Rahman

    September 14, 2024 |

    Bangladesh First |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Farmers in Bangladesh are switching from shrimp aquaculture to growing rice and watermelon during different seasons to increase their incomes and have more consistent harvests as they deal with the impacts of climate change.

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  • Tilling the Floodplain: How Farmers Embrace the Power of Floods

    Geetanjali Krishna

    September 13, 2024 |

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    Response Location: India, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

    Farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India, are using an age-old farming practice known as flood recession farming, which involves planting crops in floodplains when water recedes, to grow crops with less water during droughts.

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  • Why electric restaurants could be the key ingredient for cities trying to ditch fossil fuels

    Sam Brasch

    September 13, 2024 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Whether encouraged by government incentives and regulations, environmental impacts, or business benefits, restaurants are switching to electric cooking appliances like induction cooktops instead of gas-powered options.

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  • Writing within prison walls

    Allen Arthur

    September 12, 2024 |

    John Hopkins Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The American Prison Writing Archive hosts almost 4,000 pieces of writing by people who are incarcerated. It offers a glimpse into the system that is not usually available to the public, a critical outlet for writers, and a social connection to the rest of the world.

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  • How the Zai farming technique is transforming soil fertility in North Cameroon

    Leocadia Bongben

    September 11, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Cameroon, Garoua

    Farmers in Garoua, Cameroon, are repopularizing a traditional agricultural technique called Zai to restore the soil they’re growing on and combat human-caused desertification. To do so, they dig holes across their fields so compost, grain, and rainwater can sink into them and prevent erosion.

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  • Alachua County high schoolers mobilize young voters, boost Gen-Z's civic engagement

    Natalie Kaufman

    September 11, 2024 |

    The Independent Florida Alligator |

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    Response Location: United States, Alachua County, Florida

    Youth Action Fund trains students to host registration drives and other community campaigns at their schools, and even provides stipends and community service hours to those who volunteer. During registration drives held at four schools in August, nearly 250 students registered to vote.

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