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  • Pandemic Boosts Effort to Improve Inmates' Welfare

    January 14, 2021 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    As part of the coronavirus lockdown in Zimbabwe, people were banned from visiting prisons, but a mobile app has allowed relatives to send supplies to those who are incarcerated via their cellphone. This newest initiative in the succession to reform the prison system uses mobile money to send supplemental goods from the prison’s tuck shop to relatives who are incarcerated.

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  • Ajo bands together to fight COVID food insecurity

    December 29, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

    The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture has helped the town of Ajo in Arizona distribute affordable and nutrient-dense food to the community after the coronavirus pandemic created a significant financial strain on many families. Additional support has come from the town's participation in the Environmental Protection Agency's program Local Food, Local Places which "provides technical support and expertise to help towns leverage food systems to boost economic development."

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  • New Generation of Black-Led Co-ops Want to End Food Insecurity

    December 19, 2020 |

    The Root |

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    Response Location: United States, West Oakland, California

    Black-led coops are providing crucial access to grocery stores in food deserts like West Oakland, California. The Mandela Grocery Cooperative has used the worker co-op business model to create a connection with the community. The grocery store workers own a part of the company and function, not solely to earn a profit but to address the needs of the community.

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  • The Casino That Farms Its Own Food

    November 26, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Quapaw, Oklahoma

    The Quapaw tribe runs the Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma where they combine Indigenous food and farming knowledge with modern hotel operations. They have seven greenhouses and two gardens with 20 varieties of vegetables and herbs that cultivate about 6,000 pounds of food per year for the hotel and casino. They also have their own meat packing and processing plant, coffee roasting program, brewery, and farmers market. By creating a system of locally sourced and sustainably raised food, the Quapaw are reclaiming their land and food sovereignty.

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  • Indian Women Turn to Ancient Grains to Feed Their Families and Their Futures

    November 26, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh

    In the face of climate change, the nonprofit SABALA is working with nearly 2,000 women farmers in India to participate in millet farming, which can also strengthen community food security and empower women. Using traditional farming techniques, farmers can cultivate 15 to 20 of the climate-resistant crops on a 1-acre plot. Due to the success with millet farming, nearly 300 of the women came together to start a cooperative to process surplus millets and sell the grain to the local community.

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  • Coronavirus means free school meals across the U.S. What if that stayed?

    November 24, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Yakima, Washington

    A no-cost meal program allows high-poverty schools to offer all enrolled students free lunch, which consequently addresses child nutrition problems and meal debt. The program, however, has pivoted and expanded during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure that schools can still act as a food distribution hub.

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  • Black Grandmothers Feed their Communities, and Pass on Food Traditions—Online

    October 21, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A program called Grandma’s Hands has begun hosting virtual dinner parties as a means of connecting and engaging with Black grandmothers during the coronavirus pandemic. Funded by a grant from the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the program also helps connect participants with fresh produce from Black- and Indigenous-run farms in the Portland area.

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  • Addressing Rural Food Deserts With Very Small, Local Agriculture Projects

    October 16, 2020 |

    Wisconsin Public Radio |

    Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Rusk County, Wisconsin

    In a rural town in Wisconsin, a pilot project that hinges on micro-agriculture is bringing fresh produce to residents who do not have easy access to healthy, affordable food. The project, which has now partnered with food banks and Feed America and expanded to 27 states, provides a "farm in a box" to community members who are interested in pursuing small-scale local farming.

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  • Fruits of shared labour: the Indian women joining forces for food security

    October 13, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    A grassroots organization in Tamil Nadu, India has helped women farmers throughout the region to create "small informal farming groups" so that they can collectively lease land for their agriculture businesses. This collective farming venture, which has culminated in 89 collective farms with nearly 700 members, ensures "nutrition and food security for landless women at the household level."

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  • The Warsaw Ghetto Can Teach The World How To Beat Back An Outbreak

    September 02, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Poland, Warsaw

    In the 1940s, typhus spread throughout the community living within the Warsaw ghetto, but cases dramatically decreased in the winter of 1941. While some researchers remain unsure why, others point towards a change in behavior that included increasing hygiene and nutrition practices and introducing social distancing.

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