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  • Punjab's marginalised communities struggle for their right to cultivate common lands

    February 07, 2019 |

    Down To Earth |

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    Response Location: India, Punjab

    Balad Kalan’s Scheduled Castes, popularly called Dalits, collectively bid to win the rights to fertile common lands that big landlords had taken control of. Each family contributed what they could and, after protests due to the lack of transparency in the bidding process, won 53 hectares, or one-third of the common land, which was distributed among 145 families. Fifty other villages have since won collective land rights by replicating the joint bidding process. An 11-member cooperative manages the land in each village, which is distributed to families in proportion to their monetary contribution.

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  • Reshaping Africa's rural food systems and cutting food losses

    January 15, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi Area

    Food loss in sub-Saharan Africa is a common occurrence, due to the unreliability of brokers that sell the farmers produce, but groups throughout the region are fighting against this. From cooling systems that allow produce to last longer to connecting local farmers to work together to negotiate sales, post-harvest food projects are becoming an increasingly common solution.

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  • The Seed Queen of Palestine

    December 10, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Documentary |

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    Response Location: Palestine, West Bank

    A Palestinian woman is working to revive ancient heirloom seeds that yield crops used in traditional Palestinian cuisine by providing the seeds to local farmers and educating them on how they can be used.

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  • 'Farming While Black': A Guide To Finding Power And Dignity Through Food

    November 10, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, New York

    Many sustainable farming practices originate from African roots, yet the industry in the United States is largely dominated by people who are white. Leah Penniman, an African American farmer based in a food desert in New York, saw the need to change this and began teaching her neighbors growing techniques and management practices, while also addressing social issues such as racism and food access.

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  • Food Security: Green Grams Changing Lives in Eastern Kenya

    October 19, 2018 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Green gram farming has lead to some promising results for communities in Eastern Kenya. Allowing for more crop diversity, this breakthrough has proved to be both a cash crop and a food crop, which provides economic stability and food security to the farmers in this region.

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  • Can dogfish save Cape Cod fisheries?

    August 20, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Chatham, Massachusetts

    Cape Cod is losing its namesake fish to climate change and overfishing, which is in turn hurting the profits of local fisherman. Adapting to the circumstances, fisherman have begun catching and marketing dogfish as the sustainable alternative, but their appeal, or lack thereof, has been slow to catch on in the United States. To promote the change in fish, the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance is working to fight stereotypes at a local level.

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  • With no-fishing zones, Mexican fishermen restored the marine ecosystem

    August 17, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Agua Verde, Baja California Sur

    In Mexico, many communities rely on fishing to sustain their livelihood. However, in Baja California Sur, this became a problem when the fish disappeared due to overfishing. Although a controversial decision, the community found success in revitalizing the marine population by implementing a number of no-fishing zones and shifting their focus to turning their city into an eco-tourism hub.

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  • Tomato Canning as Protest: How a Community Resisted Corporate Farming

    August 07, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Missouri

    Production agriculture has put many small town, local farmers out of business, changing the landscape of the communities they've been pushed out of. One town in Missouri is fighting against this by joining together to preserve the importance of local control by nurturing a tradition of canning tomatoes.

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  • Kyoshabire squeezes cash out of hibiscus

    July 28, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kireka

    The hibiscus plant is gaining popularity in a Uganda community due to the ease of using the shrub to make tea leaves, juice and wine. A local family is taking this discovery a step further by engaging youth in the process.

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  • Feeding—and healing—the hood

    July 20, 2018 |

    The NM Political Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Project Feed the Hood, a community effort to increase food access and security for lower-income families, has established gardens and pilot programs at ten schools in Albuquerque. The program originally aimed to convert lawns into gardens while giving youth an alternative to military recruitment. Now, it is run by community volunteers and also offers paid internships for youth. “We’re here to resist, to reclaim our food systems, our community spaces,” explains one of the project's dedicated staff members.

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