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Just coffee in an unjust world

Amy Frykholm

May 29, 2024 |

The Christian Century |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Agua Prieta, Sonora

Café Justo offers an alternative model to traditional fair-trade operations, keeping the entire means of coffee production in the farmers’ hands. They connect the farmer directly to the consumer, eliminating the need for people in the middle who would often gather up the profits. In Salvador Urbina, the Café Justo cooperative has about 80 farming families and sends out more than 1,000 pounds of coffee a month.

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Indian women take to the skies as drone pilots

Juhi Chaudhary

May 21, 2024 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: India

About 10,000 women from rural areas in India are training to be agricultural drone pilots as a part of the government-run Drone Didi program. The job provides them with financial independence and greater respect from their communities.

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Dollar Stores Force Local Grocery Stores to Close. This Woman Opened One Anyway.

Aallyah Wright

May 20, 2024 |

Capital B (National) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Webb, Mississippi

Farmacy Marketplace is a neighborhood grocery store that partners with local farmers through the non-profit In Her Shoes to provide community members with access to fresh produce and meat. Local grocery stores are emerging as a solution to food accessibility in rural communities and Black neighborhoods as dollar stores close shop. Similar locally owned grocers are also popping up around the country in cities like Detroit and Milwaukee.

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Moroccan Farmers Are Banking Traditional Seeds for a Hotter, Drier Future

Soukaina Almouhtadi

May 10, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Morocco, Sidi Ifni, Guelmim

A seed bank was established in Sidi Ifni, a farming community in Morocco, to revive drought-ridden land by enabling the cultivation of traditional, drought-resistant crops. An accompanying training program is helping farmers market these crops to improve their livelihoods.

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Mexico's Floating Gardens Are an Ancient Wonder of Sustainable Farming

Peter Yeung

April 26, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

Farmers in Mexico are keeping a 1,000-year-old tradition alive to produce reliable yields of healthy crops despite facing historic droughts. They're using chinampas, which are man-made “floating gardens” created by placing soil from the lake on top of reeds and grasses.

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Journalist Changes Rural Women's Story With Mushroom Farming

Rhonet Atwiine

April 26, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Kabuga

The Simbula Ventures Initiative unites women from various communities and teaches them how to grow mushrooms. The Initiative teaches the women how to grow mushrooms with agricultural waste, yielding a harvest in about 18-21 days. The women can then use the mushrooms to cook for their families or sell them to make a profit, providing them with a sense of economic empowerment.

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How tribes are reversing years of consolidation within the cattle industry with their own meat processing plants

Ben Felder

April 25, 2024 |

Investigate Midwest |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Osage Nation, United States, Hominy, Oklahoma

Indigenous tribes in Oklahoma are opening and operating meat packing plants, reversing the negative effects of the consolidating cattle industry. These local facilities are sources of food and employment for the community and offer services for local ranchers.

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Food waste is a billion-dollar problem. Can this spray make a difference?

Albert Han

April 23, 2024 |

Context |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: India

Researchers in India developed a spray that is applied to mangoes to extend their shelf life by about a week, reducing food waste and increasing farmers’ profits.

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Adopting the Aquaculture of the Future in Thailand

Tommy Walker

April 22, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand

A form of polyculture called Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture is taking off in Thailand and China as a way to make fish farms more sustainable and increase profits. The practice involves farming multiple different organisms together, like fish and shrimp, so that they complement each other, reduce waste, and grow quicker.

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Sinsinawa Dominicans spread mission through collaborative farm programs

Margaret Plevak

April 18, 2024 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

The Sinsinawa Mound Collaborative Farm, run by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, aims to make farming more affordable and accessible for those just starting out in the industry. People with less than 10 years of farming experience can rent a plot of land and equipment from the collaborative and access resources to help them create a business plan.

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