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  • 'We can fix all this': Could this be the solution to Australia's drought crisis?

    October 29, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

    Natural Sequence Farming is the process of restoring a landscape's original hydration processes by "reading the landscape and tapping into the land's natural system of self-rehydration," – and it's helping Mulloon Creek Natural Farms in New South Wales revive dry farmland. Although some, including the government, haven't entirely accepted the practice, the pilot project has shown a "63% increase in production on the hydrated land."

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  • Farming together reaps benefits for Mubende family

    October 27, 2018 |

    Daily Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Mubende

    A new variety of bean is helping local farmers find financial stability and food security in Mubende, Uganda. Both drought and disease resistant, the beans are able to be cooked quickly which reduces fuel costs and have a higher rate of market distribution due to these benefits.

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  • Enzyme boost makes maize heat-tolerant

    October 23, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    A new approach to growing maize has been discovered by scientists in Australia and it is proving to have the potential to help alleviate food insecurity. By targeting a specific enzyme in the crop, and then boosting it, these scientists have successfully been able to improve photosynthesis which in turn increases growth.

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  • Can Wild Foods Save the Amazon?

    October 23, 2018 |

    bioGraphic |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Peru, Lima

    At Expo Amazonica in Lima, chefs are working to build a taste for traditional Amazonian foods, in an effort to promote biodiversity conservation and slow deforestation. But against a huge global demand for palm oil, growing wild food crops can be difficult for communities struggling to make ends meet. One big question is whether small farmers can create demand for Amazonian cuisine beyond the Amazon?

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  • Food Security: Green Grams Changing Lives in Eastern Kenya

    October 19, 2018 |

    Science Africa |

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    1500-3000 Words

    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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  • The California Indigenous Peoples Using Fire for Agroforestry

    October 16, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    The Karuk and Yoruk tribes use prescribed burning to keep land healthy and encourage the growth of traditional foods and medicines. New resources and partnerships are helping to bring back small-scale fires and revive important cultural practices.

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  • Farms Race

    October 15, 2018 |

    Logic Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    True to hacker form, an MIT team wants "open-source agriculture," a technology that takes food production back from big corporations and makes it widely accessible. To this end, the OpenAg community, comprised of coders, horticulturalists, engineers, plant scientists, and teachers, is developing food computers. But the technology is still being developed, and the economics don't yet pencil out for profitability.

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  • Fighting fires with goats

    October 10, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Spain, Girona, Catalonia

    In northern Spain, the Fire Flocks project uses goats to clear vegetation between grassland, bushes and treetops because this can help stop the spread of future wildfires. This depends on shepherds moving herds to key areas that are vulnerable to fire. It’s a difficult life, so the project supports shepherds by encouraging butchers to sell goat products with the Fire Flocks brand to get support for the organization’s efforts.

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  • Lab-grown Meat on your Table

    October 10, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    "Farm to table" is a well-known saying in the food industry, but "lab to table" is also rapidly joining the rank of commonplace terminology. To both reduce the amount of animals killed and lessen the impact on the environment to raise livestock, researchers have found a way to manufacture cell-based meat that is created in a lab, yet still has the texture of meat.

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  • Whisky and vodka flow as Tasmanian farmers embrace spirit of sustainability

    October 07, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Tasmania

    In Australia, farmers are looking to diversify their crops in order to gain greater financial returns. For several farmers across different regions, this has resulted in looking to whiskey and vodka production.

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