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How beekeeping helped a Sorsogon coconut farm

Mavic Conde

August 11, 2018 |

Rappler |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Sorsogon City

The use of local and native pollinators can greatly increase farm productivity. In the region of Sosorgon, in the Philippines, farmers who have begun using the local kiwot bees to pollinate coconut farms have noted significant increases in their yields. The Balay Buhau sa Uma Bee Farm (BBu) serves as a demo farm for the broader beeping project in the municipality of Bulusan, which aims to help farmers earn more in a sustainable fashion. This includes encouraging courses in apiculture and the use of affordable, low maintenance hives.

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Pumpkin processing made easy

Lominda Afedraru

August 11, 2018 |

Daily Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bulindi, Hoima

In the Hoima District in Uganda, pumpkin farming is proving to be a game-changer for local farmers. After one local university student began pursuing the viability of the vegetable, she has now started an initiative to teach others about the many uses of the plant that shows returns within days of planting.

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Solar-Powered Pineapples: A Lifeline for Women Thrown Off Their Land

Robert Kibet

August 10, 2018 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Chamari

When a national park was created in Kenya, the local Waata hunter-gatherer community was displaced and forced to take refuge elsewhere while also adapting to a farming lifestyle. Choosing to cultivate pineapples because of their rapid growth rate, the women leading the farming practices initially struggled to be meaningfully compensated for their produce. After learning how about solar drying, however, the women saw a quick and lasting increase in their profits.

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Paradise lost? What happened to Ireland's model eco-village

Killian Fox

August 10, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Ireland, Cloughjordan

Admittedly by no definition perfect, members of Ireland's model eco-village have learned many lessons since the community first came into existence and are vowing to use these lessons to improve. Over the last ten years, the Cloughjordan village has built 55 houses on the settlement as well as "a working farm, an array of well-tended polytunnels and a bakery" which offers those living there food year-round.

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The clock is ticking on dealing with western Kansas' drying Ogallala Aquifer

Karen Dillon

August 10, 2018 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Response Location: United States, Topeka, Kansas

Western Kansas' finite Ogallala aquifer is the bedrock of an agricultural region that accounts for 10 percent of Kansas' economy. But thanks to decades of over-drafting for irrigation, the aquifer is on track to run dry in the not-so-distant future. Now some are calling for regional conservation, and some smaller programs have shown promise; however, the challenges of scalability and political wrangling remain vast.

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Nelson finds a niche

Sara Schonhardt

August 10, 2018 |

Rappahannock News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Nellysford, Virginia

In small town Nelson County, several economic development initiatives are working to put the region on the map. By promoting cideries, business owners can source apples from local farmers. Breweries, festivals, and hiking have all enticed out of town visitors. The focus on growing the economy while still keeping dollars local has helped the region grow in a sustainable way.

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The story of a recovery: how hurricane Maria boosted small farms

Amanda Holpuch

August 08, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Puerto Rico

When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, not only were the local communities devastated, but so were 80 percent of the country's crops. With the farmlands wiped cleaned, farmers seized the opportunity to start from scratch which not only resulted in increased crop production, but has helped create an economy less reliant on imports.

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Tomato Canning as Protest: How a Community Resisted Corporate Farming

Margot Ford McMillen

August 07, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

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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Becoming a Farmer the Community Way

Erin Ward

August 07, 2018 |

The Tyee |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Yarrow, British Columbia

Canada is quickly approaching a farming shortage, as elder farmers look to retire from the practice with no succession plan in place for future generations. Yarrow Ecovillage, a land-sharing project, may be the answer to the impending food-insecurity issue that will accompany this decline in farm production.

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Farmers tap free-market ideas in bid to rescue aquifer

Jeremy P. Jacobs

August 06, 2018 |

E&E News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oxnard, California

In California's Ventura County, the Oxnard Plain aquifer is critically over-drafted. Farmers who rely on this water are working to implement a novel, market-based approach to decrease water use: a cap and trade. While the program has the support of many farmers and at least one environmental group, aspects of the mechanism still need ironing out.

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