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  • These Goats Graze an Acre a Day to Keep California's Wildfires Away

    Carmen Kohlruss

    October 02, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A herd of goats, directed by shepherds of the nonprofit Happy Goat, are eating weeds, shrubs, and low-hanging leaves for landowners in the Sierra Nevada to reduce wildfire risk. Managed carefully to ensure they don’t overgraze sections of the properties, the goats offer a safer option to reduce the fuel that can spark a fire than tools like lawnmowers and chainsaws.

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  • The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

    Alexandra Talty

    September 05, 2024 |

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    Seaweed farms in the United States are working to fight climate change by offering a more sustainable food source and a versatile raw material that could replace petroleum feedstocks and help industries decarbonize.

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  • Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

    Doug Bierend

    July 15, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Compost Project supports a network of community compost operations to reduce the waste sent to landfills. Each composter operates differently based on local conditions and needs. BK Rot, for example, employs local Black and Brown youth to collect organic scraps from homes and businesses and sells its compost.

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  • Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

    Alexandra Talty

    June 27, 2024 |

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    Researchers, conservationists, and shellfish farmers on both U.S. coasts are starting and studying seaweed farms as a way to soak up excess nutrients in acidic water to help shellfish survive and grow.

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  • Can AI Help Cut Plastic Waste From the Food System?

    Lisa Held

    June 03, 2024 |

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    The new Global Plastics AI Policy Tool, developed by plastic waste and ecology experts, uses machine learning to predict how policy interventions like capping production and investing in recycling infrastructure would reduce plastic pollution by 2050. It could be of particular use as countries work on an international, legally binding treaty to address the plastic crisis.

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  • Restaurants Create a Mound of Plastic Waste. Some Are Working to Fix That.

    Meg Wilcox

    May 28, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Recirclable provides reusable takeout boxes that customers can return to a participating restaurant within two weeks to avoid being charged a fee, which allows restaurants to cut down on disposable containers that harm the environment. So far Recirclable is working with 14 restaurants and has had thousands of customers select the reusable option, but the effort is difficult to scale up because reuse requires more effort on the part of the consumer and there’s not yet sufficient infrastructure to streamline the process.

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  • Empowering Black Farmers and Landowners With Solar Energy

    Daniel Walton

    February 14, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oxford, North Carolina

    The renewable energy company EnerWealth Solutions is helping Black farmers in the Carolinas install solar panels among their crops so they can benefit financially from the solar boom with a consistent stream of income.

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  • Can Prescription Meal Kits Help Fight Diabetes?

    Grey Moran

    January 22, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    Healthy Food Rx is a prescription meal kit delivery program that delivers twice-monthly meal kits to adults with diabetes, providing them with produce and other healthy foods. The program addresses food insecurity, while also making a case for the power of using food as medicine to manage chronic conditions.

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  • PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

    Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

    October 02, 2023 |

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    Response Location: The Mi'kmaq Nation, United States, Maine

    Since testing by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection found shockingly high levels of PFAS and PFOS — also known as forever chemicals — on land across the state, researchers and locals have been working on remediation. In one example, the Aroostook Band of the Mi’kmaq found that hemp grown on contaminated land extracts large amounts of the chemicals from the soil.

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  • California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

    Naoki Nitta

    September 19, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Schools in California are offering more plant-based options to make lunch more climate-friendly, healthier, and more inclusive for those with dietary restrictions or preferences.

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