Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
16 March 2021
Kendu Bay, Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
A renewable energy project in Kenya is empowering women to catch their own fish instead of relying on “sex-for-fish” deals. Previously, men used to control the mechanisms for catching fish and would only sell to women...
9 March 2021
Somalia
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
A greenhouse that is cooled by seawater and the wind is allowing farmers in Somaliland to grow crops like tomatoes and vegetables despite extreme heat. By creating an environment that is higher in humidity and cooler ...
6 March 2021
Singapore
Text
800-1500 Words
Cultured meat is the newest menu option for vegetarians. A restaurant in Singapore is selling cultured chicken nuggets made out of chicken cells that were steeped in a nutrient solution. However, one ingredient in tha...
26 February 2021
Singapore
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Singapore recently became the first country in the world to allow cultured meat to be sold to the public, a move that scientists and environmentalists say is the future of meat production. U.S.-based company Eat Just ...
Mongabay
Patricia Moll
24 February 2021
Ibirapitanga, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After there was a fungal disease outbreak in the 1990s that affected cacao crops in Brazil, a group of 150 community members got together to collectively manage a farm to grow back cacao trees using agroforestry techn...
18 February 2021
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
To weather the uncertainties of the pandemic and geopolitical trade disputes, many small, locally-operated fisheries in the United States have upended the way they do business by selling their catches directly to cons...
15 February 2021
Gokwe, Zimbabwe
Text
800-1500 Words
A new dried fruit processing center in Zimbabwe has allowed farmers to turn their excess mangos into another product that can be sold to various markets around the world. The center serves more than 3,400 farmers and ...
19 January 2021
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After restaurants closed due to COVID-19 and tariffs were implemented on exports to China, fishermen and women in the United States had to shift their business model to sell directly to consumers. For example, Get Hoo...
14 January 2021
San José de Apartadó, Colombia
Text
1500-3000 Words
Plagued by an internal war, a group of villages in Colombia created a “Peace Community,” declaring themselves neutral in the conflict and focusing their efforts on cultivating the 150 hectares of cacao trees in collec...
14 January 2021
Collins, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Gakwi:yo:h Farms aims to increase the Seneca Nation’s food security and sovereignty by engaging in traditional agricultural practices. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the farm has been able to continue its work to esta...
13 January 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network (IFKN) connects Indigenous scholars, community members, and leaders from tribes in the Arctic and the U.S. Southwest to work together on achieving food sovereignty. By visiting ...
29 December 2020
Ajo, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
The Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture has helped the town of Ajo in Arizona distribute affordable and nutrient-dense food to the community after the coronavirus pandemic created a significant financial strain on ...
Civil Eats
Hannah Ricker
14 December 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the ways in which the food system is broken, but governments, NGOs, and philanthropists are working to address the discrepancies by connecting small-scale farmers of color with bus...
Honolulu Civil Beat
Allan Parachini
4 December 2020
Moloaa, Hawaii, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Food hub projects are gaining momentum in Hawaii as a means to connect farmers with customers. The projects go against the narrative that produce should be sold to big-box supermarkets, and instead focuses on "allowin...
1 December 2020
Virginia, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the fragility of the U.S. food supply chain, yet for indigenous led-operations there has been little interruption thanks to practices that rely on shorter supply chains that "work ...
26 November 2020
Quapaw, Oklahoma, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Quapaw tribe runs the Downstream Casino Resort in Oklahoma where they apply combine Indigenous food and farming knowledge with modern hotel operations. They have seven greenhouses and two gardens with 20 varieties...
26 November 2020
Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
In the face of climate change, the nonprofit SABALA is working with nearly 2,000 women farmers in India to participate in millet farming, which can also strengthen community food security and empower women. Using trad...
24 November 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Life Do Grow Farm in Philadelphia, run by the nonprofit Urban Creators, is a two-acre plot that yields food needed to feed the community who might not be able to make ends meet. Since June, the farm has distribute...
19 November 2020
Hood River, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Raíces Cooperative Farm in Hood River, Oregon provides Spanish-speaking community members "a place to grow food," learn from one another about farming practices and develop leadership skills. “Through Raíces, I be...
17 November 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Seattle’s urban agriculture community saw a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests. BIPOC-led urban farms — like YES Farm and Black Star Farmers — had an increase in volunteers and people wa...
10 November 2020
New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance organized a seed drive to distribute thousands of seeds to 270 different tribes. The indigenous seed exchange led to the creation of an intertribal cooperative to share tr...
6 November 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Two urban farmers launched a GoFundMe and raised $55,000 to help provide land security to Black farmers in Detroit. Through the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund, they will select applicants to grow crops for five years ...
5 November 2020
Richmond, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Urban Tilth, an urban farm in California, is providing food directly to communities in need and upending the traditional food supply chain so they can help people access healthy and sustainably-grown food. They have b...
21 October 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
A community-based seafood program called Fiishadelphia is the first community supported fishery run by high-school students in the city. They offer locally harvested and affordable seafood to a diverse customer base w...
19 October 2020
Kentucky, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Several organizations — including the Kentucky Black Farmer Fund, Community Farm Alliance, and Black Soil: Our Better Nature — are working together to provide disaster relief funds during the COVID-19 pandemic to Blac...
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