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7 October 2020
Bordeaux, France
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1500-3000 Words
A French startup is turning urine into an environmentally-friendly fertilizer that could replace chemical products. Early tests suggest that the urine mixture created by Toopi Organics can compete with synthetic ferti...
10 September 2020
Gopalganj, Bihar, Bangladesh
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1500-3000 Words
Bangladeshi communities are reviving a traditional method of crop cultivation known as floating vegetable gardens to grow food during monsoon season. On these floating organic beds, farmers can grow vegetables like ok...
Mongabay
Sandra Weiss
30 July 2020
Gandú, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Ernst Götsch, an agronomist and cocoa farmer in Brazil, uses a different method of agriculture that could be more beneficial to small farmers. His method, known as syntropic agriculture, is an agroforestry system wher...
BBC
Kwon Moon
24 July 2020
Seoul, South Korea
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
There’s a subterranean, organic farm in one of Seoul’s subway stations that could be another way to approach sustainable urban farming. The “vertical” farm, known as Metro Farm, uses a mineral nutrient solution instea...
16 July 2020
Chilanga, Zambia
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In Zambia, where severe drought due to climate change has negatively affected agriculture, the Daughters of the Redeemer are practicing organic farming to feed hundreds of children and families whose basic needs are n...
30 April 2020
Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
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In order to keep local farms and businesses afloat, the Metuchen Farmers Market in North Jersey went virtual. Volunteers for the market enlisted the help of the Canada-based Local Line to build the market's platform, ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)
Samantha Melamed
27 April 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
Across Philadelphia, people are turning to seeds to source their food instead of grocery stores and supply chains, which have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Philadelphia is home to the Cooperative Gardens Co...
The Guardian
Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
25 February 2020
Kohima, Nagaland, India
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800-1500 Words
By reviving millet farming, farming communities are adapting to climate change. In India, the Millet Farmers Group, organized by a women’s rights nonprofit, the North East Network (NEN), helps farmers cultivate millet...
10 February 2020
Odisha, India
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By returning to indigenous varieties of crops, farmers can increase ecological diversity and reliance to climate change. In India, hundreds of farmers in the state of Odisha have been returning to indigenous crops, li...
6 February 2020
Manjimup, Australia
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1500-3000 Words
An unusual mixture of biochar — a charcoal-like substance that is produced by burning organic matter — and dung beetles is one way farmers could reduce their cows’ methane emissions to combat climate change, while als...
31 December 2019
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Cultivating a more diverse generation of farmers requires training and mentorship. In New York, GrowNYC’s FARMroots program trains new farmers of diverse backgrounds. The FARMroots Beginning Farmer Program offers cour...
17 December 2019
Guinda, California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Drastic solutions to climate change tend not to pan out (like trying to get everyone to stop eating meat), but careful adaptation is making real progress. In California, many smaller-scale farms are trying out new met...
10 December 2019
Bluffton, Georgia, United States
Video
3-5 Minutes
Pastures are able to replenish when livestock can move around. By permitting cattle to travel between pastures for feeding, Will Harris’ ranching technique allows the soil to retain more carbon. The carbon captured by...
27 November 2019
Salinas, California, United States
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Farm incubators provide aspiring farmers with training, land, and access to business networks. Across the United States, organizations like California’s Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) are worki...
13 November 2019
Kooskia, Idaho, United States
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In Kooskia, a rural area in Idaho, local farmers are finding success in working with residents to make sure produce is being used to its fullest. From using the leftover apple chunks from cider-making to feed livestoc...
11 November 2019
Paris, France
Video
Under 3 Minutes
Mushroom farms are popping up in underground parking lots in Paris. The city, facing a surplus of lots as car ownership declines, has been holding competitions to find creative, new purposes for them. Urban farmers, C...
4 November 2019
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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800-1500 Words
Whereas urban farms provide supplemental nutrition, agricultural neighborhoods make farming one of their central features. In Detroit, Michigan, the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) has grown from a local comm...
31 October 2019
Cape Town, South Africa
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800-1500 Words
AgriProtein, a large-scale maggot farm in Cape Town, is one of many companies addressing the “long on waste and short on protein” problem the world is facing. Maggots provide protein sustenance for animals like fish, ...
15 October 2019
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Philadelphia Zoo has created an in-house, vertical garden – housed in a shipping container provided by the nonprofit, CropBox – to grow food for the animals. So far, it has shown to be a more sustainable way of fe...
25 September 2019
Colorado, United States
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Over 3000 Words
As congregations are struggling to engage younger people in faith communities, many are turning to food to energize young people. These "food-based ministries" span Jewish and Christian communities alike to connect wi...
17 September 2019
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Mound Bayou, Mississippi has been in the middle of a food desert for well over 50 years, as fresh produce is hard to come by for this small Mississippi Delta town. However, a local farmers' market has begun to change ...
29 July 2019
Palisade, Colorado, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Eradicating invasive species requires enrolling a community effort. Although quarantines and chemical treatments have not proven effective in preventing the spread of Popilia japonica, or the Japanese beetle, to farms...
NPR
Robin Lloyd
7 July 2019
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Brownsville Collaborative Middle School is one of a growing number of elementary schools in the U.S. using community gardens to teach predominantly low-income students about healthy food options and provide produce to...
Rappler
Keith Anthony S. Fabro
1 June 2019
Palawan, Philippines
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800-1500 Words
Empowering women to practice sustainable agriculture promotes resilience and enables communities to protect biodiversity. The Kusor Upland Farmer’s Association, sponsored by the United States Agency for International ...
Food Tank
Preetha Palasuberniam
18 May 2019
Italy
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Under 800 Words
In Northwest Italy, Laura Garzoli encourages bats to roost in her rice fields to reduce insects and other pests. Called an Inegrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy, Garzoli is employing fruit bats as a sustainable sol...
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