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  • Addressing Rural Food Deserts With Very Small, Local Agriculture Projects

    October 16, 2020 |

    Wisconsin Public Radio |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Rusk County, Wisconsin

    In a rural town in Wisconsin, a pilot project that hinges on micro-agriculture is bringing fresh produce to residents who do not have easy access to healthy, affordable food. The project, which has now partnered with food banks and Feed America and expanded to 27 states, provides a "farm in a box" to community members who are interested in pursuing small-scale local farming.

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  • Fruits of shared labour: the Indian women joining forces for food security

    October 13, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: India, Tamil Nadu

    A grassroots organization in Tamil Nadu, India has helped women farmers throughout the region to create "small informal farming groups" so that they can collectively lease land for their agriculture businesses. This collective farming venture, which has culminated in 89 collective farms with nearly 700 members, ensures "nutrition and food security for landless women at the household level."

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  • Is Early Los Angeles A Model For Food And Agriculture In Hawaii?

    October 11, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles County, California

    Thousands of small farmers moved onto homesteads in Los Angeles County in the 1940s and transformed the area into one of the most productive agricultural hubs in the United States. If the Hawaiian government could share some of its lands with up-and-coming farmers, then the state could follow a similar path and reform its agriculture and community food systems.

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  • Harnessing Food Waste to Empower Communities in Brazil

    October 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Favela Organica is a social enterprise that address food insecurity, increases access to healthy foods, and reduces waste. The founder, Tchelly, has provided free courses to around 30,000 people in Rio’s favelas, mostly women, who learn how to repurpose food waste from local markets and grow produce at home. The premise relies on an integrated food cycle of growing food, utilizing all of it, and creating compost with what is left to fertilize the garden to grow the food. Students use the lessons to lower food costs and, for some, to increase the amount of food they can sell, which adds to monthly incomes.

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  • Amid COVID-19, Urban Growers Collective distributes nearly one million pounds of produce

    October 02, 2020 |

    The Chicago Reader |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    For several years, the Urban Growers Collective in Illinois has been helping to bring and distribute healthy food to underresourced communities throughout Chicago by operating eight urban farms, but efforts have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. In just over six months, the organization has "delivered nearly one million pounds of produce to more than 25 partner organizations across the city."

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  • Local farms, small gardens see boost in interest, funding to tackle hunger

    September 28, 2020 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Villanueva, New Mexico

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations and government agencies are connecting farmers with people in need by making fruits and vegetables more affordable or even free. For example, Bueno Para Todos, a small farm in New Mexico, has planted new fruit trees alongside a vegetable garden, and allows people to pick what they want and pay how they can, either with money or by helping on the farm. Scaling these efforts can be difficult if communities want to encourage growing more local food.

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  • Land and Community: Food Hubs: Keeping the Wheels of Local Food Moving

    September 18, 2020 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    As middle men between farmers and consumers, food hubs in New Hampshire are eliminating the marketing and distribution typically done by food producers. Food hubs streamline the process of procuring local goods for customers who want various products without the hassle of multiple purchases and pickups. The aggregation of local produce strengthens infrastructure that enables farmers to increase output especially as demand for locally grown foods have increased since the onset of the pandemic.

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  • How a $3 billion USDA coronavirus program is helping feed S.C. families

    September 10, 2020 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bluffton, South Carolina

    A new initiative from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping connect farmers with those who are facing food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. The program, known as Farmers to Families, allocates monetary contracts to companies that go towards distributing boxes of produce to families. In South Carolina, one farm has been able to distribute over 5.2 million pounds of food throughout the southeast region of the state.

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  • When Boston's public schools closed in March, their gardens went untended. Then a volunteer effort grew.

    September 08, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    After Boston Public Schools closed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 70 volunteers tended schoolyard gardens at 14 schools to grow food for local families experiencing economic hardship. While students were not able to participate because of COVID restrictions, residents during the summer months cleaned garden beds and planted vegetables like eggplants, cucumbers, and peppers. Organizers expect to harvest about 300 pounds of vegetables by the end of September.

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  • In Rural Vermont, Food Relief Program Is Eyed as Model

    September 08, 2020 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    A food-relief initiative in Brattleboro, Vermont is helping connect people facing food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic with free meals that are provided by local restaurants. The initiative – which also requires that the restaurants source 10% of the food from local farms – has already provided nearly 12,000 meals to local residents.

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