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Food waste? There's an app for that.

Christina Griffith

February 09, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Food Connect is a nonprofit that acts as a middleman between businesses with edible food waste and people battling food insecurity. From donations to delivery, the whole process is streamlined through an app.

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Rooftop farm partners with Oakland nonprofits to address food insecurity

Ayla Burnett Jennifer Wiley

December 16, 2021 |

Oakland North |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

The Rooftop Medicine Farm in Oakland, Calif., grows fresh produce to donate to food insecurity programs such as the UCSF Pediatric Clinic’s Food Farmacy, POOR Magazine’s Sliding Scale Cafe, and Moms 4 Housing. The urban farm also acts as an educational resource to help those served by these programs learn about healthy foods and urban agriculture.

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How vending machines are making life better for Kenyans

Andrea Dijkstra

December 14, 2021 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Vending machines are dispensing basic grocery items such as milk and cooking oil in parts of Kenya. The machines allow patrons to customize their purchase instead of buying prepackaged sizes. This helps cash-strapped citizens who need to buy smaller portions. They’ve also created economic opportunities for entrepreneurs.

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Great gains from small grain banks

Geetanjali Krishna

December 08, 2021 |

Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

Grain banks allow community members in need to access food grain by buying into a bank-like system. The grain bank system helps communities work together to feed themselves and gain more control of their well-being and livelihoods.

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Training Mothers On Nutrition Is Saving Lives Of Children

George Kalisa

November 23, 2021 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Kayonza District

To address community malnutrition, 22 mothers began a savings and credit cooperative, which has since grown to 59 members. An elected committee looks for the most nutritionally vulnerable members, who are eligible for a small interest-free loan to improve the nutrition of their families. The women pay a membership fee and when loans are repaid, the cooperative gets a small percentage of the profits, which can be paid in installments until the whole amount is repaid. The group’s savings has also helped them buy animals that provide nutritious food products and organic fertilizers for their crops.

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Milan Is Winning the Fight Against Food Waste

Peter Yeung

November 05, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Italy, Milan

A third of food produced, or about 1.3 million metric tons per year, goes to waste. The city of Milan is a pioneer in eliminating food waste. The city launched food waste hubs in 2019. Donations from supermarkets supply the hubs with food that are then donated to families in need. The three hubs save about 130 metric tons of food per year, eliminating the production of 497 metric tons of CO2.

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Teaching Communities How to Fish

L'Monique King

October 15, 2021 |

QNotes Carolinas |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Food trucks alleviate food insecurity in food deserts and contribute to economic mobility in the Black community. A variety of local vendors benefit from the success of food trucks while consumers have easy access to high-quality food.

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Building a Black-Owned Food Ecosystem in Detroit

Randiah Green

October 07, 2021 |

Belt Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Programs like Motor City Match and Grown in Detroit help entrepreneurs launch Black-owned food businesses in Detroit. The businesses sell healthy foods in neighborhoods often lacking in nutritious options or in the infrastructure needed to support startup businesses. The supportive programs offer grants and training that have nurtured dozens of new businesses, which themselves have formed a supportive network among their peers.

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Despite COVID and conflict, Kashmiris keep food coming

Rob Chaney

September 12, 2021 |

Missoulian |

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Response Location: India, Kashmir

Community networks acted to keep people in Kashmir fed throughout COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns. The Bonamsar mosque provides donation-funded monthly meal kits and small cash payments to people in need, including cooked food for those in immediate need. Tiffin Aaw provided meals to residents during political turmoil and shifted to serving warm meals to COVID-19 patients and their medical and family caregivers that couldn’t afford food. Both services included the culturally traditional food that has led the region to have the country’s highest nutritional health.

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This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World

Ambika Chawla

September 09, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Columbia, Maryland

Low-income communities of color have less access to nature, they experience "nature deprivation" at a rate three times higher than white people. Regular access to the outdoors improves respiratory health, physical fitness, cognitive functioning, and psychological well-being. The Freetown Farm was conceived as a place where all people can experience nature. Its exposing young people of all backgrounds to nature. Through its year-long internship program learned how to plant food, among other things.

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