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  • These low-tech indoor gardens bring vegetables to your kitchen

    June 29, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    A small New Jersey startup has their sights set on creating lifestyle changes for all socioeconomic households by distributing affordable indoor farming kits. Both low-tech and low-maintenance, these indoor vegetable gardens aim to improve diets and help fight food insecurity.

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  • Australia's visas for seasonal workers: aid or exploitation?

    June 11, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    The Seasonal Workers Program in Australia was implemented when there was a need to be met for more farming laborers. Although not without issue, the program is drawing many Pacific Islanders as a means for them to boost their incomes, while Australia ensures the labor they need to thrive.

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  • The Restaurant Chain With Nothing But Food Waste On The Menu

    June 07, 2018 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    To play a part towards the reduction of food waste, especially that which was being perpetrated by his own store, grocery store manager Bart Roetert decided to pitch an idea to the Netherlands grocery chain owner Albert Heijn. With the support and financial backing securing, he and two colleagues launched Instock - a niche startup restaurant that serves meals only made from surplus food.

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  • Farm-to-Community Program Brings Together Growers, Customers in Southwestern Colorado

    May 29, 2018 |

    KSJD |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    An income qualified farm-to-community incentive program has found its place within the Coloradan San Miguel County. Allowing farm shares to be distributed at Mountain Village Farmers’ Market, both communities win through affordable and healthy food and the providing of a consistent income source.

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  • Sweet fruits of value addition

    May 19, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Runyenjes, Nairobi

    The Karurumo Self-Help Group in Kenya initially started as a way to avoid agriculture exploitation. However, it has now evolved into a way to reduce post-harvest waste through the implementation of value addition and produce processing.

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  • BNFB Project: Scaling up biofortified crops for nutrition security

    May 05, 2018 |

    IPP Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania

    Community members, especially children, in Tanzania are facing a public health crisis in the form of a vitamin A deficiency. With research indicating that biofortified crops such as sweet potatoes are a viable solution to combating this issue, government institutions and agriculture research organizations are teaming up to promote the methods to increase production of biofortified crops.

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  • This Canadian First Nations group wants you to buy salmon raised on land

    March 27, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver

    In Canada, a city that was formerly known as the "salmon capital of the world,” has been nearly abandoned by both fish and people. Despite facing many ongoing trials and challenges, the Namgis First Nation is working to turn their on-land salmon farm into a viable resource for fish sales and jobs.

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  • Wheat in heat: the 'crazy idea' that could combat food insecurity

    March 23, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Senegal, Ndiayene Pendao

    After many years of attempts, scientists have discovered how to create a heat tolerant wheat that has the potential of impacting the growing concerns around food insecurity. Tested in sub-Saharan temperatures in Senegal, the International Centre for Research in the Dry Areas (Icarda) have seen success with their strain of wheat that turns this formerly cold-weather only crop into a fast-growing crop that can withstand 40C temperatures and be grown in the between seasons of planting rice crops.

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  • Malawian Farmers Fight Climate Change Head On

    March 14, 2018 |

    Greentumble |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    While climate change continues to complicate the realities of creating seasonal viable crops, farmers in Malawi are adopting conservation agriculture in at attempt to salvage what they can from their crops. Through a variety of "climate change resilience farming methods," local farmers have seen an increase in their crops' resiliency.

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  • How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?

    March 08, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States

    Could clean meat be the solution for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, feeding an ever-growing human population and saving water? A growing number of food innovators think so, as do investors such as Bill Gates and Richard Branson. Although too expensive to hit the market immediately, production is in the works to create clean meat from animal cells that may be better for human health and the health of the environment.

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